Patsy T. Mink: “Mr. Chairman, the task the Select Committee on the People's Republic of China was given was to investigate breaches in…”

“Mr. Chairman, the task the Select Committee on the People's Republic of China was given was to investigate breaches in national security, and it was a difficult one. Espionage charges against certain spies or foreign agents was expected to emanate from this investigation. A lot of the information that was alluded to was put in parenthesis to indicate that further investigations were ongoing and that the administration did not wish to have all of this information disclosed at this time. There were a few charges, most of them previously noted, some including convictions and many others are still under investigation. It described, I think, more importantly the general technique used by the People's Republic of China. There was detailed discussion regarding theft of certain classified information in the report. It described the actions of certain U.S. satellite manufacturers which served to transfer technology relevant to nuclear missile development. It highlighted the failures of the U.S. security system to protect these important nuclear secrets. I think that all of these are important disclosures on how these breaches of national security occurred. I think the committee needs to be applauded for pointing this out and bringing it to the attention of the Congress of the United States.”