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TELEGRAM NUMBER 594 OF 30 SEPTEMBER
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INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON TOKYO HONG KONG UKDEL NATO
MIPT: CHINA/TAIWAN
1. THE FULL TEXT OF YE JIANYING'S STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:
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TODAY, ON THE EVE OF THE 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND AT THE APPROACH OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1911 REVOLUTION, I WISH, FIRST OF ALL, TO EXTEND MY FESTIVE GREETINGS AND CORDIAL REGARDS TO THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE COMPATRIOTS IN TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MACAO, AND CHINESE NATIONALS RESIDING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1979, THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ISSUED A MESSAGE TO THE COMPATRIOTS IN TAIWAN, IN WHICH IT PROCLAIMED THE POLICY OF STRIVING TO REUNIFY THE MOTHERLAND PEACEFULLY. THE MESSAGE RECEIVED WARM SUPPORT AND ACTIVE RESPONSE FROMM THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES THROUGHOUT CHINA, INCLUDING THE COMPATRIOTS IN TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MACAO, AND THOSE RESIDING ABROAD. A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE HAS SET IN ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAITS. NOW, I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ELABORATE ON THE POLICY CONCERNING THE RETURN OF TAIWAN TO THE MOTHERLAND FOR THE REALIZATION OF PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION:
(1) IN ORDER TO BRING AN END TO THE UNFORTUNATE SEPARATION OF THE CHINESE NATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, WE PROPOSE THAT TALKS BE HELD BETWEEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA AND THE KUOMINTANG OF CHINA ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS SO THAT THE TWO PARTIES WILL COOPERATE FOR THE THIRD TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT CAUSE OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION, THE TWO SIDES MAY FIRST SEND PEOPLE TO MEET FOR AN EXHAUSTIVE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
(2) IT IS THE URGENT DESIRE OF THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES OF BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAITS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, REUNITE WITH THEIR RELATIVES, DEVELOP TRADE AND INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. WE PROPOSE THAT THE TWO SIDES MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF MAILS, TRADE, AIR AND SHIPPING SERVICES, AND VISITS BY RELATIVES AND TOURISTS AS WELL AS ACADEMIC, CULTURAL AND SPORTS EXCHANGES, AND REACH AN AGREEMENT THEREUPON.
(3) AFTER THE COUNTRY IS REUNIFIED, TAIWAN CAN ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND IT CAN RETAIN ITS ARMED FORCES. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH LOCAL AFFAIRS ON TAIWAN,
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