Both sides are coming into it with a lot of historical baggage. That being said, the initial encounters in which we are exchanging intelligence on terrorist activities have been going very well.

And that's where we have to go in the interests of both countries if we are to beat this common enemy.

I believe that on the basis of this stable balance, Taiwan and China's peaceful achievement of one China -- which is the policy of China, the policy of Taiwan and the policy of the United States -- can move forward.

As a military commander we are behind the threat in that country.

Who's getting on an airplane? What name is that person using? When are they arriving here? We haven't achieved that level of intelligence exchange with China.

We will have the same basic military situation at a higher and higher level of armament which I don't think does a lot of good for anybody and certainly doesn't foster the sort of peaceful resolution of the issues there which we want to maintain.