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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 5, folder \"China, Republic of - State\nDepartment Telegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (3)\" of the Presidential Country Files\nfor East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nACTION COPY\nwill\nOF STATE Do\nCOPY\nOF 15 COPIES\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSECHET\nNOD673\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 02046 1711082\nCONTROL: 4183Q\n00\nRECD: 17 APR 75\nACTION NODS-00\n7:09AM\nINFO OCT-01 1001 W\n053332\nP 1709472 APR 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4861\nSECRET TAIPEI 2045\nNODIS\nE.U. 11652: GOS\nTAGS: OVIP CROCKEFXELLER, NELSON A.)\nSUBJECT: MEETING WITH PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUO\nDEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS WHITE HOUSE FOR VP PARTY\nAF-2 VC 137/86970\nREF: WH 50708\nI HAVE HEAD SUBSTANTIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 17 MEETING\nREFTEL AND OFFER FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS, LEAVING IT TO\nDRAFTERS WHETHER POINTS SHOULD BE COVERED IN HIGHLIGHTS OR\nDETAILED MEMCON:\n1. IN THE COURSE OF THE PREMIER'S REMARKS AS RECORDED\nIN PARA 6-8 I RECALL HYIS REFERRING TO POSSIBLE DIFFICULT\nPROBLEMS WHICH LIE AHEAD IMPLYBING NEVERTHELESS THAT THE\nGROC EXPECTED TO FACE THESE WITHOUT SEEKING SUBSTANTIAL\nASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES.\n2. AT THE END OF THE COMMENTS RECURDED PARA 6, THE PREMIER\nSAID THAT WITH THIS PUSITION IN MINU HE HAO LAID HXIS CARDS\nON THE TABLE IN HIS RELATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR UNGER AT\nTHEIR FIRST MEETING'LAST MAY) AND THEREAFTER HE HAD ALSO\nFORD\nCARRIED OUT EVERYTHING THAT HE SAIO HE WOULD\n&\nDO.\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n3. THE VICE PRESIDENT REMARKED TO THE PREMIER\nSECHET GG 4/23/01\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nDigitized from Box 5 of Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nPAGE 02 TAIPEI 02046 171108Z\nON THE VHIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN REPRESENTATION IN TAIPEI\nTO TAKE PART IN THE FUNTERAL CEREMONIES AND HE ESPECIALLY\nMENTIUNED THE TWO FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTERSI\nTHIS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BUT DID NOT ELICIT ANY VIEWS\nFROM THE PREMIER ABOUT NATURE AND STATE OF CURRENT\nROC-JAPANESE RELATIONS.\n4. I ALSO RECALL REFERENCE AT ONE POINT TO A\nDESIRE ONLY FOR \"AMERICAN SPIRITUAL AND MORAL SUPPORT\"\nIN THE CONTEXT, HOWEVER, I DID NOT TAKE IT TO BE INTENDED\nTO EXCLUDE A POSSIBLE CALL FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MUTUAL\nSECURITY TREATY IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK. UNGER\nNOTE: NOT PASSED WHITE HOUSE BY OC/T.\nSEGRET\nFORD\n&\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nCHECK AMERICA\nACTION COPY EN06924\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 02089 190931Z\n02\nS\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY 1 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 1001 W\n090084\n0 193827Z APR 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4882\nCONTROL: 4781Q\nS it E F TAIPEI 2089\nRECD: APRIL 19,1975\nNODIS\n$ I\nE.O. 11652: GDS/3\nTAGS: SREF, VS\nSUBJECT: STAGING AREAS FOR EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAY\nREF: STATE 090485\n1. AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED QUESTION OF TEMPORARY STAGING\nOF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM WITH FOREIGN MINISTER\nSHEN CHIANG-HUAN, APRIL 19, ALONG LINES REFTEL EXCEPT FOR\nPARA 3. HE EMPHASIZED NOID TO KEEP SUBJECT\nIN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND THAT INQUIRY WAS FOR\nPURPOSE OF CUNTINGENCY PLANNING ONLY AS INSTRUCTED REFTEL.\n2. SHEN AFFIRMED GROC WILLINGNESS \"IN PRINCIPLE\" BE AS\nGICO 72,\nHELPFUL AS POSSIBLE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT RUC'S\nCAPABILITIES WERE LIMITED. HE ASSUMED THAT USG WOULD BE\nPREPARED TO ASSUME FULL FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR ALL\nREFUGEES WHILE THEY TEMPORARILY STAGED ON TAIWAN. IN\nTHIS CONNECTION, SHEN MADE POINT THAT USG BURE MAJOR\nRESPONSIBILITY FOR WELFARE AND SAFETY ANY EVACUEES. HE\nNOTED ALSO THAT RUC MUST KEEP UPPERMOST IN MIND ITS\nCAN RESPONSIBILITY TO CHINESE NATIONALS IN SOUTH VIETNAM\nis WELL AS TO THE MANY SINO-VIETNAMESE THERE WHO WOULD\nSE LOOKING TO THE RCC FOR ASSISTANCE, THESE PEOPLE, MANY\nOF WHUM WOULD BE COMMUNIST TARGETS, WOULD HAVE THE\nFIRST CLAIM ON ROC RESOURCES.\n3. SHEN ALSU STATED OBVIOUS NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH DETAILED\nSECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES\nGERALD ? FORD\nGG\nMARA DATE 4/23/01\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETAR\nSTRENT\nI\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nof\nSECRET\nPAGE 22 TAIPEI 02089 1910522\nINFORMATION AS POSSIBLE REGARDING NUMBERS OF RE-\nFUSEES WE MIGHT bt CONSIDERING FOR STAGING TAIWAN, CATE-\nGORIES, I.E. NATIONALITY, SEX, AGE; WHETHER OR NOT ANY\nHAD SOME CONNECTION TAIWAN, I.E. RELATIVES, BUSINESS\nCONTACTS, ETC.\n:. SMEN, IN SHORT, SAW HOST OF PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS\nWHICH WOULD ARISE IF SIZEABLE NUMBERS INVOLVED. HE\nSUGGESTED THAT A US/ROC TASK FORCE WOULD ot BEST MEANS\nOF HANDLING PROBLEM, AND INDICATED THAT ROC MILITARY\nWOULD NO DOUBT bE MOST EFFECTIVE ELEMENT TO HEAD UP\nSUCH A TASK FORCE ON ROC SIDE. HE STRESSED NEED FOR\nAUEQURATE ADVANCE PLANNING AND SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS SITUA-\nTION wITH APPROPRIATE HIGH LEVEL UFFICIALS UN A PRELIMINARY\nBASIS TAKING CARE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY. AMBASSADOR\nENDORSED TASK FORCE IUEA AND SAID WE READY TO START\nAS SOUN AS THEY DESIGNATE CONTACT.