15-JUN-89 China Phone Jamming Attempted From Cheshire Catalyst SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some Chinese students in the United States are trying to tie up Chinese government telephone lines set up for informants in hopes of blocking Beijing residents from turning in pro-democracy demonstrators. The students are paying for the calls with their own money and with funds raised in recent weeks to support the pro-democracy movement, which the Chinese government is trying to crush. One Stanford University student, who requested that his name not be used, said he called a Beijing hot line and spoke with an operator for 20 minutes. ``I called and made up a lie about someone I wanted to report last night,'' the student said Wednesday. ``We talked for about 10 minutes, then I told her it was a white lie, and we talked for another 10 minutes. ``I told her that there were 3,000 people killed by soldiers, that I had seen pictures and knew this from the BBC, CBS, The New York Times and other newspapers,'' the student continued. ``She said if I were Chinese I would have a conscience and believe my own government. I said if she were a real Chinese she would have a conscience and not report to the government on the students.'' He said the operator paused, then hung up. A nationwide computer bulletin board used by Chinese university students in this country lists about a dozen Beijing hot lines that residents of the capital are supposed to use to report the whereabouts of known dissidents. The bulletin board also contains numerous suggestions on how to jam the lines, thereby keeping informants from being able to use them. ``Some people have proposed that everyone call collect, or to call and let:it ring, then hang up,'' said Liu Dianding, a graduate student who has read the electronic mail at Stanford University. Students across the United Sates reportedly have raised tens of thousands of dollars in recent weeks to help support their country's pro-democracy movement. Stanford students say they have raised about $100,000. The students say they don't#[\ow if their calls are having much impact, but they remain determined. ``If we change people's minds, little by little, then one billion people will know the truth,'' said Liu. Copyright 1989 Associated Press 89Jun16 From EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN Those numbers, by the way are: 011-86-1-512-5666 011-86-1-443-292 011-86-1-256-3483 011-86-1-256-7220 011-86-1-372-316 011-86-1-664-215 011-86-1-665-088 011-86-1-371-554 011-86-1-872-179 011-86-1-873-814 The Chinese students are attempting to tie up these numbers and cause chaos as much as possible. They particularly want to know if it's possible to do any more with our hacking knowledge. Any ideas???? BTW, all of those numbers are presumed to be in Beijing, which, as indicated above uses city code 1. The country code is 86, also shown above.