Referendums top agendas in the US

DEMOCRACY Two groups from the Legislative Yuan were expected to discuss the issue on their visits to the US, which has largely tried to play down the matter

By Charles Snyder / STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

The administration "wants to avoid getting out in front and making it look like the United States is putting any pressure on Taiwan," he said before sitting down to the Twin Oaks dinner. He said the weekend stories out of Taiwan "may have been a bit overblown."

DPP Legislator Parris Chang (張旭成) said the US was handling this affair "very clumsily."

The AIT "is causing considerably agony," he said.

The two groups of legislators, representing basically the legislature's foreign affairs and national defense committees, are expected to meet some key State Department, White House and Pentagon officials over the next two days and are expected to get a better feel for the US position on the referendum issue at those meetings.

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