\n5. AMBASSADOR ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR FORMIN'S UNDER\nSTANDING AND HELPFUL ATTITUDE AND ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD KEEP\nGROC AS RULLY INFORMED AS POSSIBLE OF DEVELUPING SITUATION IN SAISON.\nAMBASSADOR ALSU MENTIONED PRELIMINARY SURVEY CONDUCTED cY us\nMILITARY ON TAIWAN OF OUR CAPABILITIES HANDLING TRANSITING REFUGEES\nAT SUCH LOCATIONS AS CHING CHUAN KANG (CCK) AB AND TAINAN USING\nus ASSETS. AMSASSADOR ALSO EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF ROC'S\nCONCERN ABOUT CHINESE AND SINU-VIETNAMESE WHO MAY SEEK EVACUATION\nFROM SOUTH VIETNAM AND SAFE-HARBOK IN TAIWAN. (SEE SEPTEL\nREGARDING GROC'S CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY AND USE OF ITS FOUR LSTIS\nPRESENTLY ASSISTING IN KEFUGEE RELIEF SUPPLY ACTIVITY IN SVN\nWATERS.)\nU. COMMENT: WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT GROC WILL COOPERATE\nAS FULLY AS ITS RESOURCES PERMIT, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY\nNEED CLEARER IDEA OF NUMBERS CONTEMPLATED FUR POSSIBLE\nSTAGING THROUGH TAIWAN. IT IS ALSU MOST IMPORTANT TU\nBEAR IN MIND STRONG RUC FEELING THAT IT BEARS PRIORITY\nOBLIGATION TO CHINESE NATIONALS AND,\nTO SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, PEOPLE OF CHINESE\nDESCENT. THIS OBLIGATION INCLUDES NOT ONLY PROVIDING\nFORD\nPLACE OF REFUGE, BUT ALSO ASSISTING IN EVACUATION.\na\nGROC DOES NOT WISH TO BE PLACED IN POSITION OF APPEARING\nSECRET\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nThe\nSTATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nOF\nSECRET\nPAGE 03 TAIPEI 02089 1910522\nTO HAVE IGNORED THOSE WHO LOOK TO IT DIRECTLY FOR HELP IN\nS\nFAVOR OF NON-CHINESE.\n7. DEPT PLEASE PASS FOR INFO TO APPROPRIATE ADDRESSEES.\nUNGER\n11\nV\n0\nD\nS\nA 0\nS\nSECRET\nGERALD a LIBRARY FORD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETA\n3\nCO\n/ OF 15 COPIES\nDEPARTMENT is OF state\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTHEGRAM\nBECRET\nNOD177\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 02120 2108412\nCONTROL: 4907Q\n00\nRECD : APRIL 21, 1975\nACTION NODS-00\n4:43 A.M.\nINFO OCT-01 1001 W\n101682\nR 210824Z APR 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDO 4897\n$ & G R E T TAIPEI 2120\nNODIS\nE.O. 11652: XGDS/3\nTAGS: SREF, VS, TW\nSUBJECT: STAGING AREAS FOR EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM\nREF: A. STATE 090485\nB. TAIPEI 2089\nVICE MIN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TISAI WEI-PING HAS INFORMED DCM\nTHAT MG LYU CHIENG-HSIEN, CAF, HAS BEEN DESIGNATIED AS\n\"LIAISON OFFICER\" TO WORK WITH US AS NEED ARISES IN\nHANDLING MATTERS RELATED TO POSSIBLE STAGING ON TAIWAN OF\nREFUGEES FRMOM SOUTH VIETNAM. UNGER\nFORD\nSECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nSTATE DEPT, e NARA, GUIDELINES DATE 4/23/01\nGERALD ?\nLIBRARY\nGG\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nEYES ONLY\n4\nN\nOF STATE\n4 OCT 752 06 24\n001514\nDepartment of State\nUNITED AMERICA\nSECRET\nNOD747\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 06521 040556Z\n12\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY 10 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1001 W\n122798\nR 040550Z OCT 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7243\nN\n8 ECRE F TAIPEI 6521\nNODIS\nWARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS\nINVOLVED. NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/CONTROLLED\nDISSEM/THIS INFORMATION NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER\nDOCUMENT OR PUBLICATION.\nE.O. 11652: XGDS-2\nTAGS: PFOR, TW, CH\nSUBJECT: ROC POLICY TOWARD PRC VESSELS IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT\nS\nREF: STATE 225027\n1. IN COURSE OF DISCUSSION OCTOBER 4 WITH PREMIER CHIANG\nABOUT SECRETARY'S AND PRESIDENT'S FORTHCOMING TRIPS TO\nPEKING, I RECALLED OUR EFFORTS ON SIMILIAR PREVIOUS OCCASIONS\nTO AVOID ANY ACTIVITIES OR INCIDENTS WHICH COULD HAVE DAMAG-\nING EFFECTS. I SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO NAVAL ACTION IN\nFORMOSA STRAITS. PREMIER REPLIED WE NEED HAVE NO WORRY\n200-0\nABOUT GROC MILITARY ACTION IN THE STRAITS AND ADDED THAT\nWE WILL RECALL THAT IN THE PAST SUCH ACTIONS HAVE BEEN\nAVOIDED.\n2. DEPARTMENT MAY WISH REPEAT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG AND\nCINCPAC.\nUNGER\nSTATE DEPT. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW\nRetain Class'n\nChange to\nDeclassify in part and excise as shown\nSECRET\nEO 12958, 25X( )( )( )\nDECLASSIFIED\nDeclassify\nAfter\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES\nState\nvisit\n8/3/00\nWith concurrence\nIPS by: JL\n(not)(obtained)\nFORD\nDate 8/3/00\nBY GG\nNARA,\nDATE\n4/23/01\nEYES ONLY\n&\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nWH\n200-0\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF\n20 OCT 75Z\n09 07\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nNOD903\nPAGE 01 STATE\n10\nORIGIN NODS-00\nCOPY 10 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1001 R\n047663\nP 200808Z OCT 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7380\nSECRET TAIPEI 6814\nEYES ONLY\n200-0\nNODIS\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PFOR, TW, CH\nSUBJECT: PREMIER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT FORD\nREF: STATE 247183\n1. TIMING OF PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUO'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT\nFORD OBVIOUSLY RELATES TO SECRETARY KISSINGER'S AND PRESI-\nDENT FORD'S VISITS TO PRC AND THE CONCERN STRONGLY FELT HERE\nABOUT THE IMPACT