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| | U.S. NOT OPPOSED TO TAIWAN REFERENDUM: ROC SPOKESMAN |
 | | U.S. Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) United States Secretary of State Colin Powell's remarks on Taiwan's referendum show that the United States does not support, nor it is opposed to, the "peace referendum" scheduled for March 20 alongside the presidential election, a government spokesman said Thursday. |
 | | Executive Yuan spokesman Lin Chia-lung, made the remarks in response to Powell's testifying at the House International Relations Committee a day earlier, during which he said that "we don't really see a need" for the referendum, but Taiwan is a democratic place, and if they choose to have a referendum, they can have a referendum. |
 | | Lin said that the world might have differing views on the referendum, but from Taiwan's point of view, its sovereignty and security are in clear and immediate danger, which is why the government has decided to hold the national referendum according to the recently passed Referendum Law. |
| www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/taiwan/2004/taiwan-040212-cna02.htm (255 words) |
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