“Immediate Establishment Is Advisable":Chinese Diplomacy in the Negotiations over the Establishment of Sino-French Diplomatic Relations

“速决为宜”:论中法建交谈判中的中国外交（英文）

From 12 December 1963 to 23 January 1964,the diplomatic representatives of China and France held talks on four occasions in the Swiss capital,Bern.The talks concluded with an agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.In the Bern talks,the Chinese position was basically that“immediate establishment of Sino-French diplomatic relations is advisable.”For this reason,China made some compromises over matters such as the form and content of the communiquéannouncing the establishment of diplomatic relations and the timing of its publication,but remained firm,at least,over putting out an independent statement declaring China’s principled stand over the government of the People’s Republic of China being the sole legal government representing the Chinese people and Taiwan being an inalienable part of Chinese territory.China took the strategic direction of the advisability of“immediate establishment”of Sino-French diplomatic relations partly because of the necessity of developing Sino-French relations and partly because the top Chinese leadership saw this as a possibility.However,the talks in Bern did not resolve all issues and the question of relations between France and Taiwan were to become a stumbling block for the normalization of Sino-French relations.

从1963年12月12日到1964年1月23日,中法外交代表在瑞士首都伯尔尼进行了四次会谈,最终达成了中法建交协议。中方对伯尔尼会谈的基本态度是"速决为宜",为此在宣布建交方式、建交公报内容、发表公报时间等问题上对法国作了一定的让步,但仍坚持至少在中国的单独声明中宣布中华人民共和国为代表中国人民的唯一合法政府、台湾是中国领土一部分等原则立场。中国采取"速决为宜"的方针,一方面是由于发展对法关系的必要性,另一方面也是中国高层估计中法建交是可能的。但伯尔尼会谈并未解决所有问题,其中法台关系问题将成为中法发展正常关系的障碍之一。