THOSE VISITS AND DECISIONS MADE AT THE TIME\nWILL HAVE ON THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE ARGU-\nMENTS ADVANCED BY THE PREMIER TO DISSUADE US FROM OTHER STEPS\nTOWARD NORMALIZATION REFLECT NOT ONLY HONEST CONVICTIONS HERE\nBUT ALSO PROFOUND CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FULL NORMALIZA-\nTION ON THE ROC. ALSO PREMIER CHIANG UNDOUBTEDLY HOPES IN THIS\nWAY TO GET WHATEVER INFORMATION HE CAN ON WHAT WE CONTEMPLATE\nAND, IF HE PERCEIVES ANY SUCH OPPORTUNITY, TO USE THE INFORMA-\n200-0\nTION TO DISSUADE US THROUGH INFLUENTIAL AMERICANS SYMPATHETIC\nTO HIS POSITION FROM FURTHER STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION. WHILE\nSUCH LANGUAGE AS \"NEGATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE ROC\"\n(PARA 4) OVERSTATES HIS CASE, NEVERTHELESS CONCERN HERE OVER\nCONSEQUENCES OF NORMALIZATION IS REAL AND PROFOUND. ANY\nGOVERNMENT IN TAIPEI WITH FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD\nITS CITIZENS MUST (A) TRY TO WARD OFF THE FEARED ACTION AND,\nIF THAT IMPOSSIBLE, (B) TRY AT LEAST TO LEARN WHAT IS IN\nPROSPECT TO BETTER PREPARE TO MEET THE PROBLEM.\nFORD\n2. PRESUME PREMIER HAS SOUGHT SPECIAL ROUTE TO PRESIDENT\n&\nSECRET\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n4/23/01\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n200-0\nDEPARTMENT\nOF\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nPAGE 02 STATE\nBECAUSE HIS PAST EFFORTS THROUGH THIS EMBASSY HAVE BROUGHT\nHIM NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER. THIS MATTER LAST DISCUSSED EMBTEL\n3834,\n3, PREMIER'S LETTER SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY PRESIDENT\nFORD, AND AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, AS MATTER COURTESY TO\nLEADER OF A FRIENDLY NATION. MORE IMPORTANT, IT IS VERY\nMUCH IN OUR INTEREST TO SUSTAIN THE OPEN DIALOGUE, NOT YET\nSERIOUSLY DAMAGED, WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN WITH\nPREMIER CHIANG AS AN ESSENTIAL, PERHAPS THE MOST ESSENTIAL\nELEMENT, IN THE CONDITIONING PROCESS BY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN\nZODIS\nSEEKING TO PREPARE THE ROC FOR THE FURTHER EVOLUTION OF. OUR\nCHINA POLICY AND TO TRY TO ASSURE THE ROC'S CONSTRUCTIVE\nREACTION THERETO. A FORTHCOMING SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE WOULD\nBE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IF WE SHOULD BE CONTEMPLATING ANY\nMAJOR STEPS IN OUR CHINA POLICY.\n4, ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PREMIER'S LETTER, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE\nFOR US HERE TO BE OF MUCH HELP IN OUR STATE OF NEAR-TOTAL\nIGNORANCE ABOUT WHAT SECRETARY KISSINGER CONTEMPLATES DURING\nHIS CURRENT VISIT TO THE PRC, IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, COMMENTS\nAND SUGGESTIONS CAN PERHAPS BEST BE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS\nOF THREE CONTINGENCIES, DEPENDING ON U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEN-\nTIONS:\nA. IF ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH PRC AND\nDE-RECOGNITION GROC IS NOT REPEAT NOT FORESEEN AT ANY EARLY\nDATE, THEN IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO REPLY TO PREMIER WITH\nTHANKS FOR SHARING WITH US FRANKLY HIS VIEWS AND CONCERNS\nBUT GIVING HIM TO UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT CONTEMPLATE ANY\n200-0\nSIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN RELATIONS AT PRESENT TIME.\nB. IF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRESENTLY UNDECIDED WHETHER OR NOT\nFURTHER SIGNIFICANT STEPS WILL BE MADE SOON, PERHAPS WISHING\nFIRST TO ASSESS OUTCOME OF SECRETARY'S CURRENT TALKS IN\nPEKING, THEN IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO PRESENT ONCE AGAIN\nOUR REASONS FOR PROCEEDING WITH NORMALIZATION AND REFUTING\nPREMIER'S NEGATIVE COMMENTS, SAYING NEVERTHELESS WE APPRECIATE\nHIS FRANK EXPRESSIONS AND WE EXPECT TO KEEP IN VERY CLOSE\nTOUCH ON THESE MATTERS. WE SHOULD ALSO ASSERT THAT CON-\nSEQUENCES FORESEEN PARA 4 REFTEL NOT AT ALL WHAT WE WOULD\nFORD\n&\nSECRET\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n200-0\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nPAGE 03 STATE\nEXPECT OR COUNTENANCE AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED PARA 5 CAN ALSO\nBE AVOIDED AS ROC HAS TO SOME EXTENT ALREADY DEMONSTRATED IN\nTHE RELATIVE DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY\nEXPERIENCED. BELIEVE PRESIDENT SHOULD TELL PREMIER WE WILL\nKEEP ROC CONCERNS VERY MUCH IN MIND AND TO AVOID DAMAGE TO\nLEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF A LUNG-STANDING FRIEND.\nC. IF NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH PRC AND DE-RECOGNITION\nOF GROC EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM SECRETARY'S AND PRESIDENT'S\nVISITS THEN, WITHOUT IN FACT REVEALING THAT, BELIEVE PRESIDENT\n200-0\nSHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY PREMIER CHIANG,\nEXPRESS VIEW THAT CONSEQUENCES FORESEEN SUCH AS THOSE MEN-\nTIONED PARAS 4 AND 5 ARE OVERSTATED AND SAY THAT IN NEAR\nFUTURE EMBASSY WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE UP WITH PREMIER\nSPECIFIC POINTS RAISED IN HIS MESSAGE. LETTER SHOULD STATE\nOUR INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH NORMALIZATION, WHEN WE DETERMINE\nIT IS WISE AND NECESSARY TO DO SO, IN A MANNER WHICH SEEKS\nIN EVERY WAY TO AVOID DAMAGE TO ROC INTERESTS. IT COULD BE\nSTATED WE HAVE GIVEN THIS QUESTION EXTENDED STUDY AND BELIEVE\nTHAT EMBASSY'S EXPOSITION WILL DEMONSTRATE TO PREMIER THAT\nU.S. ACTIONS NEED NOT HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES FORESEEN IN HIS\nLETTER AND WE HOPE HE WILL BE READY TO CONTINUE WITH US THE\nSPECIAL DIALOGUE AS IN THE PAST so THAT WE CAN ALSO PASS\nTOGETHER THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD SUCCESSFULLY.