CHIANG CHING-KUO'S VIEW THAT THE GRC SHOULD STAND FAST IN FACE OF FRENCH RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA

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• Case Number: F-2017-01898
• Publication Date: January 23, 1964

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Intelligence Informatipn Cable
COUNTRY OEM (TAIWAN )/FRANCE/CHINA.
DATE OF 18 JANUARY 196)4
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J. SUMMARY AND COMMENT. CHIANG CHING-KUO HAS TOLD A
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) ADVISOR THAT ,THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE TREPUBLIC..,(TCH1NA (GRC) SHOO _NOT_FEKALIPLQMATIRELATIONS
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WITH FRANCE BUT SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ARRIV
IN FRANCE AND THEN DECIDE UPON A FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION.. TH.
GRC SHOULD PROTEST FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATION
WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS:, AND CONTINUE TO OPPOSE TWO CHINAS.
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS EXPECTED THAT THE GRC WOULD SEVER
RELATIONS, BUT CHIANG BELIEVED THAT UNDER THE PRESENT
CIRCUMSTANCES THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS wou.Lp NOT GO TO FRANCE.
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2. ON 18 JANUARY 196)4, CHIANG CHING-KUO EXPRESSED THE VIEW
THAT THE GRC SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ARRIVE IN
FRANCE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ON CONTINUING RELATIONS AND
SHOULD NOT NOW SAY IT WOULD WITHDRAW WHEN THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS
ESTABLISH AN EMBASSY IN FRANCE. AS LONG AS THE GRC WAS IN
FRANCE, THE PRESTIGE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS WOULD SUFFER, THE
GRC ARRIVED IN FRANCE FIRST AND IT SHOULD USE THIS POINT. THE
CHINESE COMMUNISTS, EXPECTED THAT THE GRC WOULD SEVER DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, BUT THE GRC SHOULD NOT DO SO BECAUSE IT
WAS THERE FIRST AND HAD DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH- FRANCE NOW
3. CHIANG BELIEVED THE GRC SHOULD HOWEVER, PROTEST THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND
COMMUNIST CHINA, AND IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO OPPOSE TWO CHINAS.
IT SHOULD NOT MENTION IN THIS PROTEST THE QUESTION OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS, THE CHINESE
COMMUNISTS WOULD NOT GO TO FRANCE. THIS WOULD PUT FRANCE IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION.
4. CHIANG BELIEVED THAT PREVIOUS FRENCH POLICY DID NOT
IMPLY ANY WARM FEELING FOR THE GRC, PRESIDENT DE GAULLE WAS
NOW THINKING PURELY IN TERMS OF EXPANDING HIS INFLUENCE, THIS_
SITUATION WAS A GOOD TEST FOR THE GRC. PEOPLE MUST REMAIN CALM�
IN SUCH AN EMERGENCY.
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