THE SECRET MISSILE DEAL

THE CIA HAS DISCOVERED THAT CHINA IS HELPING PAKISTAN BUILD A MISSILE PLANT. WILL THE U.S. OBJECT?

The Clinton Administration and the Chinese government have worked hard for the past year to improve relations between their two countries. And with some success. What had looked like a tough fight to get congressional approval this week for most-favored-nation trading status for Beijing now looks like a sure thing. China has agreed to stop nuclear testing and refrain from selling nuclear technology to rogue nations. But a dark side to the relationship continues.

For five years the CIA had been carefully tracking the flow of Chinese M-11 missile components into Pakistan. Then at the end of 1995 came a stunning...

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