\n5. WHICHEVER COURSE IS FOLLOWED IN PRESIDENTIS REPLY, BELIEVE\nIT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INTRODUCE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY RECOG-\nNIZING WHAT GROC HAS ACCOMPLISHED HERE, VALUE WE ATTACH TO\nFRANK AND OPEN DIALOGUE WE HAVE HAD IN PAST AND REGARD FOR\n200-0\nSTEADFAST FRIEND AND ALLY.\n6. SUGGEST THIS TELEGRAM BE REPETED FOR SECRETARY AND PARTY\nTO PEKING AND TOKYO,\nUNGER\nSECRET\nFORD\n&\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n6\n76\nN\ny\nPARTMENT OF STATE\nCLUB 2\nDepartment 006320 of State\nOCT 75Z 02 22 SECRET\nNOD524\nTELEGRAM\nC\nSTATES OF\nPAGE 81 TAIPEI 06932 240211Z\nCOPY / OF 15 COPIES\n80\nACTION NODS-00\nINFO OCT-01 IS0-00 /001 W\n113274\n0 2402267 OCT 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7442\n76\nS F-C-R-E-T TAIPEI 6932\nNODIS\nEA FOR MABIB AND GLEYSTEEN\nE.O. 11652: GOS\nTAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY)\nSUBJECT: SECRETARY'S TRIP TO PEKING\nREFERENCE: STATE 241599\n1. IF I CAN CONFIDENTLY \"PRESUME WE WILL FOLLOW SAHG PRO-\nCEDURES AS IN PAST\" THEN I WILL EXPE-T INSTRUCTIONS ALONG\nLINES SECTO 265 OF NOVEMBER 29, 1974 COR HOPEFULLY, WITH\nMORE INFORMATION THAN THAT CONTAINED) PRIOR TO ISSUANCE\nANY COMMUNIQUE OR OTHER OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ON SECRETARY'S\nJUST COMPLETED VISIT TO PEKING. NEWSPAPERS HERE CARRY\nSTORIES OF BRIFFINGS ALREADY PROVIDED GROK AND GOJ.\n11\n2. DEPARTMENT PLEASE REPEAT IMMEDIATE TO TOKYO.\nUNGER\nSECRET\nFORD\n46 4/23/01\n&\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n7\nN\nDEPARTMENT\nOF\nSTATE\n01 59\n007321\nO\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nSECRET\nNOD160\nTELEGRAM\nD\nPAGE 01\nTAIPEI\n06988\n290155Z\nCOPY\n7\nOF 15 COPIES\n62\nACTION NODS-00\nS\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1001. W\n038789\nR 290140Z OCT 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7463\nSECRET TAIPEI 6988\nN\nNODIS\nO\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY A.) PFOR, TW, CH\nSUBJECT: SECRETARY'S TRIP TO PEKING\nD\nREF: A , STATE 2522531 B. SECTO 16144\n1. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, I CALLED AT MY REQUEST ON\nPREMIER CHIANG AND CAREFULLY WENT OVER POINTS MADE REF B AND THEN\nS\nEXPANDED PRESENTATION WITH POINTS ALREADY CONVEYED TO FOREIGN\nMINISTER SHEN FROM REF A.\n2. PREMIER EMPHASIZED EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF THESE MATTERS TO\nGROC AND ITS FUTURE, AND OF ITS BEING INFORMED AS I HAD JUST DONE\nWITH REGARD TO PRESIDENT'S VISIT. MOREOVER, IF ANY SIGNIFICANT\nCHANGES ARE CONTEMPLATED GROC MUST HAVE TIMELY WORD TO GIVE IT\nN\nOPPORTUNITY TO PREPARED ITSELF IN ADVANCE. I DID NOT DISPUTE THIS\nBUT REITERATED INDICATIONS FROM REFTELS THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES\nAPPARENTLY NOT CONTEMPLATED IN TIME PERIOD DISCUSSED IN REFTELS.\nO\nPREMIER STRESSED IMPORTANCE GROC BEING INFORMED OF WHAT TAKES PLACE\nIN DISCUSSIONS WITH PRC AND CITED AGREEMENT BETWEEN us AT\nTIME WARSAW DISCUSSIONS INITIATED MANY YEARS AGO WHICH\nD\nPROVIDED FOR THIS.\n3. FROM THAT POINT DISCUSSION MOVED ON TO PREMIER'S OBSERVATIONS\nABOUT COMMUNIST (CHINESE AND RUSSIAN) STRATEGY IN ASIA AND\nTHE WORLD AND WHAT HE FELT WERE SOME U.S. MISCONCEPTIONS OF\nSAME. MORE INTERESTING POINTS WILL BE COVERED MEMCON.\nS\nUNGER\nFORD\nSECRET\n&\nGG 4/23/01\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n8\nDEPARTMENT\nOF\nSTATE\nny\n000275\nDepartment\nof State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nCONP IDENTIAL\nN00617\nPAGE al TAIPEI m7667 020324Z Copy / of 15 copies\n62\nACTION NODS-00\nS\nINFO OCT-01 IS0-00 1001 K\n104933\nR 0203182 DEC 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7754\nG D E NTIAL TAIPEI 7667\nNODIS\nTO MILLER FROM AMBASSADOR\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: UVIP CHABIB, PHILIP C.)\nSUBJECT: HABIB POST-CHINA TRIP\nREF: A, STATE 282807 TOSEC 230046\nS\nB, STATE 282806 TOSEC 230049\n1. DELIGHTED HABIB WILL VISIT TAIPEI TO BRIEF ROC OFFICIALS,\nHOPE HE WILL STAY WITH US NIGHT DECEMBER 9.\n2. TO GET US OVER PERIOD BETWEEN PRESIDENT'S DEPARTURE\nFROM PEKING AND HABIBIS ARRIVAL HERE DECEMBER 9 I WOULD\nLIKE TO BE ABLE TO A) GIVE PREMIER CHIANG SOME ADVANCE\nINDICATION OF CONTENTS PRIOR TO RELEASE OF FINAL PEKING\nVISIT DOCUMENT AND B) IF POSSIBLE, INFORM PREMIER AT SAME\nTIME OF HABIBIS PROSPECTIVE VISIT, ASKING HIM TO KEEP IT\nSECRET I NECESSARY.\n3. PLEASE PASS PRESIDENT'S PARTY FOR HABIB.\nUNGER\nCONF IDENTIAL\nGG 4/23/01\nFORD LIBRARY & GERALD\n9\n200-0\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\n-3 DEC 75Z 09 52\n000666\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF. AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nCONFIDENTIAL\nNOD811\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 07709 0309182\n10\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY ( f OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /001 W\n126404\nR 0309057 DEC 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7770\n0\nI\nTAIPEI 77 й 9\nNODIS\nZODIS\nFOR MILLER FROM AMBASSADOR\nTHE PRESIDENT'S PARTY FOR HABIB\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: OVIP KHABIB, PHILIP C.)\nSUBJECT: HABIB POST-CHINA TRIP\nREF: STATE 282807\nRESERVATION FOR USE OF HABIB BOOKED AS REQUESTED. ASSUME HABIB DOES\nNOT\nHOLD ROC VISA; IF THIS IS CORRECT, WE WILL REQUEST SPECIAL ENTRY\nPERMISSION AS SOON AS GROC CAN BE INFORMED OF HIS PROSPECTIVE\nVISIT.