Dear Sir/Madam:
According to an article on Taipei Times – Sovereignty resides in the
people (available from the internet:
http://taipeitimes.com/news/2002/05/09/story/0000135297), the State
Department keeps some documents on the issue of Taiwan independence.
Let me quote the author of the article in issue as follows:
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In declassified State Department files, I have found two memoranda
concerning the legal status of Taiwan. One was an analysis written in
1961 by John Czyzak, legal adviser at the Far East Affairs Bureau. The
other was a rewriting in non-technical language, by Robert Starr in
1971, of Czyzak's analysis.
According to Czyzak's study, four legal theories had been advanced
concerning the status of Taiwan and Penghu. The first was that
sovereignty over the islands of Penghu had not been finally
determined. The second was that they belonged to the ROC. The third
was that the islands belonged to China. The fourth was that the
islands now formed a condominium belonging either to the victorious
parties of World War II or to the parties to the Japanese Peace
Treaty.
At the end of his lengthy anal-ysis, Czyzak concluded, "The most
tenable theory regarding the status of Formosa and the Pescadores is
that sovereignty over the islands has not been finally deter-mined."
The conclusion was restated in Starr's memorandum in 1971 and accepted
as the legal and political position of the US.
In fact, Charles Bray, the then spokesman for the State Department,
repeated this position on April 28, 1971. And in preparations for the
normalization of relations with the PRC, John Stevenson, legal adviser
at the State Department, wrote a memorandum to Marshall Green,
assistant secretary of state, on Nov. 12, 1971, in which he stated
that, "Since the 1952 Japanese Peace Treaty, the United States has
taken the position that [the] status of Taiwan is undetermined,
subject to some future international resolution. That position has
been stated publicly from time to time."
According to Stevenson, such a position has formed an important legal
basis for the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan and "a potential legal
basis for Taiwan Independence if that should ever become a realistic
possibility."
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Therefore, I need John Czyzak’s memoranda in 1961, Robert Starr’s
memoranda in 1971, Charles Bray’s statement on April 28 1971, and John
Stevenson’s memorandum on Nov 12 1971.
I have been trying very hard to find out the original documents. I
have searched the website of the State Department and the National
Archives and Records Administration for these documents over and over
again. However, my efforts have proven futile.
Would you please kindly help me find out these documents?
With my best regards.
Sincerely yours,
Laurence |
Clarification of Question by
laurence1234-ga
on
06 Nov 2002 04:40 PST
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thanks for your response.
I am doing academic research. For every citation, I need to satisfy
such columns as Author, Year, Title, Journal, Volume, Pages, Date,
Reprint Edition, City, Publisher, ISBN … … required by academic
research (not necessarily all of them, but some basic musts). With
all due respect, your amazingly quick response brings some worries to
me.
As a researcher, when you say you found my documents, you are saying
that you have got conclusive and concrete answers to my questions,
aren't you? You are confident that the reference details and the name
for the database you are going to provide will satisfy my academic
requirements. You are sure that your reference will guide me to
access these documents without being tossed around and being drowned
in the sea of database. And you are positive that the documents in
the database are original ones but not truncated citations present in
other authors' articles.
Alternative: If you can access these original documents, give me a
list of cost. I will be very happy to pay the cost as tips.
If you can dismiss all of my worries with positive and conclusive
answers, I will be very pleased to accept your reference details and
the name for the database. I have been inundated in the database of
America's National Archives and Record Administration over and over
again. Please do not just dump me in there again.
Your expertise will be highly appreciated if you can dismiss my
worries.
Best regards.
Sincerely yours,
Laurence
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Clarification of Question by
laurence1234-ga
on
06 Nov 2002 04:42 PST
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thanks for your response.
I am doing academic research. For every citation, I need to satisfy
such columns as Author, Year, Title, Journal, Volume, Pages, Date,
Reprint Edition, City, Publisher, ISBN … … required by academic
research (not necessarily all of them, but some basic musts). With
all due respect, your amazingly quick response brings some worries to
me.
As a researcher, when you say you found my documents, you are saying
that you have got conclusive and concrete answers to my questions,
aren't you? You are confident that the reference details and the name
for the database you are going to provide will satisfy my academic
requirements. You are sure that your reference will guide me to
access these documents without being tossed around and being drowned
in the sea of database. And you are positive that the documents in
the database are original ones but not truncated citations present in
other authors' articles.
If you can dismiss all of my worries with positive and conclusive
answers, I will be very pleased to accept your reference details and
the name for the database. Alternative: If you can access these
original documents, give me a list of cost. I will be very happy to
pay the cost as tips. I have been inundated in the database of
America's National Archives and Record Administration over and over
again. Please do not just dump me in there again.
Your expertise will be highly appreciated if you can dismiss my
worries.
Best regards.
Sincerely yours,
Laurence
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