RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO FRENCH INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE THE PEIPING GOVERNMENT

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• Case Number: F-2017-01898
• Publication Date: January 25, 1964

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RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA
TO FRENCH INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE THE PE I P I NG GOVERNMENT
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1. M Y. OVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE GIO DI RECTOR
SHEN SA I D ON 23 JANUARY 196)4 THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (GRC ) HAD NO PLAN FOR SENDING A HIGH-LEVEL
DELEGATION TO FRANCE, AFRICA, OR LATIN AMERICA TO SEEK
SUPPORT FOR ITS POS T I ON. PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY GENERAL
CHANG CH? UN HAS SAID THE GRC WOULD ANNOUNCE SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS
WITH FRANCE AS SOON AS FRANCE RECOGNIZES PE I P I NG. CHANG SAID
THE GRC�WOULD WITHDRAW TO A "FORTRESS TA I WAN" BEFORE IT WOULD
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2. GIO DIRECTOR JAMES SHEN SAID ON 23 JANUARY THAT THE
GRC HAD NO PLANS TO DEFEND ITS INTERNATIONAL POSITION BY
SENDING ANY MISSION OR HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO FRANCE,
AFRICA, OR LATIN AMERICA. ST EXPRESSED SHOCK AND SURPRISE
THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WAS NOT CONSIDERING
SUCH ACTION, SHEN SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD, AND HAD ALREADY
ISSUED ORDERS, THAT HIS PARIS OFFICE WAS TO REMAIN EVEN IN
THE EVENT THE GRC EMBASSY IS WITHDRAWN.
3. PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY GENERAL CHANG CHTUN SAID ON
23 JANUARY THAT THE GRC HAS NO PLAN FOR URGENT MEASURES IN
RESPONSE TO THE FRENCH INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE PEIPING. CHANG
SAID THE GRC POSITION IS CLEAR AND FLEXIBLE AND THAT THE
GRC WILL ANNOUNCE SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
PARIS AND WILL WITHDRAW ITS EMBASSY STAFF THE MOMENT FRANCE
ANNOUNCES RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA, HE SAID THAT NON-
DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL WOULD REMAIN IN PARIS AFTER THE GRC
EMBASSY IS WITHDRAWN AND THAT THE GIG WOULD BECOME THE "FREE
CHINA NEWS SERVICE." CHANG SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS THE FRENCH
DID NOT WANT THE GRC TO STAY AND WOULD MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT
THAT EVEN IF.THE GRC WISHED TO REMAIN IT WOULD BE
DIPLOMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT THE GRC, LED BY
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THE KUOMINTANG, IS CARRYING OUT A REVOLUTIONARY TASK CALLING
FOR REUNIFICATION OF THE MAINLAND WITH TAIWAN AND AN EARLY
COUNTERATTACK, IF CONDITIONS ARE UNFAVORABLE, THE GRC IS
FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO SETTLE DOWN AND CREATE A " FORTRESS
TAIWAN" UNTIL A BREAK IN THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION PERMITS
ACTION, THE GRC WOULD NOT HESITATE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE
UNITED NATIONS IF COMMUNIST CHINA IS SEATED, CHANG SAID THE
UNITED STATES HAS MORE AT STAKE THAN THE GRC SINCE ITS WORLD
LEADERSHIP MAY BE ERODED IN THE PRESENT CRISIS. HE SAID
THE GRC IS THE BIGGEST ASSET OF THE UNITED STATES IN ASIA
AND THAT THE UNITED STATES POSITION IN ASIA WOULD DECLINE
AS THE GRC DECLINED.
14.( FOREIGN MINISTER SHEN CH'ANG-HUAN TOLD THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN ON 23 JANUARY
THAT FRANCE HAD INFORMED THE GRC OF THE FRENCH INTENTION
TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNIST CHINA, THE FRENCH NOTE HAD SAID THE
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD COME ON 27 JANUARY. SHEN ALSO
SAID THE FRENCH NOTE HAD INDICATED THE FRENCH INTENDED TO BREAK
OFF RELATIONS WITH THE GRC,
THE FOREIGN
MINISTER MAY HAVE BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR BLAMING A
FRENCH INITIATIVE IN THE EVENT THE GRC DECIDES TO WITHDRAW
ITS PARIS EMBASSY). THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WAS
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