\nUNGER\n200-0\nCONF IDENT IAL\nGG 4/23/01\nGERALD\nFORD LIBRARY &\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n10\nEYES ONLY\nZODIS\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nDepartment ofState 52\n000955\nUNITED STATES OF\nTELEGRAM\nCONF IDENTIAL\nNOD960\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 07733 0409342\n12\nACTION NOOS-00\nCOPY 10 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /001 W\n014502\nR 0409217 DEC 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7782\nN\nN\nFAIPEI 7733\nZODIS\nNODIS\nFOR MILLER FROM AMBASSADOR\nPLEASE PASS PRESIDENT'S PARTY FOR HABIB\nSINCE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HABIB VISIT TAIPEI WILL HAVE TO BE MADE\nVERY QUICKLY, I AM SUBMITTING FOLLOWING PROGRAM FOR HIS ADVANCE\nREVIEW. NATURALLY PROGRAM SUBJECT NOT ONLY TO HABIB'S DESIRES\nBUT ALSO TO SCHEDULES GROC LEADERS.\nDECEMBER 9, TUESDAY\n1535\nARRIVE TAIPEI\n1600\nMEET WITH AMBASSADOR AT EMBASSY\n1700\nCALL ON PREMIER CHIANG\n1900\nDINNER AT RESIDENCE WITH SEVERAL CHINESE GUESTS (E.G.,\nCHOU SHU-KAI, K.T. LI, FREDCHIEN) OR WITH COUNTRY TEAM.\nDECEMBER 10, WEDNESDAY\nZODIS\n0900\nMEET WITH COUNTRY TEAM OR EMBASSY STAFF PRINCIPALS\n1100\nCALL ON PRESIDENT\n1200\nQUICK LUNCH\n1305\nDEPARTURE\nUNGER\nCONFIDENTIAL\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nFORD LIBRARY & GERALD\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES\nMARA. DATE 4/23/01\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nWH\n200-0\nOF STATE\n*\nDepartmen Zofo.State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nCONFIDENTIAL\nNOD104\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 07774 050910Z\n12\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY 10 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /001 W\n032795\n0 050906Z DEC 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\n.\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7801\nZODIS\nCONFIOENTIALTAIPEL7774\nNODIS :\nFOR MILLER FROM AMBASSADOR\nPLEASE PASS PRESIDENT'S PIRTY IMMEDIATELY FOR HABIB\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: OVIP CHABIB, PHILIP C.,\nSUBJECT: MABIB POST-CHINT TRIP\nDOES YOUR LATEST MESSAGE (SECTO 231082) CONSTITUTE AUTHORITY\nFOR ME TO INFORM PREMIER OF YOUR PROSPECTIVE VISIT? IF NOT, I\nREQUIRE SUCH AUTHORITY ASAP.\nUNGER\nZODIU\nCONFIDENTIAL\nFORD LIBRARY & OERALD\nGG 4/23/01\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n12\nN\nS STATE\nACTION COPY\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nNOD864\nPAGE 61 TAIPEI 07854 1009432\n10\nS\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY / OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1001 W\n095664\n0 1009002 DEC 75\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 7842\ns 5 TAIPEI 7854\nNODIS\nFOR SECRETARY OF STATE\nDEPT PLS PASS SINGAPORE FOR ASST SEC HABIB AND OTHER POSTS AS\nDESIRED\nEO 11652 GDS\nTAGS PFOR TW CH\nS\nSUBJECT: ASST SEC HABIB MEETING WITH PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUO\n1. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HABIB MET WITH PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUD\nLATE AFTERNOON DECEMBER a TO BRIEF HIM ON PRESIDENT FORD'S CONVER-\nSATIONS IN PEKING. AMBASSADOR UNGER, DCM, FORMIN SHEN, VICE FOR-\nMIN CHIEN (wHO INTERPRETED) AND PREMIER'S AIDE, JAMES SOONG,\nWERE PRESENT.\n2. IN PRESENTING GENERAL OUTLINE PEKING TALKS, HABIB EMPHASIZED\nTHAT BULK OF CONVERSATIONS DEVOTED TO BROAD INTERNATIONAL ISSUES\nBILATERAL PRC/US RELATIONS TOUCHED UPON BUT NOT EXTENSIVELY.\nAT OUTSET, HABIB STRESSED THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PRESS COMMENTARY\nWHICH HAD APPEARED, THERE HAD BEEN NO COOLING IN US/PRC RELATIONS,\nFORD VISIT HAD NOT PRODUCED ANY DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS TOWARD\nNORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH PRC, BUT PRESIDENT REAFFIRMED us\nCOMMITMENT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE\nSHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. HABIB NOT IN PSOTION TO PREDICT\nPRECISELY NOW NORMALIZATION PROCESS WILL DEVELOP, NOR ITS\nTIMING. WE SHALL CONTINUE TO REDUCE OUR MILITARY\nPRESENCE ON TAIWAN, AS AN INDEPENDENT US DECISON, NOT DISCUSSED IN\nPEKING'. WHILE IT UNCERTAIN HOW NORMALIZATION WILL AFFECT OUR RE-\nSECRET\nFORD\n&\n4/23/01\nOERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED\nany\nAMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nof\nSEPRET\nPAGE 02 TAIPEI 07954 1009432\nLATIONS WITH ROC, HABIB ASSURED PREMIER THAT USG\nS\nWELL AWARE OF ROC INTERESTS AND WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY AND WITH\nPRUDENCE, KEEPING IN MINO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF ROC'.\nIT WAS CLEAR THAT PRC HOPED FOR ARRANGEMENT ALONG LINES OF\n\"JAPANESE MODEL\", BUT US POSITION WAS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE\nTIME FOR NORMALIZATION PROCESS TO MATURE. WE HAVE ALSO\nPOINTED OUT OUR INTERST IN AN ULTIMATELY PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF\nTHE PROBLEM. WE HAD ALREADY MADE THAT CLEAR IN\nSHANHAI COMMUNIQUE. ON THEIR PART, CHIESE COMMUNISTS HAD\nNOT PRESSER THE ISSUE,\n3, HABIB NOTED THAT DISCUSSION BILATERIAL MATTERS DID NOT GO\nINTO GREAT DETAIL AND WERE MORE IN NATURE OF CONTINUATION OF\nDIALOGUE BEGUN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO, BOTH SIDES HAD STATED\nTHEIR VIEWS AND CONVERSATION CENTERED ON OTHER TOPICS.\n4. AFTER THANKING HABIB FOR PRESENTATION, PREMIER NOTED THAT\nIN ACCOUNTS OF PEKING CONVERSATIONS THERE HD APPEARED\nREFERENCES TO EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN US/PRC RELATIONS \"IN\nMONTHS AHEAD\". PREMIER ASKED WHAT SPECIFIC MEASURES us MIGHT\nS\nHAVE IN MIND. HABIB REPLIED THAT PERHAPS SOME CONFUSION ON PART\nOF PRESS HAD GROWN OUT OF CASWAL \"ON CAMERA\" REMAKS BY PRESIDENT\nFORD REGARDING CHINESE DECISION RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT\nSEVERAL AMERICAN MIA'S. APART FROM THIS, PRESIDENT AND\nSECRETARY KISSINGER EMPHASIZED IN THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE\nFUTURE THE CAREFULLY CHOSEN STATEMENT THAT \"OUR RELATIONS ARE\nGOOD AND WILL BE IMPROVED GRADUALLY\".