Annex C to SP/1095-4
TRANSLATION OF THE NEW EVENING POST
DATED. 10TH MARCH, 1978
HEADLINE: Looking at Taiwan from the China Airlines incident
The bloodshed incident on board the China Airlines Boeing
But 737 airliner has been generally referred to as a "hijack". until the whole incident has been cleared up, it still remains a mystery. It looks like a case of air hijacking but facts have still to be proved. The possibility of hijacking is high, but one cannot rule out the possibility of its being a mere skirmish.
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If it is really a case of hijack, it is the first incident
If the case involves to take place between Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mainland China, it is also the first time that a civil aircraft has altered its route with a political motive, between Taiwan and the Mainland, The radar screens of Hong Kong recorded a change of course to a northerly direction when the aircraft approached
Hong Kong.
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It has therefore been said that the incident could have been the result of recent broadcast appeals emitted to Taiwan by the Mainland. In the middle of last month, the Fukienese front reiterated its calls to the Chiang navy and airforce personnel Rewards to defect to the Mainland with their warships and aircraft. of 7,000 taels of gold (highest reward for aircraft pilots) and 20,000 taels of gold (highest reward for warship pilots) were offered to the defectors.
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This is a military tactic. A state of warfare still exists between Taiwan and the Mainland, between the Liberation Army and the Chiang Army. The civil war has dragged on for 30 years and still continues, It is norman for sick a call to be reiterated,
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