On September 16, Kuomintang Party Chairman Chiang Ching-kuo announced at a meeting of the Central Standing Committee there would be a five-man special committee set up by the CSC to look into the question of nationals returning to their homes to visit family.
九月十六日，中國國民黨蔣經國主席在中央常會指示，由五位中常委組成專案小組，研議開放國人「返鄉探親」有關問題。