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CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060066-2
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RIPPUB
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T
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1
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December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 30, 2008
Sequence Number: 
66
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Publication Date: 
January 17, 1950
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SUMMARY
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24795 17 JA 1o5Q Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617AO06100060066-2 1IQ FAH, EAST 1o CHINA: Nationalist Governor of Taiwan discouraged-US Charge Strong in. Taipei transmits the opinion of recently appointed Governor K.C. Wu that the drastic changes necessary to salvage the economy and to assure the proper defense of Taiwan could not be effected without the help of US advisors. Governor Wu added that Chiang Kai-shek's self-confidence is badly shaken and that advisors would now be able to dictate "any and all changes o" Strong re ports that although Wu is making progress in small ways, major issues are sure to wreck his efforts; the obviously tired and discouraged Nationalist Governor expects de- cisively unfavorable developments in the near future, with 66complete failure" probably becoming apparent before the end of February 1950. The Charge expresses the conviction that Wu's appeal was not only on instructions from above but also represented Wu's own last hope to achieve some- thing "'real and basic." State Dept. review completed Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617AO06100060066-2