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Exclusive Conversation with Chiang Ching-kuo
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Item Title Exclusive Conversation with Chiang Ching-kuo
Collection TitleFiring Line broadcast records
Guest Chiang, Ching-kuo (1910-1988)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedNovember 12, 1977
Description

The first of only two Firing Lines (the other being #S0940, with a successor of Mr. Chiang's, Hau Pei-tsun) where the guest used an interpreter (the Chinese replies were then edited out, leaving only the interpreter's English). Six years after the Republic of China was expelled from the United Nations, President Chiang (son of Chiang Kai-shek) speaks movingly (though not always presciently) about the future of Taiwan and Mainland China: "Everyone talks about this question as 'the Taiwan question.' As a matter of fact, it is the China question. We are the government of the Republic of China.... After Mao's death, the Chinese Communist regime cannot [gain] firm control in all parts of China. Not Hua Guofeng. Not Deng Xiaoping. ... In the future the Chinese mainland will disintegrate."

Theme(s)
Radio & Television
Language(s)
English
Country of Origin
Taiwan
Place RecordedTaipei, Taiwan
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0309
Record Number80040.546
NotesVideo available through special order.
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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