Academia Sinica receives trove of diplomatic files
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: Retired diplomat Frederick Chien said the Hoover Institution wanted the documents in his collection, but he wanted to keep them in Taiwan
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Academia Sinica yesterday held a ceremony marking its reception of more than 200 boxes of historic documents from retired diplomat Frederick Chien (錢復), including documents formalizing the severing of diplomatic ties between Taipei and Washington.
Chien, 86, is the chairman of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
He served in government positions from the 1960s to 2005, with his key postings including Executive Yuan government information office director, representative to the US, minister of foreign affairs and Control Yuan president.