飛越太平洋的友情：與美國國會議員的書信集

作者仉家彪先生從一九七○年代起，先後擔任過駐美大使館一等秘書及參事，退休後亦出任中歐貿易促進會秘書長與顧問等職，見證了中華民國近四十年在外交上的興衰。
書中收藏了八十九封作者與美國國會議員的往來書信，封封紀錄著中華民國外交困境中患難真情的友誼。想要瞭解，中華民國處境曾經多麼困頓？又是如何突破困境，爭取和建立國家尊嚴？本書是你最好的選擇！

仉家彪
1929年在上海出生及求學。
1946年參加海軍派赴英國皇家海軍受訓。
1948年接收重慶號巡洋艦歸國後考取海軍軍官學校赴青島入學。
1949年隨海軍官校撤退至廈門及台灣左營海軍基地。
1952年自海軍官校畢業，在海軍服役十七年。嗣後轉經濟部任孫運璿部長的英文秘書。
1971年擔任新創立的光觀局主任秘書。
1974年應外交部之邀擔任駐美大使館一等秘書及參事。
1978年自請退休，爾後出任中（台）歐貿易促進會副秘書長及秘書長。

With all humbleness, I am greatly honored to write this introduction to C. P. Chang’s collection of correspondence with American friends in the U. S. congress, many of which dated back well over 30 years ago. As a former Research Fellow in the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, focusing my research on American foreign policy towards East Asia and Pacific region in general and on American relations with the Republic of China in particular, the name C. P. Chang has not totally a stranger to me though we never got acquainted then. We subsequently became intimate friends as regular churchgoers in Grace Baptist Church, Taipei.

This collection of correspondence is more than just an exchange letters among friends across the Pacific. They are living testimonies to some of the important events in the US-ROC relations of the period. And C. P. has given a clear picture of it as an insider. He has set a fine example for young and zealous ROC diplomats stationed abroad and eager to win friends for their country.

Indeed, even long after retiring from government service, his diplomatic talent and fineness were again called upon when the ROC government suddenly had to cope with the crisis arising from the Carter administration’s abrupt and unilateral termination of diplomatic relations with Taipei to recognize the Beijing regime, as well as the drafting of the Taiwan Relations Act by the U. S. Congress to maintain US-ROC bilateral and substantial relations intact in the post-derecognized period. This was an extraordinary challenging task for C. P. to show his mettle in safeguarding Taiwan’s legitimate interests and national security amid the changing power politics in the region.

Introduction / David C. L. Auw

1970s
January 21, 1974 / Sherwood L. Boehlert
January 30, 1974 / Ellis C. Stewart
February 12, 1974 / Sherwood L. Boehlert
May 3, 1974 / Charles D. Bigler
May 10, 1974 / Ron Meredith
May 16, 1974 / Hite McLaen
July 10, 1974 / David A. Rust
July 12, 1974 / David A. Rust
July 26, 1974 / C. P. Chang
March 13, 1975 / Eiler Ravnholt
March 14, 1975 / David A. Keene
April 17, 1975 / Roger A. Keats
June 10, 1975 / Richard S. Williamson
July 7, 1975 / Richard S. Williamson
August 27, 1975 / Sally A. Shelton
September 4, 1975 / Charles W. Bergstorm
September 17, 1975 / Sandra D. Hanbury
September 19, 1975 / Charles W. McBride
October 2, 1975 / Dawson Mathis
October 20, 1975 / Richard S. Williamson
October 22, 1975 / George W. Pritts
December 1, 1975 / Geoffrey G. Peterson
December 17, 1975 / Richard S. Williamson
January 5, 1976 / George W. Pritts
January 7, 1976 / Richard S. Williamson
January 26, 1976 / H. A. Gilliam, Jr.
February 6, 1976 / Harrison Loesch
February 16, 1976 / Herb Wadsworth
February 24, 1976 / Ron Schrader
February 27, 1976 / Donald L. Robinson
May 3, 1976 / James C. Webster
May 13, 1976 / Janet B. Watlington
May 26, 1976 / D. Eileen Nixon
June 4, 1976 / Richard S. Williamson
June 5, 1976 / Richard S. Williamson
July 20, 1976 / Richard S. Williamson
September 14, 1976 / Pamela Dale Synder
October 7, 1976 / Coleman J. Conroy
October 29, 1976 / Walt Evans
January 5, 1977 / Janet B. Watlington
January 18, 1977 / C. P. Chang
January 27, 1977 / Richard Moe
February 3, 1977 / C. P. Chang
February 24, 1977 / Richard Moe
February 3, 1977 / J. Terry Emerson
December 9, 1977 / Richard (Dick) Stone
January 24, 1978 / Richard (Dick) Stone
March 1, 1978 / Walter D. Huddleston
March 2, 1978 / John Sparkman
March 2, 1978 / John Glenn
March 2, 1978 / Herman E. Talmadge
March 2, 1978 / Sally A. Shelton
March 3, 1978 / Sherwood L. Boehlert
March 3, 1978 / J. Terry Emerson
March 3, 1978 / Eileen Nixon
March 3, 1978 / Barry Goldwater
March 6, 1978 / Richard Moe
March 6, 1978 / Michael R. McLeod
March 8, 1978 / James O. Eastland
March 8, 1978 / Howard H. Baker, Jr.
March 8, 1978 / Jim Wright
March 8, 1978 / Roy A. Werner
March 9, 1978 / Michael Stern
March 13, 1978 / Jack McDonald
March 14, 1978 / Richard (Dick) Stone
March 14, 1978 / George A. Dalley
March 15, 1978 / Lisbeth K. Godley
March 20, 1978 / Edward T. Martin
March 20, 1978 / Gene E. Godley
March 20, 1978 / Edward T. Martin
March 21, 1978 / G. Cranwell Montgomery
March 22, 1978 / Don Fuqua
April 3, 1978 / C. Dayle Henington
April 20, 1978 / Richard (Dick) Stone
May 24, 1978 / Roy A. Werner
July 14, 1978 / Richard (Dick) Stone
July 26, 1978 / Barry Goldwater
August 7, 1978 / Y. S. Sun
August 22 ,1978 / Barry Goldwater
October 28, 1978 / John Glenn
June 19, 1979 / C. P. Chang
July 9, 1979 / Richard Moe
July 17, 1979 / C. P. Chang
July 30, 1979 / Richard Moe
October 4, 1979 / Richard Moe
September 11, 1979 / Richard (Dick) Stone

