Taiwan Relation Act 44 years anniversary/Carlos Pueblo

 Taiwan Relation Act 44 years anniversary/Carlos Pueblo

Taiwan Relation Act was signed by President Carter in 1979 as a basic law to deal with Taiwan at the time the United States set up the diplomatic relationship with the communist China, the Republic of China. Yesterday, I found an old photo in my garage in related to an activity which Amy and I participated in 1981 in Washington, D.C. A picture of a group of concerned Taiwanese to visit then Senator Kennedy to thank him and Representative Solarz of New York City for their effort to pass this law. I took the photo back to Amy's library along with another photo for us with the late Senator.

Our community association president sent me to represent the community to join the effort organized by the Formosan Association of Public Affairs. Almost 12 years ago, an editor of the Pacific Journal called me to verify this activity according to the photo which was presented to him by another participant, Rev. Hsu who was also a contributor of that publication. He was standing by the Senator on the background at the Senator's meeting room. I can still recognize the late Taiwan Provincial Assemblyman Kuo Yu-Hsing of I-Lan Taiwan. Another three distinguish Taiwanese community leaders were also there sitting in the front of our group, the late hotel tycoon Wang Kuei-Jung and the founder of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of the North America; the late Professor Tsai Tung-Rong of New York City University also a distinguish Legislator in Taiwan and the founder of the Formosa Television; Chen Tung-San a distinguish geologist in U.S. and politician in Taiwan for years, Legislator, Tainan Prefecture Magistrate, National Foreign Minister, and the Chairman of the Taiwan National Security Council, etc.

Amy is very happy to see that she is the only female on the picture. She was only age 24 at the time to participate such historical activity. I was pretty young as well.