March 31,1998---Bill Clinton

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Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
B16F, No.3 Ta-Tun 2St.
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
March 31, 1998.

Dear Mr. President Clinton,

I try and try again to write letters to you for our country. It is with the best sincere pleasure I write to you on the attention of your understand.

"Taiwan has no need to purchase new arms from the United States since it already has enough weapons systems to counter a military attack from mainland China." a former White House official Doug Poal said on Friday (March 27, 1998). He was quoted in the report as suggesting that the U.S. government should suspend major arms sales to Taiwan if Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive party continues to call for Taiwan independence in a provocative manner. He expressed his opinion that the issue between Taiwan and mainland China should be worked out by the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan strait, saying that only cross-strait negotiation can ease the tension.

A mainland Chinese academic Luan Ming, professor of Tamkang university, said(March 24, 1998): "They (Mainland Chinese) will attack Taiwan at any time if the Communist party gives the order." "Since mainland China has in recent years established different types of military partnership with world powers such as the United States and Russia; Taiwan is now the only genuine arch-rival left for the mainland."

Nevertheless; on the edge of military attack, United States should act as major censorship when cross-strait negotiation, that dependable average army powers make balancce between Taiwan-mainland China's sensitivity. Whether mainland China will invade Taiwan has aroused grave concern here, as Beijing has grealy expanded its military exercise with Taiwan as its mock target. 

It is dangerous to enforce Taiwan to determine the political negotiation, without strengthening the background of Taiwan's weapons systems. On the other hand; loss of Taiwan is the sign of Asia crisis, not only for economic but also military defeat that closely concern about United States in Asian's handle. Chinese would be a major stream for whole world, I believe that. If democratic countries urge mainland China advance to democratic reformation; there aren't any reasons that Taiwan people aganst unification.

I try my best to describe what I mean, just want to built "resonance" of ideology. More thanks to you.

 

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

 

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