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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE TOKYO, SEOUL
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MY TELNO 59: TAIWAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
SUMMARY
1. ONE CHINA POLICY REAFFIRMED, BUT SO IS RIGHT OF SOVEREIGNTY AND UN MEMBERSHIP. POSITION O HONG KONG AND AN INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGREEMENT WITH THE MAINLAND. INTER-MINISTERIAL GROUP ON UN APPLICATION. DUAL RECOGNITION. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE QUERY.
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2. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY AND CONFUSING STATEMENTS SINCE PREMIER LIEN CHAN'S APPOINTMENT IN HIS FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE SWEARING-IN. LIEN SAID THAT 'THE DIVISION OF CHINA IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI. BUT WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE OBJECTIVE OF UNIFYING THE NATION. INSTEAD WE WILL SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT BOTH AT HOME AND IN THE DIPLOMATIC DOMAIN BEFORE THE NATION IS UNIFIED&. AT THE SAME TIME, TAIWAN HAD
'A SOVEREIGN NATION'S RIGHT' TO EXPAND BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS AND TIES WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, ON HONG KONG, LIEN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD WISH TO MAINTAIN ITS EXISTING LINKS WITH THE TERRITORY AFTER IT REVERTS TO CHINESE RULE IN 1997. LIEN SAID THAT
.HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ITS ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS ... 1 AFTER 1997. AT THE SAME TIME, HE STRUCK A NOTE OF CAUTION ON TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH THE MAINLAND, CALLING FOR INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
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3. CONCURRENTLY, FREDERICK CHIEN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HAS ANNOUNCED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER-MINISTERIAL TASK FORCE ON TAIWAN'S STRATEGY TO RE-ENTER THE UN. CHIEN SAID THAT THE RESULTS OF THE 19 DECEMBER LEGISLATIVE YUAN ELECTIONS WERE BEING INTERPRETED AS POPULAR SUPPORT FOR UN MEMBERSHIP, SINCE
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