\n5. THE PREMIER ASSERTED THAT FROM HABIB BRIEFING HE COULD\nCONCLUDE 1) THAT EXISTING RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND ROC REMAIN\nUNCHANGED AND 2) THAT CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC EXCHANGES WITH\nROC WILL BE CONTINUED ON CURRENT BASIS, HABIB CONFIRMED VALIDITY\nTHESE CONCLUSIONS,\n6. THE PREMIER STATED CONTINUING GROP INTEREST IN EXCHANGING\nCANDID VIEWS WITH USG ON SITUATION TION IN ASIA. IN THIS CONTEXT,\nPREMIER THEN REITERATED THAT GROC POLICY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE\nBASED ON LINES LTID OUT BY PRESIDENCT CHIANG: THERE WOULD BE NO\nCHANGE. THIS INCLUDED \"RETURN TO MAINLAND\"? BUT AS HIS FATHER\nHAD ASURED PRESIDENT NIXON, PREMIER COULD REASSURE US THAT GROC\nWOULD DO NOTING TO DISRUPT SITUATION OR TO COMPLICATE PROBLEMS\nSECHET\nFORD\nR\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE QRALO SECRETAR\nLIBRARY\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nof\nSECRET\nPAGE 03 TAIPEI 07854 1009432\nFOR USG. BASIC ELEMENT IN ROC POLICY WAS, AND WOULD REMAIN, THE\nMAINTENANCE OF CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH USG. ALTHOUGH\nGROC COULD NOT AGREE THAT \"DETENTE\" WAS WISE POLICY, ISSUES\nON WHICH WE DID AGREE FAR OUTWEIGHED POINTS OF DIVERGENCE. USG\nSHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ROC WAS ASSET TO us RATHER THAN A LIABILITY\nAND ALL THAT ROC NEEDED FROM us WAS CONTINUED MORAL SUPPORT.\nPREMIER REFERRED TO IMPORTANCE OF TAIWAN AS TRADING PARTNER\nAND ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US BUSINESS. PEKING,\nON OTHER HAND, IN PREMIER'S VIEW, OFFERED LITTLE TO USG AND\nDIFFERED IN IDEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS.\n\"NORMALIZATION\" FOR PEKING WAS CONSPIRATORIAL SCHEME DESIGNED\nTO TARNISH US IMAGE AS RELIABLE ALLY, AND TO GET US\nOUT OF ASIA.\n7, HABIB TOLD PREMIER THAT USG HAD NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT NATURE OF\nPEKING GOVERNMENT AND FULLY AWARE DIFFERENCES WHICH EXISTED\nBETWEEN US. FOLLOWING FALL OF VIETNAM, USG MADE CONCERTED EFFORT\nRESTATE ITS COMMITMENTS IN ASIA; THERE WOULD BE NO us WITHORAWAL.\nWE WILL PURSUE OUR PRESENT CURSE WITH FULL UNDERSTANDING FOR\nROC AND ITS CONCERNS.\n8. HOWEVER, HABIB EMPHASIZED, WE BLIEVE IT IN ROC INTERST\nTO ACT WITH RESTRAINT TOWARD ADJUSTMENTS IN US-CHINA POLICY,\nTHE ROC WILL NOT BENEFIT BY ENGAGING IN A CONTEXT WITH USG OVER\nNORMALIZATION. PERSONAL ATTACKS ON THE SECRETARY WOULD NOT BE\nAPPRECIATED AND WOULD MAKE OUT TASK MORE DIFFICULT. THE PREMIER\nRESPONDED THAT ROC ALSO APPROACHED THE PROBLEM \"PRUDENTLY\nAND WITH ENDURANCE\" AND STATED THAT GROC HAD NEVER MADE ANY\nPERSONAL ATTACK ON ANY USG OFFICIAL AND WOULD NOT DO SO, HASIB\nEXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THIS STATEMENT AND SAID HE HOULD\nCONVEY IT TO WASHINGTON, (NEED TO REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS\nWAS REINFORCED DURING SUBSEQUENT PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH\nMINISTER CHOU SHU-KAI, A CLOSE AND TRUSTED ADVISER TO CCK, WHO\nCAN BE EXPECTED RELAY HABIA COMMENTS TO PREMIER AND UNDERLINE\nIMPORTANCE OF KEEPING \"OVERZEALOUS PERSONS\" UNDER CONTROL,)\n9. PREMIER TURNED TO KOREA AND ASKED WHAT HABIB COULD TELL\nHIM ABOUT DISCUSSIONS WITHPEKING. HABIB SAID CHINESE DID\nNOT WISH TO DISCUSS AT GREAT LENGTH. ALTHOUGH OUR PROPOSAL\nFOR. A MEETING ON KOREA NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PEKING, NEITHER 00 WE\nBELIEVE PRC EXPECTING NK ATTACK. WE WILL KEEP OUR PROPOSAL ON\nSECRET\nFORD\n&\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nof STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nGEPRET\nPAGE n4 TAIPEI m7854 1009437\nS\nTHE TABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN\nOUR FORCES IN KOPEA AND TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH KOREANS WITH BOTH\nMILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE,\n10. MEETING ENDED WITH MUTUAL EXPRESSIONS REGARDING\nDESIRABILITY OF CONTINUING FRANK AND CANDIO DIALOGUE. PREMIER.\nHOPED THAT HABIB COULD VISIT AGAIN SOON AND EXPESSED HIS\nN\nAPPRECIATION FOR BRIEFING. ATMOSPHERE WAS RELAXED AND FRIENDLY\nTHROUGHOUT DISCUSSIONS.\nUNGER\n$\nSECRET\nGERATO a FORD LIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\na\n13\nCOPY\nOF 15 COPIES\nZOPIS\nLEPARTMENT CF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nNOD720\nPAGE 01 TAIPEI 00639 250211Z\n63\nACTION NODS-00\nINFO OCT-01 130-00 /001 W\n057311\nR 2801407 JAN 76\nFm AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 8340\n$ ECRE? F TAIPEI 0639\nZODIS\nNODIS\nE.O. 11652 XGDS-3\nTAGS PFOR TW CH\nSUBJECT: PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO CHIANG CHING-KUD LETTER\nREF: STATE 019617\nCHARGE DELIVERED TO PREMIER CHIANG CHING-KUD JANUARY 27, TEXT\nOF PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO HIS OCTOBER 14 LETTER AS INSTRUCTED REFTEL.\nPREMIER DID NOT CHOOSE TO READ TEXT IN CHARGE'S PRESENCE BUT DID TAKE\nOCCASION TO RAISE UNRELATED SUBJECT WHICH WILL BE REPORTED\nSEPARELY.\nPOPPLE\nZODIU\nSECRET\nFORD\nDECLASSIFIED\n?\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nSTATE DEPT. GUIDELINES\nBY GG\nWARA, DATE 4/23/01\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n14\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 012720\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\n....\nNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nTelegram\nCREATOR'S NAME\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSECSTATE WASHDC\nDESCRIPTION\nRe Republic of China\nCREATION DATE\n08/26/1976\nVOLUME\n3 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n032400131\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL\nCOUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE\nPACIFIC\nBOX NUMBER\n5\nFOLDER TITLE\nChina, Republic of - State Department\nTelegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (3)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/27/2001\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nGG\nEXEMPTED 7/02\n15\n200-0\nOF STATE\n11\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nTOP SECRET\nNOD847\n9\nPAGE 01\nTAIPEI 06494 241201Z\n41\nACTION NODS-00\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /001 W\n092026\n0 241035Z SEP 76\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WAHDC IMMEDIATE 1154\nZODIS\nORSECRET TAIPEI 6494\nDECLASSIFIED\nNODIS\nE.O. 12958 Sec. 3.6\nFROM THE AMBASSADOR\nMR.02. 22 #20: At the 3/6/02\nEO 11652 XGDS-3\ndal 4/17/02\nTAGS PINR MARR TW\nSUBJECT: FORCE REDUCTIONS ON TAIWAN\nREF: STATE 236790\n1. AS I INTERPRET REFTEL, ALL DOD PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND\nCIVILIAN (WITH CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS), IN EXCESS OF 1400 WOULD HAVE\nTO BE PHYSICALLY RPT PHYSICALLY REMOVED FROM TAIWAN BEFORE\nJANUARY 1, 1977, THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE MOVEMENT DURING THE\nREMAINING 3 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR OF AROUND 960 INDIVIDUALS\n(ASSIGNED STRENGTH AS OF AUG 31 WAS 2313, INCLUDING 2129\nZODIU\nMILITARY AND 184 CIVILIAN.\n2. I WOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM REFTEL THAT OF THE APPROXIMATELY\n900 PERSONNEL TO BE MOVED OUT OF TAIWAN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR,\nWASHINGTON SHOULD INCLUDE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THE DOD PERSONNEL\nPRESENTLY ASSIGNED TO SHULINKOU. BUT INFO AVAILABLE TO us HERE\nSUGGESTS THAT ONLY A RELATIVELY FEW OF THOSE COULD, AS A PRACTICAL\nMATTER, DEPART PRIOR TO JANUARY 1.\n3. WITH REGARD TO DOD PERSONNEL NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS INCLUDED\nWITHIN THE 1400 END-OF-YEAR CEILING, I UNDERSTAND THEY WOULD BE\nTHOSE ASSIGNED TO THE EMBASSY (E.G., MARINE GUARDS, DAD PERSONNEL,\nFAS, AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL STUDENTS). WE ALSO ASSUME THAT ATG\nPERSONNEL (54 PRESENTLY ASSIGNED) ARE EXCLUDED. THE DEFINITION\nTOP SECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nN\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nTOP SECRET\nPAGE 02\nTAIPEI 06494 241201Z\nOF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL TO BE EXCLUDED FROM END-OF-YEAR 1400\nCEILING NEEDS TO BE MORE PRECISELY SPELLED OUT, ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR\nTHAT THIS CATEGORY WOULD INCLUDE THOSE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY BE\nSENT OUT TO INSTALL/OPERATE GINSENG. APART FROM THIS GROUP, WHA\nOTHER DOD CONTRACT PERSONNEL ARE TO BE EXCLUDED?\nN\n5. YESTERDAY COMUSTDC BRIEFED ME ON REDUCTION INSTRUCTIONS HE\nHAS RECEIVED FROM JCS VIA CINCPAC. ACCORDING TO COMUSTDC. THESE\nINSTRUCTIONS WOULD REQUIRE ONLY THAT AUTHORIZED RPT AUTHORIZED\nSTRENGTH OF DOD MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL (WITH CERTAIN\nEXCLUSIONS) BE REDUCED TO 1400 BY END OF YEAR. IN OTHER\nWORDS, PHYSICAL DOD MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PRESENCE ON TAIWAN\nCOULD ACTUALLY EXCEED 1400 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1976,\nAND NUMBERS IN EXCESS\nCOULD REMAIN HERE INTO 1977, PRESUMABLY AS LONG AS OPERATIONAL\nNEEDS ACTUALLY REQUIRE. IN FACT, COMUSTDC INTERPRETS HIS INSTRUCTIONS\nAS PERMITTING HIM TO ANTICIPATE THAT THE APPROXIMATELY 750 CURRENT\nS\nSTRENGTH OF SHULINKOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE REDUCED TO ZERO (SAY\nAROUND MARCH 1 WHEN GINSENG IN FULL OPERATION) AND THAT THIS REDUCTION\nIN AUTHORIZED NUMBERS CAN BE COUNTED IN ADVANCE AS PART OF THE\nOVERALL REDUCTION REQUIRED TO REDUCE OUR TOTAL PRESENCE TO 1400.\nIN THIS WAY, GREATER PART OF 900 MENTIONED PARA 1 WOULD BE MADE\nUP OF SLK PERSONNEL WHOSE SLOTS WOULD NO LONGER BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nN\nTAIWAN AS OF JANUARY 1 BUT MOST OF WHOM WOULD NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY\nPRESENT FOR SOME FURTHER MONTHS.\n6. MY INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUCTIONS (AS STATED F RA 1 ABOVE)\nBASED UPON LITERAL READING OF REFTEL, ARE IN OBVIOUS CONFLICT WITH\nCOMUSTOC'S READING OF HIS INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ISSUE REQUIRES\nIMMEDIATE CLARIFICATION AND CERTAINLY BEFORE ARRIVAL OF NSACSS\nGINSENG TEAM MENTIONED IN NSACSS FT. MEADE, MD, DTG 232121Z\nSEPT 76. I WOULD HOPE THAT WASHINGTONIS INTENTION IS AS\nINTERPRETED BY COMUSTDC, I.E., THAT WE WILL BE RE UIRED ONLY TO\nREDUCE\nAUTHORIZED RPT AUTHORIZED DOD MILITARY AND CIVILI. N STRENGTH\nTO THE 1400 LIMIT BY END OF YEAR. THIS WOULD PERMIT THE\nRELATIVELY ORDERLY WITHDRAWAL OF PERONNEL STRETCHED OUT OVER\nSAY 6 TO 9 MONTHS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE ARE REQUIRED TO\nREACH A \"PHYSICALLY PRESENT\" CEILING OF 1400 BY THE END OF THE\nYEAR, IT WOULD NOT ONLY CAUSE SERIOUS LOGISTICAL DISLOCATIONS AND\nTOP SECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n200-0\nOF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED OF AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nTOP SECRET\nPAGE 03\nTAIPEI 06494 241201Z\nSEVERE PERSONAL HARDSHIP TO THOSE TO BE MOVED, BUT WOULD ALSO\nHAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A MASS EXODUS. THIS, IN TURN, WOULD\nUNAVOIDABLY GENERATE UNDESIRABLE RUMORS AND SPECULATION EXACER-\nBATING OUR PROBLEMS HERE AND LIKELY TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE\nCONSTERNATION WHICH WILL INEVITABLY BE COMMUNICATED WIDELY BOTH\nHERE AND AT HOME.