One specific instance he recalls is the time when renowned historian Chen Tsung-yao, a Columbia University PhD and then vice-director of the GIO's International Information Services Department, was invited to deliver a paper at a symposium on modern Chinese history in Taiwan. Because Chen was busy with his regular duties, he asked a few colleagues to help him gather some Chinese documents, and he himself went to find materials in English.
舉一個較特別的例子，記得早年新聞局國際處的副處長陳宗堯，英文一把罩，本身是哥倫比亞大學近代史博士，很有學術地位。一回在台灣開「中國近代史研討會」，請他也提一篇論文，陳宗堯請幾位同仁幫忙蒐集資料，他自己則專門去找英文資料。