FIRST OF ALL, some basic concepts need to be clarified before we begin our discussion. The struggle between the Republic of China (ROC) and Communist China has had a long history and is beyond compromise. As seen from the ROC, people on the Chinese mainland are fellow countrymen and logical objects of deliverance, while the Communist regime is generally recognized as their common enemy. These two points should never be confused. The struggle between Free China and Communist China must not and cannot be treated as one between two political parties or between two governments. Free China views it as a contest between freedom and communist dictatorship, between national survival and downfall, and between the continuation and extinction of China's traditional culture. The Communist regime has sought to establish on the mainland a political system of proletarian dictatorship and a centralized economic system on the basis of Marxism-Leninism. But the ROC is determined to place one billion fellow countrymen under the aegis of democracy and a free economy. The sinicization of Marxism-Leninism, as announced by the Chinese Communists, is nothing but camouflaged MarxismLeninism designed to reduce public resistance and to Marxize-Leninize Chinese culture. Hence, the ROC's anti-Communist stance should never be taken as being motivated by the desire to seize power but rather as the shouldering of a historical responsibility for the preservation of Chinese culture and tradition. It is the duty of any nation and any people to maintain its own culture and tradition. This does not even exclude some of the less developed and exotic cultures of the world. Culture sometimes transcends national boundaries. Cultural isolation impedes a nation's progress. If