1980s
May 20, 1983 / Richard S. Williamson
December 25, 1986 / Dick and Ann Dingman

1990s
October 29, 1991 / J. Terry Emerson
December 31, 1992 / J. Terry Emerson
January 20, 1993 / C. P. Chang
February 5, 1993 / J. Terry Emerson
December 8, 1992 / Charles R. O’Regan
January 13, 1993 / C. P. Chang
January 18, 1993 / C. P. Chang
January 20, 1993 / C. P. Chang
February 28, 1994 / C. Dayle Henington
March 18, 1994 / C. P. Chang
September 20-22, 1993 / C. P. Chang
June 16, 1994 / C. Dayle Henington
October 27, 1994 / Marshall L. Lynam
August 8, 1994 / C. Dayle Henington
June 30, 1994 / C. Dayle Henington
January 7, 1995 / C. Dayle Henington
May 23, 1995 / C. Dayle Henington
June 21, 1995 / C. Dayle Henington
December 20, 1995 / C. Dayle Henington
January 12, 1996 / C. P. Chang
August 12, 1996 / C. Dayle Henington
May 25, 1996 / William H. Edington
July 3, 1996 / C. P. Chang
October 30, 1996 / C. Dayle Henington
December 17, 1996 / C. Dayle Henington
September 28, 1997 / C. Dayle Henington
June 12, 1999 / Marshall L. Lynam
June 21, 1999 / C. P. Chang

2000s
February 1, 2000 / C. P. Chang
May 27, 2003 / C. Dayle Henington
June 12, 2003 / C. P. Chang
July 15, 2003 / C. Dayle Henington
August 2, 2006 / C. Dayle Henington
October 12, 2006 / C. P. Chang
November 1, 2006 / C. Dayle Henington
January 29, 2008 / C. Dayle Henington
December 8, 2009 / C. Dayle Henington
February 21, 2010 / C. P. Chang

1970s
1971年10月25日，聯合國大會通過第2758號決議，正式決定由中華人民共和國取代中華民國，成?在聯合國代表中國的政府。該決議宣稱「中華人民共和國政府是聯合國內代表中國的唯一合法代表」，而各國則相繼與中華民國政府斷交，轉與中華人民共和國建交。
伴隨著中華民國的聯合國席位被中華人民共和國取代、美國等國斷交等接續而來的外交挫跌，使台灣喪失了國際上的外交主權。美國撤離軍援與經援，外加能源危機與國際糧荒使台灣賴以支撐的經濟成長面臨大幅的衰退，與1950年代的台海戰爭相比，1970年代的台灣面臨另一種型態的維續存亡考驗。
190年，作者仉家彪（C. P. Chang）先生擔任中華民國經濟部孫運璿部長英文秘書。
1971至1973年，仉家彪先生擔任中華民國交通部觀光局主任秘書。
1973年，仉家彪先生擔任中華民國外交部北美司專門委員。
1974至1978年，仉家彪先生擔任中華民國駐美大使館一等秘書、參事。
1978年，仉家彪先生擔任中華造船公司副總經理。
1979年，仉家彪先生擔任華美企業集團海外開發公司總經理。

1980s
台灣經濟開始起飛，逐漸步入經貿大國的地位，幾乎每種台灣產品外銷都創下世界第一的紀錄，並與南韓，香港及新加坡合稱亞洲四小龍。然此時期，台灣的邦交國僅剩30個左右。但隨著台灣經濟改善，台灣旅遊人口與日增加，與台灣沒有邦交的國家，便以非官方辦事處的身份，在台灣「代為受理」申請簽證。從這個方面來講，台灣目前的外交成果，其實是因為民眾在經濟上的努力，換來了其他國家的尊重。
1980年，仉家彪先生擔任中歐貿易促進會副秘書長。中歐貿易促進會為半官方民間組織，為促進台灣與歐洲國家經貿關係而成立。

1990s
中華民國政府開始嘗試以聯合國能接受的名義，尋求重返聯合國及其他國際組織。1990年1月，台灣以「台澎金馬關稅領域」名義，申請加入關稅與貿易總協定（GATT）。而台灣更在1991年，以「中華台北」（Chinese Taipei）的名義，和中國、香港同時加入亞太經合會（APEC）。更重要的是，1993年，更提出了重返聯合國的主張。自此以後，台灣參與聯合國的議題，再度成為台灣外交活動當中，相當重要的工作目標。
1990年，仉家彪先生擔任中歐貿易促進會秘書長。
1993至1996年，仉家彪先生擔任中歐貿易促進會顧問。

2000s
2000年5月台灣出現首次的政黨輪替，這不僅標誌台灣在國內政治發展上的重要階段，也是台灣在推動對外關係上的新開始，在推動對外關係的內涵跟策略上，也開始呈現不同的面貌，其中「全民外交」、「民主外交」、「人權外交」等的提出，都反映出新的執政者試圖以新思維與新作法，為台灣找尋國際出路的努力。終於，在2002年1月1日終於成為世界貿易組織（WTO）的正式會員國。