TAIWAN AND PEIPING COMPETE FOR AFRICAN RECOGNITION

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• Case Number: F-2017-01898
• Publication Date: March 24, 1960

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WEEKLY
SUMMARY
COPY NO. 56
OC1 NO. 1013/60
24 March 1960
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'Agency. It does not represent a conwlete coverage of all
current situations. Comments and conclusions represent
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TAIWAN AND PEIPING COMPETE FOR AFRICAN RECOGNITION . . . Page 3
Communist China's recent threat to break diplomatic
ties with Guinea if Conakry received Another Chinese
Nationalist delegation reflects Peiping's concern that
the "two Chinas" concept may be gaining acceptance in
Africa. Competition between Taipei and Peiping for rec-
ognitinn by emergent African republics was sharpened by
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PART II (Continued)
the recent success of Nationalist China in establishing
relations with Cameroun and the favorable impression made
by Nationalist delegations on several Afrran nations
which will become independent this year.
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THE WEEK IN BRIEF
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Communist China recently
threatened to break diplomatic
relations with Guinea if Cona-k
kry again officially received
a visiting Chinese Nationalist
delegation as it did last Jan-
uary. The harshly worded note,
delivered by a charg�nly a
few weeks after the Chinese
Communist Embassy was opened
in Conakry, shows Peiping's
apprehension that the concept
of "two Chinas" may be gaining
acceptance among emerging
African republics.
Communist China is spend-
ing a good deal of time, money,
and effort bidding for recog-
nition in Africa. Peiping so-
licits governmental contacts
with those nations which have
achieved independence and, as
the "true friend of national
liberation," is actively sup-
porting those Africans still
engaged in the "anticolonial
struggle." The Communists
view this support as an in-
vestment in future recognition.
Despite the appeal Peiping
holds for many Africans, how-
ever, the competition with
Taipei has become keener, and
the Chinese Communists have
real cause for concern.
Last year Libya recog-
nized Taipei. In January 1960
the new Cameroun Republic did
likewise, and last month the
Chinese Nationalist Legation
in Liberia was raised to em-
PART II
bassy status. Ethiopia. report-
edly. has put off a Chinese Com-
munist:.bid for recognition on
the grounds the moment is not
opportune. Reluctance of these
countries to accept Peiping or
their preference for Taipei
may stem in part from .Communist
China's bellicosity in Asia,
but. political considerations
for relations with the West and
renewed efforts by Nationalist
China in the area seem largely
responsible:
The Chinese Nationalists,
just. as.bitter'opponents of the
"two Chinas" Concept as.the Com-
munists, realize the potential
value of recognition by new
African republics--each of which
will eventually vote on the
Chinese representation issue in
the United Nations. Taipei has
sent, two official delegations
to -Africa in recent months in
an 'effort to promote recognition
and expand contacts..
Nationalist Minister of
Economic Affairs Yang Chi-tseng
established the diplomatic re-
lations with Cameroun, received
an invitation to Togo's inde-
pendence ceremonies on 27 April,
and was surprised at the friend-
ly reception given him in Guinea.
and in Dakar, where the Nation-
alists hope to open a consulate
general before the Mali Federa-
tion becomes independent late
this spring. Only in Ghana,
which maintains it inherited
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recognition of Peiping from the
UK, but has not yet established
formal ties, did the Yang mis-
sion receive really unfriendly
treatment, although officials
in Nigeria and Tunisia were
cool.
A mission headed by Min-
ister Yang Hsi-kun, director of
African Affairs in the National-
ist Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
was warmly received in Somalia
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also was favorably received in
Ethiopia, where the Chinese
Communist ambassador to the
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planning to follow up these
visits by sending agricultural
advisers to various African
states and have hopes of pro-
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Peiping's note to Guinea
indicates the seriousness with
which the Chinese Communists
view the Nationalist challenge,
but Peiping is not likely to
jeopardize its African program
by severing relations with
Guinea or any other nation
which briefly entertains visit-
ing Nationalists. Instead,
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Peiping is likely to increase
its own political and economic
effort to broaden contacts at
all levels, calling on Africans
to "resist the trap set by the
United States and the Chiang
Kai-shek clique to undermine.
friendship between the peoples
.of China and Africa."
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