Clarifies that Vice President Chen Cheng's remarks reaffirm the Government of the Republic of China's (GRC) strategy of prioritizing political methods over military force to recover the mainland.
March 16, 1959
Telegram No. 634 from the Secretary of State to Taipei
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Addresses Vice President Chen Cheng's speech, which appeared to shift the GRC's position on recovering the mainland away from the agreed US-GRC joint communiqué.
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