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AMBASSADOR COMPLIMENTED TAIWAN ON ITS COMPARATIVELY BETTER
DEVELOPMENT BUT PUT IT DOWN TO AID BY USA (TO THE TONE OF US
DOLLAR 1,500 PER CAPITA). NO SINGLE COUNTRY COULD POSSIBLY
PROVIDE PER CAPITA AID OR LOAN TO CHINA ON SUCH A SCALE.
3.
THE AMBASSADOR CAME ACROSS AS SINCERE AND HONEST WITH HIS
GUESTS. THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE RECEPTION WAS CONGENIAL AND THE
CHINESE COMMUNTIY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING GENERALLY SEEMED
FLATTERED, TO HAVE BEEN INVITED AND ADDRESSED IN THIS MANNER BY
THE AMBASSADOR.
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