[19990811]97-476_长滩：中国远洋运输股份有限公司（COSCO）在前海军基地的拟议租约.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 97-476 FUpdated August 11, 1999Long Beach: Proposed Lease by China OceanShipping Co. (COSCO) at Former Naval Base-na-e redacted-Specialist in National Security PolicyForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummaryAt issue was a proposal by the City of Long Beach, California, to lease a containerterminal, to be built at the site of a closed naval station, to China Ocean ShippingCompany (COSCO), a commercial shipping company owned by China. (The lease waslater canceled over an issue unrelated to COSCO.) The proposed expansion ofCOSCOs facilities at the Port of Long Beach raised some security issues concerningsmuggling of guns by Chinese defense-related companies, proliferation of weapons ofmass destruction, intelligence collection, and access to U.S. and Panamanian ports. Inresponse, senior Clinton Administration officials wrote that COSCOs use of a terminalto be built on former Naval property would not adversely affect national security. TheNavy will be transferring its closed facilities to Long Beach in 1999 and 2000.Some in Congress raised national security conc