\nUNGER\nZODIU\nZODIU\nTOP CECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n16\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 012722\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\n....\nNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nTelegram\nCREATOR'S NAME\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSECSTATE WASHDC\nTITLE\nSTAT\nDESCRIPTION\nForce Reductions on Taiwan\nCREATION DATE\n09/25/1976\nVOLUME\n1 page\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n032400131\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL\nCOUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE\nPACIFIC\nBOX NUMBER\n5\nFOLDER TITLE\nChina, Republic of - State Department\nTelegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (3)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/27/2001\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nGG\nSANITIZED 7/02\nCOPY 9 OF 15 COPIES\n11\n16\n200-0\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\n25 SEP 76Z 06 13\n006404\nDepartment of State\nUNITED STATES OF\nTELEGRAM\nTOP SECRET\nNOD961\nPAGE 01\nTAIPEI 06503 250548Z\n22\nACTION NODS-00\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1001 W\n127594\nP 25*5207 SEP 76\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1151\nTOPGECRET TAIPEI 6503\nZODIS\nNODIS\nEC 11652 XGDS-3\nTAGS PINR MARR TW\nSUBJECT: FORCE REDUCTIONS ON TAIWAN\n1. CONGRESSMAN CHARLES WILSON WILL BE VISITNG TAIWAN\nOCTOBER 7-12. ACCORDING TO DOD MESSAGE (OSAF WASHDC/SAFLL\n241730Z SEP 76) CONGRESSMAN HAS REQUESTED USTDC BRIEFING\nTO INCLUDE \"PROBLEMS WITH DRAWDOWN\" AND\nPERSONNEL PROBLEMS\".\n2. IN LIGHT OF CURRENT DECISION MOVE RAPIDLY AHEAD ON\nGENERAL DRAWDOWN AND IMPLEMENTATION\nREQUEST\nDEPARTMENT'S GUIDANCE ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE BRIEFING FOR\nCONGRESSMAN.\nUNGER\n200-0\nDECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958 Sec. 3.6\nWith PORTIONS EXEMPTED\nE.O. 12958 Sec. 1.5 (e)\nMR 02-23, #21; CIA ets 7/12/02\nBy doe NARA, Date 8/1/02\nTOP SECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 012723\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nTelegram\nCREATOR'S NAME\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSECSTATE WASHDC\nDESCRIPTION\nRe force reductions on Taiwan\nCREATION DATE\n09/30/1976\nVOLUME\n3 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n032400131\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL\nCOUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE\nPACIFIC\nBOX NUMBER\n5\nFOLDER TITLE\nChina, Republic of - State Department\nTelegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (3)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/27/2001\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nGG\nEXEMPTED 7/02\n18\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 012724\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\n....\nNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nTelegram\nCREATOR'S NAME\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSECSTATE WASHDC\nDESCRIPTION\nRe force reductions on Taiwan\nCREATION DATE\n10/12/1976\nVOLUME\n1 page\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n032400131\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL\nCOUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE\nPACIFIC\nBOX NUMBER\n5\nFOLDER TITLE\nChina, Republic of - State Department\nTelegrams: To SECSTATE - - NODIS (3)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/27/2001\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nGG\nEXEMPTED 7/02\n19\nH/Courine\nE.O. soweroft\n200-0\nOF STATE\n-5 NOV 76Z 21\n001280\n*\nDepartment of State\nUNITED AMERICA\nTOP SECRET\nNOD444\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nPAGE 01\nTAIPEI 07440 051116Z\n11\nACTION NODS-00\nCOPY 10 OF 15 COPIES\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /001 W\n108147\nR 0508572 NOV 76\nFM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 1624\nT OPSECRET TAIPEI 7440\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958 Sec. 3.6\nNODIS\nZOPIN\nMR02-22 #24; st lts 3/6/02\nSTADIS\ndoe NARA, Date 4/17/02\nEO 11652 XGDS=3\nTAGS PINR MARR TW CH\nSUBJECT: US FORCE REDUCTIONS ON TAIWAN\nREFS: (A) STATE 266444, (B) JCS WASHDC 042248Z NOV 76\n1. COMUSTDC HAS SENT MESSAGE TO CINCPAC NOTING THAT REF B\nDID NOT RPT NOT ADDRESS CINCPAC'S RECOMMENDAIONS TO JCS\n(CINCPAC 0723552 OCT 76) THAT (1) NAMRU II SPACES BE EXCLUDED\nFROM 1400 CEILING, AND (2) USA (PMD) AND DET 3, 7602 AIG ALSO\nBE EXCLUDED FROM CEILING AND PLACED UNDER DAO.\n2. COMUSTDC MESSAGE \"STRONGLY URGES\" THAT THESE UNITS \"BE\nEXCLUDED FROM CEILING\". COMUSTDC DOES NOT TAKE POSITION ON\nWHETHER OR NOT USA(PMD) AND DET 3 7602 AIR SHOULD BE PLACED\nZODIU\nUNDER DAO.\n3. EMBASSY FEELS IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO USE DEFENSE ATTACHE'S\nOFFICE AS SHELTER FOR UNITS MENTIONED ABOVE, AND WE URGE\nDEPARTMENT TO OPPOSE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION, OR TO SEEK TO\nREVERSE DECISION IF IT HAS BEEN MADE.\n4. EMBASSY HAS NOT SEEN CINCPAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO JCS\nAS CONTAINED CINCPAC 0723552 OCT 76,\nPOPPLE\nSTATE DEPT. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW\nRetain Class'n\nChange to\nTOP SECRET\nDeclassify in pärt and excise as shown\nEO 12958, 25X( )( )( )\nDeclassify\nAfter\nWith concurrence DOD (not)(obtained)\nPS by 16\nDate 8/3/00\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY"
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