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Daniel talks to human rights activist Harry Wu, who was held by the Chinese government for 66 days and released during the past week. Wu says that while he was detained, he kept a secret diary in the margins of his dictionary, using the page numbers as a code for the date. He says that he loves China and will continue to return there.

up Radios - Daniel talks to Trevor Baylis, the designer of the windup radio. The radio will initially be used by aid agencies in remote areas such as Rwanda and Sarajevo, where people do not have access to batteries because of expense and availability. Owners of the radio will only need to wind it up for 20 seconds and it will play for 40 minutes. This new invention is being manufactured by disabled people in South Africa. Bayliss says demand for the radio is high worldwide.

BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITN NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN BELGRADE ABOUT BOSNIA SERBS' PROMISE TO PULL BACK HEAVY WEAPONS AWAY FROM SARAJEVO IN EXCHANGE FOR NATO TEMPORARILY HALTING ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN....AND HOW THIS MIGHT BE ONE INGREDIENT IN AN EVOLVING PEACE AGREEMENT.

The Senate is planning to vote on welfare reform next Tuesday, and today, President Clinton, Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich all appeared on radio to stake out their positions. Clinton expressed his support for Senate progress on the plan, although he warned that if conservative voices prevail and the Congress walks away from bipartisan progress, welfare reform will die. Dole and Gingrich predicted welfare reform would pass.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the final novel by Stanley Elkin, Mrs. Ted Bliss (Hyperion).

Guest film critic STEPHEN VINEBERG reviews "Nadja" a vampire movie set in contemporary New York City. David Lynch was executive producer, and has a cameo role.

(B): More from WALTER MOSLEY. He followed up his first Easy Rawlins book with another, Black Betty. Betty's a shark of a woman who leaves dead men in her wake. Like the other books in the series, Black Betty has Easy in post-War, but pre-present South Central L.A.--this time the year is 1961. MOSLEY gained public attention when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said that MOSLEY was his favorite mystery writer. (REBROADCAST from 5/

(A) Writer WALTER MOSLEY. This interview took place after the publication of his book, Devil With A Blue Dress, a hard boiled detective story about a black gumshoe, Easy Rawlins, up against white prejudice. It's just been made into a film starring Denzel Washington. (REBROADCAST from 6

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH RICHARD N. HAASS, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AND A SENIOR FELLOW OF THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND NANCY E. SODERBERG, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, ABOUT THE LATEST MID-EAST PEACE AGREEMENT AND THE BOSNIA PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY SPEAKS WITH RECENTLY RELEASED BURMESE DISSIDENT AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ong sahn SOO chee) AT HER LAKESIDE HOME IN RANGOON ABOUT HER DETENTION AND HER STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY.