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The original documents are located in Box 5, folder "China, Republic of - State
Department Telegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (3)" of the Presidential Country Files
for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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OF STATE Do
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Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECHET
NOD673
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ACTION NODS-00
7:09AM
INFO OCT-01 1001 W
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P 1709472 APR 75
FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4861
SECRET TAIPEI 2045
NODIS
E.U. 11652: GOS
TAGS: OVIP CROCKEFXELLER, NELSON A.)
SUBJECT: MEETING WITH PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUO
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS WHITE HOUSE FOR VP PARTY
AF-2 VC 137/86970
REF: WH 50708
I HAVE HEAD SUBSTANTIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 17 MEETING
REFTEL AND OFFER FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS, LEAVING IT TO
DRAFTERS WHETHER POINTS SHOULD BE COVERED IN HIGHLIGHTS OR
DETAILED MEMCON:
1. IN THE COURSE OF THE PREMIER'S REMARKS AS RECORDED
IN PARA 6-8 I RECALL HYIS REFERRING TO POSSIBLE DIFFICULT
PROBLEMS WHICH LIE AHEAD IMPLYBING NEVERTHELESS THAT THE
GROC EXPECTED TO FACE THESE WITHOUT SEEKING SUBSTANTIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES.
2. AT THE END OF THE COMMENTS RECURDED PARA 6, THE PREMIER
SAID THAT WITH THIS PUSITION IN MINU HE HAO LAID HXIS CARDS
ON THE TABLE IN HIS RELATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR UNGER AT
THEIR FIRST MEETING'LAST MAY) AND THEREAFTER HE HAD ALSO
FORD
CARRIED OUT EVERYTHING THAT HE SAIO HE WOULD
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SECHET GG 4/23/01
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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OF STATE
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ON THE VHIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN REPRESENTATION IN TAIPEI
TO TAKE PART IN THE FUNTERAL CEREMONIES AND HE ESPECIALLY
MENTIUNED THE TWO FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTERSI
THIS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BUT DID NOT ELICIT ANY VIEWS
FROM THE PREMIER ABOUT NATURE AND STATE OF CURRENT
ROC-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
4. I ALSO RECALL REFERENCE AT ONE POINT TO A
DESIRE ONLY FOR "AMERICAN SPIRITUAL AND MORAL SUPPORT"
IN THE CONTEXT, HOWEVER, I DID NOT TAKE IT TO BE INTENDED
TO EXCLUDE A POSSIBLE CALL FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MUTUAL
SECURITY TREATY IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK. UNGER
NOTE: NOT PASSED WHITE HOUSE BY OC/T.
SEGRET
FORD
&
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NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF STATE
Department of State
CHECK AMERICA
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FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4882
CONTROL: 4781Q
S it E F TAIPEI 2089
RECD: APRIL 19,1975
NODIS
$ I
E.O. 11652: GDS/3
TAGS: SREF, VS
SUBJECT: STAGING AREAS FOR EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAY
REF: STATE 090485
1. AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED QUESTION OF TEMPORARY STAGING
OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
SHEN CHIANG-HUAN, APRIL 19, ALONG LINES REFTEL EXCEPT FOR
PARA 3. HE EMPHASIZED NOID TO KEEP SUBJECT
IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND THAT INQUIRY WAS FOR
PURPOSE OF CUNTINGENCY PLANNING ONLY AS INSTRUCTED REFTEL.
2. SHEN AFFIRMED GROC WILLINGNESS "IN PRINCIPLE" BE AS
GICO 72,
HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT RUC'S
CAPABILITIES WERE LIMITED. HE ASSUMED THAT USG WOULD BE
PREPARED TO ASSUME FULL FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR ALL
REFUGEES WHILE THEY TEMPORARILY STAGED ON TAIWAN. IN
THIS CONNECTION, SHEN MADE POINT THAT USG BURE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WELFARE AND SAFETY ANY EVACUEES. HE
NOTED ALSO THAT RUC MUST KEEP UPPERMOST IN MIND ITS
CAN RESPONSIBILITY TO CHINESE NATIONALS IN SOUTH VIETNAM
is WELL AS TO THE MANY SINO-VIETNAMESE THERE WHO WOULD
SE LOOKING TO THE RCC FOR ASSISTANCE, THESE PEOPLE, MANY
OF WHUM WOULD BE COMMUNIST TARGETS, WOULD HAVE THE
FIRST CLAIM ON ROC RESOURCES.
3. SHEN ALSU STATED OBVIOUS NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH DETAILED
SECRET
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES
GERALD ? FORD
GG
MARA DATE 4/23/01
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETAR
STRENT
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STATE
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INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE REGARDING NUMBERS OF RE-
FUSEES WE MIGHT bt CONSIDERING FOR STAGING TAIWAN, CATE-
GORIES, I.E. NATIONALITY, SEX, AGE; WHETHER OR NOT ANY
HAD SOME CONNECTION TAIWAN, I.E. RELATIVES, BUSINESS
CONTACTS, ETC.
:. SMEN, IN SHORT, SAW HOST OF PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS
WHICH WOULD ARISE IF SIZEABLE NUMBERS INVOLVED. HE
SUGGESTED THAT A US/ROC TASK FORCE WOULD ot BEST MEANS
OF HANDLING PROBLEM, AND INDICATED THAT ROC MILITARY
WOULD NO DOUBT bE MOST EFFECTIVE ELEMENT TO HEAD UP
SUCH A TASK FORCE ON ROC SIDE. HE STRESSED NEED FOR
AUEQURATE ADVANCE PLANNING AND SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS SITUA-
TION wITH APPROPRIATE HIGH LEVEL UFFICIALS UN A PRELIMINARY
BASIS TAKING CARE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY. AMBASSADOR
ENDORSED TASK FORCE IUEA AND SAID WE READY TO START
AS SOUN AS THEY DESIGNATE CONTACT.
5. AMBASSADOR ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR FORMIN'S UNDER
STANDING AND HELPFUL ATTITUDE AND ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD KEEP
GROC AS RULLY INFORMED AS POSSIBLE OF DEVELUPING SITUATION IN SAISON.
AMBASSADOR ALSU MENTIONED PRELIMINARY SURVEY CONDUCTED cY us
MILITARY ON TAIWAN OF OUR CAPABILITIES HANDLING TRANSITING REFUGEES
AT SUCH LOCATIONS AS CHING CHUAN KANG (CCK) AB AND TAINAN USING
us ASSETS. AMSASSADOR ALSO EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF ROC'S
CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE AND SINU-VIETNAMESE WHO MAY SEEK EVACUATION
FROM SOUTH VIETNAM AND SAFE-HARBOK IN TAIWAN. (SEE SEPTEL
REGARDING GROC'S CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY AND USE OF ITS FOUR LSTIS
PRESENTLY ASSISTING IN KEFUGEE RELIEF SUPPLY ACTIVITY IN SVN
WATERS.)
U. COMMENT: WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT GROC WILL COOPERATE
AS FULLY AS ITS RESOURCES PERMIT, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY
NEED CLEARER IDEA OF NUMBERS CONTEMPLATED FUR POSSIBLE
STAGING THROUGH TAIWAN. IT IS ALSU MOST IMPORTANT TU
BEAR IN MIND STRONG RUC FEELING THAT IT BEARS PRIORITY
OBLIGATION TO CHINESE NATIONALS AND,
TO SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, PEOPLE OF CHINESE
DESCENT. THIS OBLIGATION INCLUDES NOT ONLY PROVIDING
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PLACE OF REFUGE, BUT ALSO ASSISTING IN EVACUATION.
a
GROC DOES NOT WISH TO BE PLACED IN POSITION OF APPEARING
SECRET
GERALD
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The
STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
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TO HAVE IGNORED THOSE WHO LOOK TO IT DIRECTLY FOR HELP IN
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FAVOR OF NON-CHINESE.
7. DEPT PLEASE PASS FOR INFO TO APPROPRIATE ADDRESSEES.
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Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THEGRAM
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FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO SECSTATE WASHDO 4897
$ & G R E T TAIPEI 2120
NODIS
E.O. 11652: XGDS/3
TAGS: SREF, VS, TW
SUBJECT: STAGING AREAS FOR EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM
REF: A. STATE 090485
B. TAIPEI 2089
VICE MIN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TISAI WEI-PING HAS INFORMED DCM
THAT MG LYU CHIENG-HSIEN, CAF, HAS BEEN DESIGNATIED AS
"LIAISON OFFICER" TO WORK WITH US AS NEED ARISES IN
HANDLING MATTERS RELATED TO POSSIBLE STAGING ON TAIWAN OF
REFUGEES FRMOM SOUTH VIETNAM. UNGER
FORD
SECRET
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
STATE DEPT, e NARA, GUIDELINES DATE 4/23/01
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WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED. NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/CONTROLLED
DISSEM/THIS INFORMATION NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER
DOCUMENT OR PUBLICATION.
E.O. 11652: XGDS-2
TAGS: PFOR, TW, CH
SUBJECT: ROC POLICY TOWARD PRC VESSELS IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT
S
REF: STATE 225027
1. IN COURSE OF DISCUSSION OCTOBER 4 WITH PREMIER CHIANG
ABOUT SECRETARY'S AND PRESIDENT'S FORTHCOMING TRIPS TO
PEKING, I RECALLED OUR EFFORTS ON SIMILIAR PREVIOUS OCCASIONS
TO AVOID ANY ACTIVITIES OR INCIDENTS WHICH COULD HAVE DAMAG-
ING EFFECTS. I SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO NAVAL ACTION IN
FORMOSA STRAITS. PREMIER REPLIED WE NEED HAVE NO WORRY
200-0
ABOUT GROC MILITARY ACTION IN THE STRAITS AND ADDED THAT
WE WILL RECALL THAT IN THE PAST SUCH ACTIONS HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED.
2. DEPARTMENT MAY WISH REPEAT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG AND
CINCPAC.
UNGER
STATE DEPT. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW
Retain Class'n
Change to
Declassify in part and excise as shown
SECRET
EO 12958, 25X( )( )( )
DECLASSIFIED
Declassify
After
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES
State
visit
8/3/00
With concurrence
IPS by: JL
(not)(obtained)
FORD
Date 8/3/00
BY GG
NARA,
DATE
4/23/01
EYES ONLY
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WH
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UNITED STATES OF
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FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7380
SECRET TAIPEI 6814
EYES ONLY
200-0
NODIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, TW, CH
SUBJECT: PREMIER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT FORD
REF: STATE 247183
1. TIMING OF PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUO'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT
FORD OBVIOUSLY RELATES TO SECRETARY KISSINGER'S AND PRESI-
DENT FORD'S VISITS TO PRC AND THE CONCERN STRONGLY FELT HERE
ABOUT THE IMPACT THOSE VISITS AND DECISIONS MADE AT THE TIME
WILL HAVE ON THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE ARGU-
MENTS ADVANCED BY THE PREMIER TO DISSUADE US FROM OTHER STEPS
TOWARD NORMALIZATION REFLECT NOT ONLY HONEST CONVICTIONS HERE
BUT ALSO PROFOUND CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FULL NORMALIZA-
TION ON THE ROC. ALSO PREMIER CHIANG UNDOUBTEDLY HOPES IN THIS
WAY TO GET WHATEVER INFORMATION HE CAN ON WHAT WE CONTEMPLATE
AND, IF HE PERCEIVES ANY SUCH OPPORTUNITY, TO USE THE INFORMA-
200-0
TION TO DISSUADE US THROUGH INFLUENTIAL AMERICANS SYMPATHETIC
TO HIS POSITION FROM FURTHER STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION. WHILE
SUCH LANGUAGE AS "NEGATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE ROC"
(PARA 4) OVERSTATES HIS CASE, NEVERTHELESS CONCERN HERE OVER
CONSEQUENCES OF NORMALIZATION IS REAL AND PROFOUND. ANY
GOVERNMENT IN TAIPEI WITH FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD
ITS CITIZENS MUST (A) TRY TO WARD OFF THE FEARED ACTION AND,
IF THAT IMPOSSIBLE, (B) TRY AT LEAST TO LEARN WHAT IS IN
PROSPECT TO BETTER PREPARE TO MEET THE PROBLEM.
FORD
2. PRESUME PREMIER HAS SOUGHT SPECIAL ROUTE TO PRESIDENT
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BECAUSE HIS PAST EFFORTS THROUGH THIS EMBASSY HAVE BROUGHT
HIM NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER. THIS MATTER LAST DISCUSSED EMBTEL
3834,
3, PREMIER'S LETTER SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY PRESIDENT
FORD, AND AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, AS MATTER COURTESY TO
LEADER OF A FRIENDLY NATION. MORE IMPORTANT, IT IS VERY
MUCH IN OUR INTEREST TO SUSTAIN THE OPEN DIALOGUE, NOT YET
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED, WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN WITH
PREMIER CHIANG AS AN ESSENTIAL, PERHAPS THE MOST ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT, IN THE CONDITIONING PROCESS BY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
ZODIS
SEEKING TO PREPARE THE ROC FOR THE FURTHER EVOLUTION OF. OUR
CHINA POLICY AND TO TRY TO ASSURE THE ROC'S CONSTRUCTIVE
REACTION THERETO. A FORTHCOMING SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE WOULD
BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IF WE SHOULD BE CONTEMPLATING ANY
MAJOR STEPS IN OUR CHINA POLICY.
4, ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PREMIER'S LETTER, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
FOR US HERE TO BE OF MUCH HELP IN OUR STATE OF NEAR-TOTAL
IGNORANCE ABOUT WHAT SECRETARY KISSINGER CONTEMPLATES DURING
HIS CURRENT VISIT TO THE PRC, IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, COMMENTS
AND SUGGESTIONS CAN PERHAPS BEST BE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS
OF THREE CONTINGENCIES, DEPENDING ON U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEN-
TIONS:
A. IF ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH PRC AND
DE-RECOGNITION GROC IS NOT REPEAT NOT FORESEEN AT ANY EARLY
DATE, THEN IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO REPLY TO PREMIER WITH
THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US FRANKLY HIS VIEWS AND CONCERNS
BUT GIVING HIM TO UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT CONTEMPLATE ANY
200-0
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN RELATIONS AT PRESENT TIME.
