234 Chapter 3
MID#4342
Started in April 1999. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/365 Russia
dyad dispute list.
210 Netherlands/710 China
MID#51
Started in June 1950. See the narrative in the 731 North Korea/732 South Korea dyad
dispute list.
MID#1713
Dispute Number: 1713
Date(s): July 22, 1966 to December 30, 1966
Participants: 710 China/210 Netherlands
Outcome (and Settlement): Released (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On July 16, 1966 a Chinese welder, Hsu Tsu-tsai, who was on a profes-
sional visit to the Netherlands with eight other welders, was found outside a house
rented by the third secretary of the third legation with a fractured skull, broken ribs, and
spinal injuries. Hsu was taken to the hospital and x-rayed, but several Chinese entered
and took him to the Chinese legation. The Dutch Foreign Ministry requested that
the Chinese chargé d’affaires, Li En-chiu, return Hsu to the hospital, but Li said that
Hsu had died on the 18th. The Dutch performed an autopsy on the body and found
that Hsu died from a fall. On the 19th, the Netherlands declared Li persona non grata.
On July 22, China said that Hsu had jumped from a third-story window because
American agents had attempted to get him to defect. China also declared the Dutch
ambassador to China, Gerrit Jongejans, persona non grata, but it refused to let him
leave until the other Chinese welders who had attended the conference returned. Mean-
while, the acting Chinese chargé d’affaires in the Netherlands declined summons to
the other welders. Dutch police surrounded the Chinese legation and remained there
for the next five months. On December 29, China allowed Dutch investigators to enter
the legation to question the other welders. They said they knew nothing of Hsu’s
death, and the Dutch ruled it a suicide. The next day the Dutch allowed the welders to
leave for China, and two days later China allowed Jongejans to leave for Hong Kong.
211 Belgium/255 Germany
MID#257
Started in July 1914. See the narrative in the 300 Austria-Hungary/345 Yugoslavia
dyad dispute list.
MID#211
Started in March 1920. See the narrative in the 220 France/255 Germany dyad dispute list.