Every indexed document

in which Congress took a special interest. The

it withheld many of the details about its plans from Congress. One of the largest

maintaining that the country’s political

warning that to do otherwise would lead to dangerous friction

his reports conveyed information and opinions that

meaning his observations arguably had more

and anxious to work with the United States and other

seeing them as likely to be both a source of strategic leverage against

these American visitors were pleased by the post-1972 developments in

both of which were having an increasingly important impact on American

became important vehicles through which American congressional

the review that follows informs contemporary US

the control it formally exercises over US government budget

often Congress has played a somewhat passive role

Congress has actively resisted the White House and

but a means to compel a greater reciprocity. The Chinese

or corrupting. We should also shore up the vitality of our institutions and our own

and they elicited little debate. Sunshine is the best disinfectant against

confidence in our foundations and alarm about their possible subversion

China’s influence-seeking activities in the United States are