B. IF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRESENTLY UNDECIDED WHETHER OR NOT
FURTHER SIGNIFICANT STEPS WILL BE MADE SOON, PERHAPS WISHING
FIRST TO ASSESS OUTCOME OF SECRETARY'S CURRENT TALKS IN
PEKING, THEN IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO PRESENT ONCE AGAIN
OUR REASONS FOR PROCEEDING WITH NORMALIZATION AND REFUTING
PREMIER'S NEGATIVE COMMENTS, SAYING NEVERTHELESS WE APPRECIATE
HIS FRANK EXPRESSIONS AND WE EXPECT TO KEEP IN VERY CLOSE
TOUCH ON THESE MATTERS. WE SHOULD ALSO ASSERT THAT CON-
SEQUENCES FORESEEN PARA 4 REFTEL NOT AT ALL WHAT WE WOULD
FORD
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EXPECT OR COUNTENANCE AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED PARA 5 CAN ALSO
BE AVOIDED AS ROC HAS TO SOME EXTENT ALREADY DEMONSTRATED IN
THE RELATIVE DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY
EXPERIENCED. BELIEVE PRESIDENT SHOULD TELL PREMIER WE WILL
KEEP ROC CONCERNS VERY MUCH IN MIND AND TO AVOID DAMAGE TO
LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF A LUNG-STANDING FRIEND.
C. IF NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH PRC AND DE-RECOGNITION
OF GROC EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM SECRETARY'S AND PRESIDENT'S
VISITS THEN, WITHOUT IN FACT REVEALING THAT, BELIEVE PRESIDENT
200-0
SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY PREMIER CHIANG,
EXPRESS VIEW THAT CONSEQUENCES FORESEEN SUCH AS THOSE MEN-
TIONED PARAS 4 AND 5 ARE OVERSTATED AND SAY THAT IN NEAR
FUTURE EMBASSY WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE UP WITH PREMIER
SPECIFIC POINTS RAISED IN HIS MESSAGE. LETTER SHOULD STATE
OUR INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH NORMALIZATION, WHEN WE DETERMINE
IT IS WISE AND NECESSARY TO DO SO, IN A MANNER WHICH SEEKS
IN EVERY WAY TO AVOID DAMAGE TO ROC INTERESTS. IT COULD BE
STATED WE HAVE GIVEN THIS QUESTION EXTENDED STUDY AND BELIEVE
THAT EMBASSY'S EXPOSITION WILL DEMONSTRATE TO PREMIER THAT
U.S. ACTIONS NEED NOT HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES FORESEEN IN HIS
LETTER AND WE HOPE HE WILL BE READY TO CONTINUE WITH US THE
SPECIAL DIALOGUE AS IN THE PAST so THAT WE CAN ALSO PASS
TOGETHER THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD SUCCESSFULLY.
5. WHICHEVER COURSE IS FOLLOWED IN PRESIDENTIS REPLY, BELIEVE
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INTRODUCE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY RECOG-
NIZING WHAT GROC HAS ACCOMPLISHED HERE, VALUE WE ATTACH TO
FRANK AND OPEN DIALOGUE WE HAVE HAD IN PAST AND REGARD FOR
200-0
STEADFAST FRIEND AND ALLY.
6. SUGGEST THIS TELEGRAM BE REPETED FOR SECRETARY AND PARTY
TO PEKING AND TOKYO,
UNGER
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SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S TRIP TO PEKING
REFERENCE: STATE 241599
1. IF I CAN CONFIDENTLY "PRESUME WE WILL FOLLOW SAHG PRO-
CEDURES AS IN PAST" THEN I WILL EXPE-T INSTRUCTIONS ALONG
LINES SECTO 265 OF NOVEMBER 29, 1974 COR HOPEFULLY, WITH
MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT CONTAINED) PRIOR TO ISSUANCE
ANY COMMUNIQUE OR OTHER OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ON SECRETARY'S
JUST COMPLETED VISIT TO PEKING. NEWSPAPERS HERE CARRY
STORIES OF BRIFFINGS ALREADY PROVIDED GROK AND GOJ.
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REF: A , STATE 2522531 B. SECTO 16144
1. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, I CALLED AT MY REQUEST ON
PREMIER CHIANG AND CAREFULLY WENT OVER POINTS MADE REF B AND THEN
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EXPANDED PRESENTATION WITH POINTS ALREADY CONVEYED TO FOREIGN
MINISTER SHEN FROM REF A.
2. PREMIER EMPHASIZED EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF THESE MATTERS TO
GROC AND ITS FUTURE, AND OF ITS BEING INFORMED AS I HAD JUST DONE
WITH REGARD TO PRESIDENT'S VISIT. MOREOVER, IF ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES ARE CONTEMPLATED GROC MUST HAVE TIMELY WORD TO GIVE IT
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OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARED ITSELF IN ADVANCE. I DID NOT DISPUTE THIS
BUT REITERATED INDICATIONS FROM REFTELS THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
APPARENTLY NOT CONTEMPLATED IN TIME PERIOD DISCUSSED IN REFTELS.
