Shaw Yu-ming, director-general of the Government Information Office, in his capacity as government spokesman, publicly condemned the Chinese Communists 'violent actions. Secretary General James Soong convened organizers to change the agenda. Foreign Minister Lien Chan hastily contacted the representatives of each country in the ROC, expressing hope that each country would support the movement for freedom and democracy on the mainland.
新聞局局長邵玉銘，以中華民國政府發言人身分，公開譴責中共暴行；宋楚瑜秘書長召集工作人員會商議程變更事宜；外交部長連戰緊急約晤各國駐華使節，盼各國政府支持大陸同胞爭自由、爭民主的行動。