建州派與獨派、自治派、「維持現狀派」可以在什麼基礎上合作?(下)
第五部分
自組「政府」的任何黨派要與美國政府進行「政府對政府的接觸」並尋求美國政府的「承認與接受」,有其結構性的困難。
從自組「政府」那一天開始,它就已陷入自己給自己製造的困境。
從自組「政府」那一天開始,它就在給自己製造壓力。
從自組「政府」那一天開始,它的領導層就會主動地或不由自主地開始編織謊言與神話 ,自欺欺人。
從自組「政府」那一天開始,它的領導層就會在行家的面前,內咎神明,活得很心虛。當有判斷力的老朋友碰到他們的領導人且說「XX啊,你最近又有什麼『出頭』(把戲)時,他只能尷尬地說「麥擱講啦」。
在場有一位老先生不斷說, 「美國政府『承認』他們自組的『政府』」,『承認』這個 詞至少被他說了十次,目的都在說,「不管民進黨、中國國民黨或中國國民黨現在所組的『在台灣的治理當局』,都沒有被美國政府承認,它們都無法與美國國務院接觸,更進不了國務院的大門,只有他們這個自組的『政府』才但辦得到」 。這當然是隨便說說 。
最近一兩個月來,蔡先生他們一直在宣傳: 「他們與美國國務院有聯繫,與國防部『副部長』有接觸」。這是因為他們有壓力,他們急於要證明,他們辦到了, 而其他黨派都沒有這個能耐。這件事值得進一步了解。
他們宣傳北加州的謝鎮寬先生與吳昭爕的對話,證明他們與國務院有接觸,但弔詭的是: 被認為「無法與美國國務院接觸,更進不了國務院的大門」的,都與國務院有接觸,只是他們不能對外公開,也不能承認,若有人問起,也必須否認,原因是他們與國務院有共識與默契,不說與不承認才能保持接觸的管道暢通,才能避免北京與老共哇哇大叫、抗議或阻撓。建州派懂得這個道理,建州派沒有觀眾的壓力,不會愚蠢地給自己製造壓力,也不是淺碟子,建州派懂得秘密外交怎麼做,懂得如何與美國建立互信,所以我們也不會炫耀或嚷嚷。
因為有必須”Prove it”的壓力(因為自組「政府」,必須向鄉親、支持者與金主證明美國「承認與支持」他們,戲才唱得下去,不明究理的鄉親才不會因為失望而散去),所以就必然會信口開河,所謂的”TCG”以前如此,現在也如此,這種與生俱來的頑疾有藥也不能治 。
第六部分
建州運動遵循正道,遵守遊戲規則,與美國打交道,我們老老實實地在做政治工作,不會編織神話與謊言,不會假借美國政府的名義進行詐騙。我們不假借美國政府的名義行事,我們不裝神弄鬼,讓民眾以為我們是美國政府的代言人或代理人。
蔡先生的人馬一直強調,他們自從自組「政府」以來,寫給美國政府的信,美國政府都收存歸檔,不再丟到垃圾桶,不過真相如何,沒人知道,也無人出面證實。
倒是建州運動的請願文件,AIT都會幫忙轉達給華府。
AIT不但把我們的請願文件送到美國政府手中,還送給幾位前理事主席,這是我們後來碰到兩三位前任理事主席時,才知道的 。
現在請大家來讀英文「台北時報」的一篇報導,這一則新聞報導說:
“About 20 members of the FormUSA Foundation joined [David]Chou in handing over a petition, along with an eight-page manifesto detailing their plan, to AIT spokeswoman Susan Stahl.
"We will forward the documents to Washington," [我們將會把「台灣建州運動」遞給美國政府的請願書與宣言轉交給華府]said Stahl.
這是美國政府官員(AIT的發言人兼代新聞文化組組長)Ms. Susan Stahl對台灣媒體的公開發言,不是建州派自己編的、無從查證的神話,這種話才有公信力與說服力。
“FormUSA group calls for 'unification' ---with US”
Staff Writer
The Taipei Times, Front Page
July 24,1999
As American Institute in Taiwan chairman Richard Bush began talks with top government leaders in Taipei yesterday, pro-reunification demonstrators protesting in front of the AIT building were met by petitioners of an entirely different sort.
"We want the United States to help us to hold a plebiscite," said David Chou (周威霖), leader of a group calling itself the FormUSA Foundation, whose goal is al unification. Not with China, but with the United States.
"We must have security," Chou said. "This is the only way to guarantee our survival.
Only with security and stability can we guarantee the country's economic activities," he said.
About 20 members of the FormUSA Foundation joined Chou in handing over a petition, along with an eight-page manifesto detailing their plan, to AIT spokeswoman Susan Stahl.
"We will forward the documents to Washington," said Stahl.
The activity, however, did not go over well with the small group of New Party supporters nearby.
"Traitors!" yelled one protester.
The name-calling appeared not to bother Chou, a toy company
executive and former self-styled preacher who had once served as an aide to then-legislator Kang Ning-hsiang(康寧祥), now a member of the National Unification Council.
The idea for the drive to "statehood," he said, came about in 1989 in the wake of the June 4th crackdown In Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and was further institutionalized in 1994 when he set up a group called the "51 Club."
"We have 51 members," he said, adding that the new name change is part of an effort to broaden support.
Chou said he believes membership will increase when the group's message reaches more people, adding that the first step is to raise the NT$3.5 million it takes to formally register as a foundation.
"Then we will begin conducting polls," Chou said.
Chou admits the drive to join the US will need a double-pronged approach, by convincing both the Taiwan government to hold a national plebiscite and getting a
guarantee from the US government of its willingness to accept sovereignty.
"We presented a petition to the US Congress and President Bill Clinton, to ask for help in holding a plebiscite. But we have to have a guarantee of sovereignty from the US because of threats from China. If we cannot guarantee sovereignty, the we can't hold a plebiscite," Chou said.
When asked whether he had spoken with anyone from the US government, Chou said that contact had been made, but that it was "too sensitive" to be discussed in public.
Instead, the group's focus would be on preparing public opinion polls to help garner support.
The fact that the group has yet to emerge from the relative obscurity of Taiwan's political fringes does not appear to dampen Chou's spirits.
"I'm very confident that the majority of Taiwanese people will accept our proposal and that polls will give us a lot of support," he said.
Chou said that becoming American would in no way be a negation for either Chinese or Taiwanese identity.
"You can be an American politically, but culturally, you can be a Formosan-American, or a Hakka-American," he said.
台灣建州運動發起人周威霖
David C. Chou
Founder, Formosa Statehood Movement
(an organization devoted in current stage to making Taiwan a territorial commonwealth of the United States)