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PREMIER STRESSED IMPORTANCE GROC BEING INFORMED OF WHAT TAKES PLACE
IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PRC AND CITED AGREEMENT BETWEEN us AT
TIME WARSAW DISCUSSIONS INITIATED MANY YEARS AGO WHICH
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PROVIDED FOR THIS.
3. FROM THAT POINT DISCUSSION MOVED ON TO PREMIER'S OBSERVATIONS
ABOUT COMMUNIST (CHINESE AND RUSSIAN) STRATEGY IN ASIA AND
THE WORLD AND WHAT HE FELT WERE SOME U.S. MISCONCEPTIONS OF
SAME. MORE INTERESTING POINTS WILL BE COVERED MEMCON.
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TAGS: UVIP CHABIB, PHILIP C.)
SUBJECT: HABIB POST-CHINA TRIP
REF: A, STATE 282807 TOSEC 230046
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1. DELIGHTED HABIB WILL VISIT TAIPEI TO BRIEF ROC OFFICIALS,
HOPE HE WILL STAY WITH US NIGHT DECEMBER 9.
2. TO GET US OVER PERIOD BETWEEN PRESIDENT'S DEPARTURE
FROM PEKING AND HABIBIS ARRIVAL HERE DECEMBER 9 I WOULD
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO A) GIVE PREMIER CHIANG SOME ADVANCE
INDICATION OF CONTENTS PRIOR TO RELEASE OF FINAL PEKING
VISIT DOCUMENT AND B) IF POSSIBLE, INFORM PREMIER AT SAME
TIME OF HABIBIS PROSPECTIVE VISIT, ASKING HIM TO KEEP IT
SECRET I NECESSARY.
3. PLEASE PASS PRESIDENT'S PARTY FOR HABIB.
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PERMISSION AS SOON AS GROC CAN BE INFORMED OF HIS PROSPECTIVE
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VERY QUICKLY, I AM SUBMITTING FOLLOWING PROGRAM FOR HIS ADVANCE
REVIEW. NATURALLY PROGRAM SUBJECT NOT ONLY TO HABIB'S DESIRES
BUT ALSO TO SCHEDULES GROC LEADERS.
DECEMBER 9, TUESDAY
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DECEMBER 10, WEDNESDAY
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1. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HABIB MET WITH PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUD
LATE AFTERNOON DECEMBER a TO BRIEF HIM ON PRESIDENT FORD'S CONVER-
SATIONS IN PEKING. AMBASSADOR UNGER, DCM, FORMIN SHEN, VICE FOR-
MIN CHIEN (wHO INTERPRETED) AND PREMIER'S AIDE, JAMES SOONG,
WERE PRESENT.
2. IN PRESENTING GENERAL OUTLINE PEKING TALKS, HABIB EMPHASIZED
THAT BULK OF CONVERSATIONS DEVOTED TO BROAD INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
BILATERAL PRC/US RELATIONS TOUCHED UPON BUT NOT EXTENSIVELY.
AT OUTSET, HABIB STRESSED THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PRESS COMMENTARY
WHICH HAD APPEARED, THERE HAD BEEN NO COOLING IN US/PRC RELATIONS,
FORD VISIT HAD NOT PRODUCED ANY DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS TOWARD
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH PRC, BUT PRESIDENT REAFFIRMED us
COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. HABIB NOT IN PSOTION TO PREDICT
PRECISELY NOW NORMALIZATION PROCESS WILL DEVELOP, NOR ITS
TIMING. WE SHALL CONTINUE TO REDUCE OUR MILITARY
PRESENCE ON TAIWAN, AS AN INDEPENDENT US DECISON, NOT DISCUSSED IN
PEKING'. WHILE IT UNCERTAIN HOW NORMALIZATION WILL AFFECT OUR RE-
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WELL AWARE OF ROC INTERESTS AND WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY AND WITH
PRUDENCE, KEEPING IN MINO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF ROC'.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT PRC HOPED FOR ARRANGEMENT ALONG LINES OF
"JAPANESE MODEL", BUT US POSITION WAS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE
TIME FOR NORMALIZATION PROCESS TO MATURE. WE HAVE ALSO
POINTED OUT OUR INTERST IN AN ULTIMATELY PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF
THE PROBLEM. WE HAD ALREADY MADE THAT CLEAR IN
SHANHAI COMMUNIQUE. ON THEIR PART, CHIESE COMMUNISTS HAD
NOT PRESSER THE ISSUE,
3, HABIB NOTED THAT DISCUSSION BILATERIAL MATTERS DID NOT GO
INTO GREAT DETAIL AND WERE MORE IN NATURE OF CONTINUATION OF
DIALOGUE BEGUN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO, BOTH SIDES HAD STATED
THEIR VIEWS AND CONVERSATION CENTERED ON OTHER TOPICS.
