March 11,1998---Al Gore

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Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
B16F, No.3 Ta-Tun 2St.
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
March 11, 1998.

 

Dear Mr. Vice President Al Gore,

I am very sorrow to disturb you again. If; please take a leisure time to read the letter that is my best honor.

A series of formerly high ranking recently retired U.S. officials have swung through Taipei over the past several months. Including former assistant Defense secretary Joseph Nye and former Defense secretary William Perry. And it seems that all of them have come for the same purpose, exhorting Taipei to resume talks with Beijing. But, unfortunately that Taipei had not the major reason to refuse to conduct cross-strait talks.

Last week's Taipei visit by recently retired U.S. National Security adviser Anthong Lake mentioned that the R.O.C. should abandon its bid to re-enter the United Nations, and repeatedly declined comment on issue, such as whether the ROC was a sovereign, independent state. U.S. interest in stability still don't take into account the ROC.'s international status and the fact of its being a sovereign, independent state since 1912. As it means Taiwan's diplomatic isolation would continue for years to come.

While this is true, Taipei knows it simply cannot afford to free itself from the strait-jacket of U.S. cross-strait policy as the security and stability guaranteed by "Big Brother" is still need.

U. S. is a free country for our democratic nation, isn't?

And so far for big brother to act as "Brother's protection".

The Dalai Lama accused mainland China of "cultural genocide". Communist Chinese troops seizes control of Tibet in 1951, and the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 after the abortive uprising in Lhasa. However, China continues to face grave human rights problems and other formidable challenges. After 30 years of providing 100,000 Tibetan of exiles with a "second home", the Indian government should play a "constructive and influential role" in solving the Tibet question.

We are all like to effort China mainland to or a democratic country whether Tibet or Taiwan.

 

 

Sincerely Yours,
Yang Hsu-Tung.
President of
Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation

 

 

 

 

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