The government has many times reiterated its firm stand that the Republic of China will not contact the Soviet Union, and that this stand is by no means based on dogmatism or sentimentality. "So far as I can recall, the Republic of China has on many occasions sought cooperation with the Soviet Union since 1918, only to find miserable results," Chien said.
從痛苦的經驗中習得的教訓他說：「自民國七年，蘇俄政府建立之後，我國便和蘇俄有過多次的接觸與合作，但這些接觸與合作都曾給我們帶來慘痛的後果。