4. AFTER THANKING HABIB FOR PRESENTATION, PREMIER NOTED THAT
IN ACCOUNTS OF PEKING CONVERSATIONS THERE HD APPEARED
REFERENCES TO EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN US/PRC RELATIONS "IN
MONTHS AHEAD". PREMIER ASKED WHAT SPECIFIC MEASURES us MIGHT
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HAVE IN MIND. HABIB REPLIED THAT PERHAPS SOME CONFUSION ON PART
OF PRESS HAD GROWN OUT OF CASWAL "ON CAMERA" REMAKS BY PRESIDENT
FORD REGARDING CHINESE DECISION RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT
SEVERAL AMERICAN MIA'S. APART FROM THIS, PRESIDENT AND
SECRETARY KISSINGER EMPHASIZED IN THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE
FUTURE THE CAREFULLY CHOSEN STATEMENT THAT "OUR RELATIONS ARE
GOOD AND WILL BE IMPROVED GRADUALLY".
5. THE PREMIER ASSERTED THAT FROM HABIB BRIEFING HE COULD
CONCLUDE 1) THAT EXISTING RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND ROC REMAIN
UNCHANGED AND 2) THAT CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC EXCHANGES WITH
ROC WILL BE CONTINUED ON CURRENT BASIS, HABIB CONFIRMED VALIDITY
THESE CONCLUSIONS,
6. THE PREMIER STATED CONTINUING GROP INTEREST IN EXCHANGING
CANDID VIEWS WITH USG ON SITUATION TION IN ASIA. IN THIS CONTEXT,
PREMIER THEN REITERATED THAT GROC POLICY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
BASED ON LINES LTID OUT BY PRESIDENCT CHIANG: THERE WOULD BE NO
CHANGE. THIS INCLUDED "RETURN TO MAINLAND"? BUT AS HIS FATHER
HAD ASURED PRESIDENT NIXON, PREMIER COULD REASSURE US THAT GROC
WOULD DO NOTING TO DISRUPT SITUATION OR TO COMPLICATE PROBLEMS
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FOR USG. BASIC ELEMENT IN ROC POLICY WAS, AND WOULD REMAIN, THE
MAINTENANCE OF CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH USG. ALTHOUGH
GROC COULD NOT AGREE THAT "DETENTE" WAS WISE POLICY, ISSUES
ON WHICH WE DID AGREE FAR OUTWEIGHED POINTS OF DIVERGENCE. USG
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ROC WAS ASSET TO us RATHER THAN A LIABILITY
AND ALL THAT ROC NEEDED FROM us WAS CONTINUED MORAL SUPPORT.
PREMIER REFERRED TO IMPORTANCE OF TAIWAN AS TRADING PARTNER
AND ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US BUSINESS. PEKING,
ON OTHER HAND, IN PREMIER'S VIEW, OFFERED LITTLE TO USG AND
DIFFERED IN IDEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS.
"NORMALIZATION" FOR PEKING WAS CONSPIRATORIAL SCHEME DESIGNED
TO TARNISH US IMAGE AS RELIABLE ALLY, AND TO GET US
OUT OF ASIA.
7, HABIB TOLD PREMIER THAT USG HAD NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT NATURE OF
PEKING GOVERNMENT AND FULLY AWARE DIFFERENCES WHICH EXISTED
BETWEEN US. FOLLOWING FALL OF VIETNAM, USG MADE CONCERTED EFFORT
RESTATE ITS COMMITMENTS IN ASIA; THERE WOULD BE NO us WITHORAWAL.
WE WILL PURSUE OUR PRESENT CURSE WITH FULL UNDERSTANDING FOR
ROC AND ITS CONCERNS.
8. HOWEVER, HABIB EMPHASIZED, WE BLIEVE IT IN ROC INTERST
TO ACT WITH RESTRAINT TOWARD ADJUSTMENTS IN US-CHINA POLICY,
THE ROC WILL NOT BENEFIT BY ENGAGING IN A CONTEXT WITH USG OVER
NORMALIZATION. PERSONAL ATTACKS ON THE SECRETARY WOULD NOT BE
APPRECIATED AND WOULD MAKE OUT TASK MORE DIFFICULT. THE PREMIER
RESPONDED THAT ROC ALSO APPROACHED THE PROBLEM "PRUDENTLY
AND WITH ENDURANCE" AND STATED THAT GROC HAD NEVER MADE ANY
PERSONAL ATTACK ON ANY USG OFFICIAL AND WOULD NOT DO SO, HASIB
EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THIS STATEMENT AND SAID HE HOULD
CONVEY IT TO WASHINGTON, (NEED TO REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS
WAS REINFORCED DURING SUBSEQUENT PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH
MINISTER CHOU SHU-KAI, A CLOSE AND TRUSTED ADVISER TO CCK, WHO
CAN BE EXPECTED RELAY HABIA COMMENTS TO PREMIER AND UNDERLINE
IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING "OVERZEALOUS PERSONS" UNDER CONTROL,)
9. PREMIER TURNED TO KOREA AND ASKED WHAT HABIB COULD TELL
HIM ABOUT DISCUSSIONS WITHPEKING. HABIB SAID CHINESE DID
NOT WISH TO DISCUSS AT GREAT LENGTH. ALTHOUGH OUR PROPOSAL
FOR. A MEETING ON KOREA NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PEKING, NEITHER 00 WE
BELIEVE PRC EXPECTING NK ATTACK. WE WILL KEEP OUR PROPOSAL ON
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THE TABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
OUR FORCES IN KOPEA AND TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH KOREANS WITH BOTH
MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE,
10. MEETING ENDED WITH MUTUAL EXPRESSIONS REGARDING
DESIRABILITY OF CONTINUING FRANK AND CANDIO DIALOGUE. PREMIER.
