"He works in the office during the day and at Twin Oaks in the evening," says T'ien Ling-ling of her husband, Fredrick F. Chien, the ROC's representative to the U.S. Besides revealing the toil of working in the foreign service, her words also indicate the intimate ties between Twin Oaks and Sino-American diplomacy.
「他白天在協調會辦公，晚上在雙橡園上班」，田玲玲女士對她的先生﹘﹘我國駐美代表錢復的形容，除了透露外交人員工作的辛勞，也一語道出雙橡園與中美外交的密切關連。