Word: taipei
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...down to business: a procedural test of strength over two U.S. resolutions to admit China to both the Assembly and the Security Council but retain a seat in the General Assembly for the Nationalist regime on Taiwan. The U.S. resolutions were up against a rival Albanian motion to throw Taipei's delegates out and seat only the representatives from Peking...
...expected to win that first test, but as Ambassador George Bush said, the vote "doesn't change a thing." To offset the defeat, he could point to Japan's decision, reached only 24 hours before, to co-sponsor the U.S. resolution to admit Peking but retain Taipei's seat...
...tactic nonetheless is to argue that the matter of Taipei's expulsion is an "important question" calling for a two-thirds vote of the 127-member Assembly rather than a simple majority. But it is having great difficulty lining up support for this position, despite such efforts as U.N. Ambassador George Bush's meeting last week with U.N. envoys from 35 member states. As a British diplomat explained, "We don't question U.S. intentions on this matter, but the practical effect of the U.S. resolution would be to keep Peking out because Peking will not come...
Accordingly, both Britain and France are expected to support the Albanian resolution, co-sponsored by 17 members, that calls for the admission of Peking as China's representative and the expulsion of Taipei. The U.S. had been counting on Japan to co-sponsor its resolution. Two weeks ago, however, the Japanese told Washington that they were having second thoughts, even though they still planned to vote for the resolution. In a sharp exchange during two days of meetings in Washington, Secretary Rogers declared to Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda: "I see your position as totally illogical." Replied Fukuda: "Politics...
Without Japan's complete support, other Asian states were reluctant to support Taipei. "Many countries, particularly those on the periphery of China," said a U.N. delegate from Southeast Asia, "are wondering if they should offend China by supporting the American proposal when it's not clear how far the U.S. itself is going to stick its neck out." Even Australia and New Zealand refused to co-sponsor the U.S. resolution, and at week's end the dismal list of co-sponsors included only the Philippines, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras and Swaziland. The plain fact...