HOPED THAT HABIB COULD VISIT AGAIN SOON AND EXPESSED HIS
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APPRECIATION FOR BRIEFING. ATMOSPHERE WAS RELAXED AND FRIENDLY
THROUGHOUT DISCUSSIONS.
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CHARGE DELIVERED TO PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUD JANUARY 27, TEXT
OF PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO HIS OCTOBER 14 LETTER AS INSTRUCTED REFTEL.
PREMIER DID NOT CHOOSE TO READ TEXT IN CHARGE'S PRESENCE BUT DID TAKE
OCCASION TO RAISE UNRELATED SUBJECT WHICH WILL BE REPORTED
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SUBJECT: FORCE REDUCTIONS ON TAIWAN
REF: STATE 236790
1. AS I INTERPRET REFTEL, ALL DOD PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN (WITH CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS), IN EXCESS OF 1400 WOULD HAVE
TO BE PHYSICALLY RPT PHYSICALLY REMOVED FROM TAIWAN BEFORE
JANUARY 1, 1977, THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE MOVEMENT DURING THE
REMAINING 3 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR OF AROUND 960 INDIVIDUALS
(ASSIGNED STRENGTH AS OF AUG 31 WAS 2313, INCLUDING 2129
ZODIU
MILITARY AND 184 CIVILIAN.
2. I WOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM REFTEL THAT OF THE APPROXIMATELY
900 PERSONNEL TO BE MOVED OUT OF TAIWAN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR,
WASHINGTON SHOULD INCLUDE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THE DOD PERSONNEL
PRESENTLY ASSIGNED TO SHULINKOU. BUT INFO AVAILABLE TO us HERE
SUGGESTS THAT ONLY A RELATIVELY FEW OF THOSE COULD, AS A PRACTICAL
MATTER, DEPART PRIOR TO JANUARY 1.
3. WITH REGARD TO DOD PERSONNEL NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS INCLUDED
WITHIN THE 1400 END-OF-YEAR CEILING, I UNDERSTAND THEY WOULD BE
THOSE ASSIGNED TO THE EMBASSY (E.G., MARINE GUARDS, DAD PERSONNEL,
FAS, AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL STUDENTS). WE ALSO ASSUME THAT ATG
PERSONNEL (54 PRESENTLY ASSIGNED) ARE EXCLUDED. THE DEFINITION
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OF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL TO BE EXCLUDED FROM END-OF-YEAR 1400
CEILING NEEDS TO BE MORE PRECISELY SPELLED OUT, ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR
THAT THIS CATEGORY WOULD INCLUDE THOSE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY BE
SENT OUT TO INSTALL/OPERATE GINSENG. APART FROM THIS GROUP, WHA
OTHER DOD CONTRACT PERSONNEL ARE TO BE EXCLUDED?
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5. YESTERDAY COMUSTDC BRIEFED ME ON REDUCTION INSTRUCTIONS HE
HAS RECEIVED FROM JCS VIA CINCPAC. ACCORDING TO COMUSTDC. THESE
INSTRUCTIONS WOULD REQUIRE ONLY THAT AUTHORIZED RPT AUTHORIZED
STRENGTH OF DOD MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL (WITH CERTAIN
EXCLUSIONS) BE REDUCED TO 1400 BY END OF YEAR. IN OTHER
WORDS, PHYSICAL DOD MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PRESENCE ON TAIWAN
COULD ACTUALLY EXCEED 1400 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1976,
AND NUMBERS IN EXCESS
COULD REMAIN HERE INTO 1977, PRESUMABLY AS LONG AS OPERATIONAL
NEEDS ACTUALLY REQUIRE. IN FACT, COMUSTDC INTERPRETS HIS INSTRUCTIONS
AS PERMITTING HIM TO ANTICIPATE THAT THE APPROXIMATELY 750 CURRENT
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STRENGTH OF SHULINKOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE REDUCED TO ZERO (SAY
AROUND MARCH 1 WHEN GINSENG IN FULL OPERATION) AND THAT THIS REDUCTION
IN AUTHORIZED NUMBERS CAN BE COUNTED IN ADVANCE AS PART OF THE
OVERALL REDUCTION REQUIRED TO REDUCE OUR TOTAL PRESENCE TO 1400.
