Taiwan Defense Alliance Press Conference

Date:
      March 27, 2006 (Monday) 3:00 pm
Location:
      Taiwan University Alumni Association Bldg,
      No. 2-1 Ji-nan Road, Sec. 1,
      Taipei, Taiwan
Organizers:
      Taiwan Defense Alliance, Civil Party, Farmer's Party, Taiwan Nation Party, Su Nan-cheng Think-tank

Details
  1. This March 27th (Mon.) Press Conference is to announce our plan to go to the American Institute in Taiwan's Taipei Office on March 29th (Wed.) from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. We will demand that the Department of State accept the applications of native Taiwanese persons for US national (non-citizen) passports. We have already been in touch with the American Institute in Taiwan about this.

    Our 35 page "Statement of Historical and Legal Evidence for US Nationality Status" has already been submitted to key members of the US Congress for review.

  2. Based on our extensive legal research, Taiwan is undetermined, unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States Military Government and currently in "interim status". Hence, the Taiwanese are entitled to hold US national (non-citizen) passports.

    The form of administration by which an occupying power exercises government authority over occupied territory is called "military government." The military government of the principal occupying power does not end with the coming into force of the peace treaty, but continues until legally supplanted.

    According to the Hague Conventions of 1907, the date of October 25, 1945 can only be interpreted as the beginning of the military occupation of Taiwan. Military occupation is conducted under "military government," and the United States has delegated the military occupation of Taiwan to the ROC. United States Military Government (USMG) in Taiwan has begun as of October 25, 1945.

  3. Under the US Constitution, Taiwan is a Type 1 Insular Area. Based on the Insular Cases of the US Supreme Court, the Taiwanese people are entitled to "fundamental rights" under the US Constitution.

    Our analysis of the types and origin of US Insular Areas is more detailed and authoritative than given in the Department of State's Foreign Affairs Manuals.
    The Committee on Resources of the US House of Representatives is in charge of overseeing US Insular Areas. Congressman Richard Pombo of California's 11th Congressional District is the Chairman of this Committee.

    Congressman Pombo's District includes the following cities
    (San Joaquin County)
    Clements, Escalon, Linden, Lockeford, Morada, Farmington, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, Tracy, Woodbridge
    (Alameda County)
    Dublin, Pleasanton, Sunol
    (Contra Costa County)
    Brentwood, Danville, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Byron, Diablo, Discovery Bay
    (Santa Clara County)
    Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin

  4. This event is a follow-up to our What Are You Doing? September 20, 2005 "advertorial" in the Washington Post which explained the true facts of Taiwan's international legal position. Many of our supporters in the United States are urging Congressman Pombo's Office to launch a full investigation on this issue.

  5. World War II in the Pacific ended in 1945, and the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect in 1952. However, the true facts of Taiwan's undetermined status have yet to be fully clarified for the world community. The truth is that Taiwan has remained under the jurisdiction of the United States Military Government up to the present day.

    A correct statement of Taiwan's international legal status can be derived directly from the San Francisco Peace Treaty. An authoritative article on "Understanding the San Francisco Peace Treaty's Disposition of Formosa and the Pescadores" was published in the Harvard Asia Quarterly, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. in the Fall of 2004.

  6. The Republic of China on Taiwan is a subordinate occupying power and a government in exile. The ROC is not recognized by any leading world nations. The San Francisco Peace Treaty did not specify that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan was awarded to the Chinese Nationalists (ROC government).

Contact Persons:




Websites

(English) -- http://www.taiwanadvice.com/
(Chinese) -- http://www.taiwanbasic.com/tw/

** Banners for March 29 Demonstration **
in front of American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Ms. Rice: Do you know that Taiwan is US territory?
  • Taiwan is a Type 1 Insular Area of the USA.
  • Why is the Taiwan Relations Act a domestic law of the USA?
  • Taiwan was not awarded to the ROC in the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
  • Powell said: "Taiwan does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation."
  • Taiwan is not Chinese territory.
  • Legally speaking, native Taiwanese persons are not ROC citizens!
  • Oct. 25, 1945 was not "Taiwan Retrocession Day"
  • Native Taiwanese persons should be holding US national passports.
  • The ROC on Taiwan is a subordinate occupying power and government in exile.
  • The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs should move to Kinmen and Matsu.
  • Let Taiwan return to its original post-WWII legal position.
  • Fully clarify the legal relationship between the USA and Taiwan!
  • Support the One China Policy: Taiwan is Taiwan, and China is China!
  • USMG should recommence its legal operations in Taiwan.

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