早在两岸关系还没有打开之前的1978年,我就开始与来自岛内的台湾同胞直接接触。那时我在中国驻日本大使馆任领事部主任,领事部的职责之一就是办理各方面人士到大陆的签证,这其中就有台湾同胞。尽管当时台湾当局限制民众到大陆探亲,但是那些思乡心切的台湾同胞还是甘愿冒着风险,绕道这里偷偷地办理到大陆旅行的签证。1978 As early as 1978, before the cross-Strait relations had been opened, I started to make direct contact with compatriots in Taiwan from the island. At that time, as one of the consular officers of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, one of the functions of the consular department was to handle all kinds of visas to come to the Mainland. Among these were Taiwan compatriots. Although the Taiwan authorities restricted the public access to the Mainland for visiting relatives at that time, compassionate Taiwanese compatriots were still willing to take the risk of bypassing here and visibly going to China for travel. 1978