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SOURCE: DISKETTE.037312
DRAFTED BY: EAP/TC:JMLEVY:JML -- 10/01/04 202 647-7713
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
SPECIAL EMBASSY PROGRAM
AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
AMEMBASSY LIBREVILLE
UNCLAS STATE 213125
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL, TW
SUBJECT: GUIDELINES ON CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN
REF: (A)2003 STATE 279129, (B)2002 STATE 192452, (C)2001
STATE 174463, (D)2000 STATE 191267, (E)1999 STATE 185125,
(F)1998 STATE 184576, (G)1997 STATE 180605, (H)1996 STATE
203676, (I)1995 STATE 220531, (J)1994 STATE 258408,
(K)1993 STATE 283398, (L)1992 STATE 304946, (M)1991 STATE
310542
1. WE ARE SENDING ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS THE
FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN
REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD. THESE GUIDELINES APPLY TO
OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING THE APPROACHING
OCTOBER 10 ("DOUBLE TEN") ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF
THE "REPUBLIC OF CHINA." PLEASE ENSURE THAT THESE
GUIDELINES RECEIVE BROAD CIRCULATION WITHIN YOUR MISSION.
2. BACKGROUND ON U.S. UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN:
IN 1979 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) AND
RECOGNIZED THE PRC GOVERNMENT AS THE SOLE LEGAL GOVERNMENT
OF CHINA. BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES WOULD MAINTAIN CULTURAL, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER
UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE ON TAIWAN. THE
SECRETARY HAS REAFFIRMED THIS POLICY.
3. U.S. GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF
UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN ARE AS FOLLOWS (NOTE: AIT
IS EXEMPT FROM THE GUIDELINES AS OUTLINED BELOW):
-- TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE TREATED WITH
APPROPRIATE COURTESY AND RESPECT WITHIN THE UNOFFICIAL
FRAMEWORK REQUIRED BY THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN.
-- USG OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT THE SAME
SUBSTANTIVE RANGE OF BUSINESS WITH THEIR TAIWAN
COUNTERPARTS THAT THEY WOULD WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE DO HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
MEETINGS BETWEEN USG OFFICIALS AND TAIWAN AUTHORITIES MUST
BE HELD OUTSIDE USG AND TAIWAN OFFICES (E.G., AT PRIVATE
MEETING ROOMS OR RESTAURANTS).
-- EMBASSY PERSONNEL MAY ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO PRIVATE
FUNCTIONS HOSTED BY TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES EITHER IN
RESTAURANTS OR IN THEIR HOMES, EXCEPT FOR THE RESIDENCE OF
TAIWAN'S AMBASSADOR (IN THOSE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN). INVITATIONS MAY NOT BE
ACCEPTED TO OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS, OR TO ANY FUNCTIONS HELD
ON TAIWAN'S OFFICIAL PREMISES.
-- SIMILARLY, EMBASSY AND CONSULATE PERSONNEL MAY HOST
TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES AT PRIVATE FUNCTIONS AT RESTAURANTS
OR IN THEIR HOMES EXCEPT FOR THE AMERICAN CHIEF OF
MISSION'S RESIDENCE. TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES MAY NOT BE
INVITED TO FUNCTIONS OF AN OFFICIAL NATURE OR TO FUNCTIONS
HELD ON U.S. OFFICIAL PREMISES.
-- IN COUNTRIES WHERE THE TAIWAN AMBASSADOR SERVES AS THE
DEAN OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, U.S. PERSONNEL MAY ONLY
ATTEND FUNCTIONS THE TAIWAN AMBASSADOR HOSTS FOR THE
ENTIRE CORPS IN HIS ROLE AS DEAN.
-- ANY FUNCTION HELD ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 10, CELEBRATED
BY THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FOUNDING OF THE "REPUBLIC OF CHINA," SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
TO BE AN OFFICIAL FUNCTION REGARDLESS OF ITS VENUE OR
DECLARED NATURE. (NOTE: WASHINGTON-BASED EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OFFICIALS ARE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE TECRO-SPONSORED
RECEPTION SPECIFICALLY FOR USG EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS
THAT NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN MID-OCTOBER.)
-- USG OFFICIALS DO NOT ATTEND OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS HONORING
OR HOSTED BY VISITING TAIWAN AUTHORITIES OVERSEAS. THE
ONLY EXCEPTION MIGHT BE A FUNCTION, NOT ON TAIWAN'S
OFFICIAL PREMISES, HOSTED BY TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES TO A
MEETING OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WHICH TAIWAN
IS A FULL MEMBER, SUCH AS APEC. REQUESTS TO ATTEND SUCH
AN EVENT MUST BE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
CONSIDERATION ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
4. ANY MATTERS THAT SEEM TO REQUIRE FORMAL U.S.
INVOLVEMENT WITH TAIWAN SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE
DEPARTMENT (EAP/TC) FOR CONSIDERATION. (TELEPHONE
202-647-7711 AND FAX 202-647-0076).
5. TERMINOLOGY: WE REMIND POSTS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE
UNOFFICIAL NATURE OF U.S.-TAIWAN TIES, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
DOES NOT REFER TO TAIWAN AS THE "REPUBLIC OF CHINA" OR THE
"REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN," NOR DOES THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT REFER TO TAIWAN AS A "COUNTRY." WE REFER TO
TAIWAN SIMPLY AS "TAIWAN."
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