IN THIS WAY, GREATER PART OF 900 MENTIONED PARA 1 WOULD BE MADE
UP OF SLK PERSONNEL WHOSE SLOTS WOULD NO LONGER BE AUTHORIZED FOR
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TAIWAN AS OF JANUARY 1 BUT MOST OF WHOM WOULD NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY
PRESENT FOR SOME FURTHER MONTHS.
6. MY INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUCTIONS (AS STATED F RA 1 ABOVE)
BASED UPON LITERAL READING OF REFTEL, ARE IN OBVIOUS CONFLICT WITH
COMUSTOC'S READING OF HIS INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ISSUE REQUIRES
IMMEDIATE CLARIFICATION AND CERTAINLY BEFORE ARRIVAL OF NSACSS
GINSENG TEAM MENTIONED IN NSACSS FT. MEADE, MD, DTG 232121Z
SEPT 76. I WOULD HOPE THAT WASHINGTONIS INTENTION IS AS
INTERPRETED BY COMUSTDC, I.E., THAT WE WILL BE RE UIRED ONLY TO
REDUCE
AUTHORIZED RPT AUTHORIZED DOD MILITARY AND CIVILI. N STRENGTH
TO THE 1400 LIMIT BY END OF YEAR. THIS WOULD PERMIT THE
RELATIVELY ORDERLY WITHDRAWAL OF PERONNEL STRETCHED OUT OVER
SAY 6 TO 9 MONTHS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE ARE REQUIRED TO
REACH A "PHYSICALLY PRESENT" CEILING OF 1400 BY THE END OF THE
YEAR, IT WOULD NOT ONLY CAUSE SERIOUS LOGISTICAL DISLOCATIONS AND
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SEVERE PERSONAL HARDSHIP TO THOSE TO BE MOVED, BUT WOULD ALSO
HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A MASS EXODUS. THIS, IN TURN, WOULD
UNAVOIDABLY GENERATE UNDESIRABLE RUMORS AND SPECULATION EXACER-
BATING OUR PROBLEMS HERE AND LIKELY TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
CONSTERNATION WHICH WILL INEVITABLY BE COMMUNICATED WIDELY BOTH
HERE AND AT HOME.
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1. CONGRESSMAN CHARLES WILSON WILL BE VISITNG TAIWAN
OCTOBER 7-12. ACCORDING TO DOD MESSAGE (OSAF WASHDC/SAFLL
241730Z SEP 76) CONGRESSMAN HAS REQUESTED USTDC BRIEFING
TO INCLUDE "PROBLEMS WITH DRAWDOWN" AND
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R 0508572 NOV 76
FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1624
T OPSECRET TAIPEI 7440
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958 Sec. 3.6
NODIS
ZOPIN
MR02-22 #24; st lts 3/6/02
STADIS
doe NARA, Date 4/17/02
EO 11652 XGDS=3
TAGS PINR MARR TW CH
SUBJECT: US FORCE REDUCTIONS ON TAIWAN
REFS: (A) STATE 266444, (B) JCS WASHDC 042248Z NOV 76
1. COMUSTDC HAS SENT MESSAGE TO CINCPAC NOTING THAT REF B
DID NOT RPT NOT ADDRESS CINCPAC'S RECOMMENDAIONS TO JCS
(CINCPAC 0723552 OCT 76) THAT (1) NAMRU II SPACES BE EXCLUDED
FROM 1400 CEILING, AND (2) USA (PMD) AND DET 3, 7602 AIG ALSO
BE EXCLUDED FROM CEILING AND PLACED UNDER DAO.
2. COMUSTDC MESSAGE "STRONGLY URGES" THAT THESE UNITS "BE
EXCLUDED FROM CEILING". COMUSTDC DOES NOT TAKE POSITION ON
WHETHER OR NOT USA(PMD) AND DET 3 7602 AIR SHOULD BE PLACED
ZODIU
UNDER DAO.
3. EMBASSY FEELS IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO USE DEFENSE ATTACHE'S
OFFICE AS SHELTER FOR UNITS MENTIONED ABOVE, AND WE URGE
DEPARTMENT TO OPPOSE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION, OR TO SEEK TO
REVERSE DECISION IF IT HAS BEEN MADE.
4. EMBASSY HAS NOT SEEN CINCPAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO JCS
AS CONTAINED CINCPAC 0723552 OCT 76,
POPPLE
STATE DEPT. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW
Retain Class'n
Change to
TOP SECRET
Declassify in pärt and excise as shown
EO 12958, 25X( )( )( )
Declassify
After
With concurrence DOD (not)(obtained)
PS by 16
Date 8/3/00
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY