MND keeps quiet on reported military hot line with U.S.

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The Ministry of National Defense declined to comment yesterday on a local newspaper report which claimed Taiwan and the United States have set up a telephone hot line to cope with possible military crises in the Taiwan Strait.

MND spokesman Major General Huang Suey-sheng (黃穗生) said it is the MND's established policy to refrain from publicly discussing any Taiwan-U.S. military exchanges or cooperative programs.

"We have no comment on this report," Huang said in MND's routine press conference yesterday.

Huang added that Taiwan-U.S. exchanges have generally proceeded smoothly under the framework of the Taiwan Relations Act - the U.S. law that regulates relations with Taiwan in the absence of official diplomatic ties.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2003/09/17/1063761776.htm

What good is a hot line now when there's an idiot on the other end?

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