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UNQUOTE (AGAINST VARIOUS TAIWANESE PROPOSALS WHICH THE CHINESE REGARDED AS IMPLYING SOVEREIGNTY), ON REPRESENTATION AT APEC MINISTERIAL MEETINGS, THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT THE TAIWANESE DELEGATION SHOULD BE LED BY ANY TAIWANESE OFFICIAL OTHER THAN THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER OR VICE FOREIGN MINISTER BUT TAIWANESE MFA OFFICIALS AT DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND BELOW MIGHT ATTEND AS MEMBERS, USING THEIR OFFICIAL TITLES (AGAINST THE CHINA POSITION THAT NO TAIWANESE MFA OFFICIAL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND APEC MEETINGS).

5. THE SECOND COMPROMISE IS A PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE ONE FOR THE TAIWANESE AND MIGHT, IF IT BECAME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATE PROBLEMS FOR THEM DOMESTICALLY. FOR THIS REASON, WHEN THE KOREANS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ON REPRESENTATION AT A PRESS BRIEFING HELD TODAY, THEIR ANSWER WAS THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE THREE PARTIES TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN REPRESENTATION AT APEC MINISTERIAL MEETINGS.

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