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DATE=7/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251771
TITLE=TAIWAN/CHINA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ANNIE LU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
(VOICED BY LARRY FREUND)
INTRO: TAIWAN'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT IS ABANDONING ITS 
"ONE CHINA" POLICY HAS GENERATED CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES.  
FORMER U-S SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER BELIEVES TAIWAN HAS
GONE TOO FAR AND IS JEOPARDIZING ITS SECURITY. VOA'S ANNIE LU 
REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.
TEXT:   TAIWAN PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK
THAT THE ISLAND NOW CONSIDERS ITS DEALING WITH CHINA TO BE ON A 
STATE TO STATE BASIS. CHINA SAYS THAT IS A DANGEROUS STEP DOWN 
THE PATH TOWARD INDEPENDENCE.  
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE REACTION HAS BEEN MIXED.  SOME CHINESE 
EXPERTS BELIEVE PRESIDENT LEE WAS JUST STATING A FACTUAL REALITY 
THAT TAIWAN HAS BEEN A SEPARATE NATION FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.  
BUT HENRY KISSINGER, THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE KNOWN FOR 
OPENING U-S RELATIONS WITH CHINA IN THE EARLY 1970S, CALLS 
TAIWAN'S MOVE RECKLESS AND PROVOCATIVE.
                      /// KISSINGER ACT ///
         IT IS HIGHLY RECKLESS AND PROVOCATIVE. ON THE OTHER 
         HAND, WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE A CHINESE ATTACK ON 
         TAIWAN.  I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT (CLINTON) SHOULD SAY
         IS TO REAFFIRM,  NOT  AS HIS PERSONAL VIEW, BUT AS THE 
         SETTLED POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 30 YEARS, THIS 
         PRINCIPLE OF ONE CHINA, IN THE FIRMEST POSSIBLE WAY.
                         /// END ACT ///
MR. KISSINGER MADE HIS REMARKS (TUESDAY) AT A FORUM IN NEW YORK 
ON THE U-S PRESIDENCY. ALSO SPEAKING THERE WAS A FORMER U-S 
AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, WINSTON LORD.  HE SEES TAIWAN'S ACTION AS A 
WAY OF GAINING MORE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.  HE SAYS BEIJING 
SHOULD REDUCE ITS PRESSURE ON TAIWAN.
                        /// LORD ACT ///
         I THINK BEIJING SHOULD LOOSEN UP A LITTLE BIT ON 
         TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE.  THEY
         DO NOT HAVE TO LET THEM GET INTO THE U-N, THEY DON'T 
         HAVE TO LET THEM BE IN THE AREAS WHICH REQUIRE 
         STATEHOOD. BUT BEIJING HAS TIGHTENED UP IN THE LAST 
         COUPLE OF YEARS ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN ALMOST ANY 
         INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, EVEN IF IT DOES NOT REQUIRE 
         A SEPARATE STATEHOOD, AND I THINK THAT FEEDS 
         FRUSTRATIONS IN TAIWAN.  
                         /// END ACT ///
ANOTHER CONCERN FOR THE UNITED STATES IS A POSSIBLE HALT IN THE 
DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN.  CHINA HAS SUGGESTED THAT IT 
MIGHT  NOT  SEND ITS TOP ENVOY TO TAIWAN FOR TALKS SCHEDULED IN 
OCTOBER.  BOTH MR. KISSINGER AND MR. LORD SAY A CONTINUED 
DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN IS THE BEST WAY TO MAINTAIN 
PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION.  (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/ACL/LSF/KL
14-Jul-99 2:54 PM EDT (1854 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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