China News Service, May 25. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" report, Major General Michael William Studeman of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Intelligence Division was disclosed by foreign reports that he had recently visited Taiwan, and Taiwan's defense authority stated on the 24th. , the case does not comment.
"United Daily News" quoted the British "Financial Times" report as saying that Staman, an officer of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Taipei recently and met with Taiwanese security officials during his visit to Taiwan.
It is not the first time that Starman has visited Taiwan. He was rumored to have accompanied the political and military delegation to Taiwan the year before. At that time, it was rumored to be inspecting intelligence assets related to the United States. The "Taiwan-US Intelligence Exchange Conference" held by Taiwan's defense authorities is highly likely.
According to reports, the intelligence exchange between the Taiwan and the United States is divided into Taiwan's defense authorities and various military levels.
The Taiwan-US "Intelligence Exchange Conference" hosted by Taiwan's defense authorities is hosted by the Intelligence Research Center of the Office of the Second Intelligence Undersecretary, and its counterpart is the Joint Intelligence Center (JIOC) of the Indo-Pacific Command.
As for the intelligence exchange between Taiwan and the United States, the Taiwan side is the Military Intelligence Division of the Army, Navy and Air Force Command, and the U.S. counterparts are the Intelligence Division of the Indo-Pacific Army Command (G2), the Pacific Fleet Intelligence Division (N2), and the Pacific Air Force Intelligence Division (A2). It is not high, and it is rare for the US intelligence chief to go to Taiwan to supervise.
The "Intelligence Exchange Conference" between Taiwan and the United States is held alternately "bilaterally", usually one year in Taiwan and one year in the United States. There is no fixed time. It is divided into land, sea, air and political and economic groups. , communicated with representatives of various military intelligence agencies in Taiwan.
Usually, the United States has a high interest in this area, including cross-strait, ship access records, and South China Sea intelligence.
In addition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington will also hold "intelligence exchange meetings" with Taiwan's defense authorities from time to time, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will also have intelligence cooperation with Taiwan's security affairs authorities.
In response to the US-Taiwan military collusion, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country once said that the United States should fully recognize the high sensitivity of Taiwan-related issues and the serious harm of relevant issues, abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques, and stop selling to Taiwan. weapons and US-Taiwan military ties, so as not to seriously damage Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council also pointed out that the United States firmly opposes any form of official exchanges and military ties between the United States and the Taiwan region of China.
We urge the U.S. side to abide by the one-China principle and the relevant provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques, and not to send wrong signals to the "Taiwan independence" forces, otherwise it will only further damage the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.