Cont
r
ar
y t
o pr
evi
ous r
epor
t
s, he says he di
d not t
ake a si
ngl
e document
wi
t
h hi
m when he l
ef
t Tai
wan. "
The Amer
i
can gover
nment had al
l t
he
evi
dence, t
hey j
ust needed someone - me - t
o cor
r
obor
at
e i
t
.
"
Meanwhi
l
e i
n Tokyo, Bet
t
y Chang was appr
oached by a woman who
handed her a l
et
t
er f
r
om Mr Chang. That was t
he moment she di
scover
ed
her husband was a CI
A spy and had def
ect
ed.
"
I
t sai
d '
You wi
l
l never go back t
o Tai
wan and f
r
om Japan you wi
l
l go t
o
USA'
.
.
. t
hat was a sur
pr
i
se f
or me. "
I j
ust cr
i
ed when I knew I coul
d no
l
onger go back t
o Tai
wan,
" says Mr
s Chang.
The f
ami
l
y was bundl
ed i
nt
o a pl
ane headed f
or Seat
t
l
e, wher
e t
hey wer
e
met by Mr Chang at t
he ai
r
por
t
. The Changs wer
e l
at
er put i
n a saf
e
house i
n Vi
r
gi
ni
a, due t
o f
ear
s he woul
d be assassi
nat
ed by Tai
wanese
agent
s or pat
r
i
ot
i
c ext
r
emi
st
s.
Wi
t
hi
n a mont
h, t
he US succeeded i
n pr
essur
i
ng Tai
wan t
o end t
he
pr
ogr
amme, usi
ng t
he i
nt
el
l
i
gence i
t had col
l
ect
ed and Mr Chang'
s
t
est
i
mony. Tai
wan was bel
i
eved t
o be j
ust one or t
wo year
s f
r
om
compl
et
i
ng a nucl
ear bomb.
Set
t
i
ng t
he
record st
rai
ght
Mr Chang has r
emai
ned
si
l
ent f
or decades. But
wi
t
h hi
s r
ecent
r
et
i
r
ement he now want
s
t
o set t
he r
ecor
d
st
r
ai
ght wi
t
h a memoi
r
,
t
i
t
l
ed Nucl
ear
! Spy?
CI
A: Recor
d of an
I
nt
er
vi
ew wi
t
h Chang
Hsi
en-
yi
.
The book, wr
i
t
t
en wi
t
h academi
c Chen Yi
-
shen and publ
i
shed i
n
December
, has r
ei
gni
t
ed a debat
e about whet
her Mr Chang di
d t
he r
i
ght
t
hi
ng f
or Tai
wan.
Some pr
ai
se hi
m f
or pr
event
i
ng a pot
ent
i
al nucl
ear war
. Ot
her
s see hi
s
act
i
ons as denyi
ng Tai
wan t
he weapons i
t needed f
or sel
f
-
def
ence and
sur
vi
val
.
Even t
hose i
n Tai
wan'
s r
ul
i
ng Democr
at
i
c Pr
ogr
essi
ve Par
t
y
(
DPP)
, whi
ch of
f
i
ci
al
l
y opposes t
he devel
opment of nucl
ear ener
gy and
weapons, t
ake a di
m vi
ew of Mr Chang'
s act
i
ons.
"
Regar
dl
ess of what your pol
i
t
i
cal vi
ews ar
e, when you bet
r
ay your
count
r
y, i
t
'
s not accept
abl
e.
.
. i
t cannot be f
or
gi
ven,
" sai
d t
he DPP'
s Wang
Ti
ng-
yu, chai
r
man of t
he par
l
i
ament
'
s f
or
ei
gn af
f
ai
r
s and def
ence
commi
t
t
ee.