Announced in October that the Emergency Decree would soon be lifted and that the question of permitting the establishment of new political parties was under active study.
這年十月，經國先生接見美國華盛頓郵報董事長葛蘭姆，首次公開宣佈中華民國政府不久將取消戒嚴令，並正積極研究准許新政黨成立問題。