To enable him to monitor the "communist bandits," Fix had received Chinese-language training in the US. "Unlike most American soldiers, who didn't have the remotest contact with Taiwanese people, I was able to get to know Taiwan life," says Fix.
為了監聽「匪情」，費德廉在美國接受了中文教育，「比起連過客都談不上的多數美國大兵，這些中文課讓我融入了台灣生活，」費德廉說。