WASHINGTON — Former Senator Bob Dole,
acting as a foreign agent for the government of Taiwan, worked behind
the scenes over the past six months to establish high-level contact
between Taiwanese officials and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s staff, an outreach effort that culminated last week in an unorthodox telephone call between Mr. Trump and Taiwan’s president.
Mr.
Dole, a lobbyist with the Washington law firm Alston & Bird,
coordinated with Mr. Trump’s campaign and the transition team to set up a
series of meetings between Mr. Trump’s advisers and officials in
Taiwan, according to disclosure documents filed last week with the
Justice Department. Mr. Dole also assisted in successful efforts by
Taiwan to include language favorable to it in the Republican Party
platform, according to the documents.
Mr. Dole’s firm received $140,000 from May to October for the work, the forms said.
