the so-called Taiwan status in FRUS

【Comment】

網友George Huang提供https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TewdA5QjxZs

影片中提供許多so-called FRUS資料（title 應該是上傳者自行添加的），非常有價值，也給大家很多方便。因此我再度扮演苦勞者自行定格、打字貼出。

但因為資料中出現 San Francisco Peace Treaty、SFPT 與 Treaty of Taipei 等用語，似乎不像是當時官方電文的用法。假使網友要引用，請務必再度自行查證為要。特此說明。

請在此處查詢FRUS。

so-called Taiwan status in FRUS

1949/06/09  Plebiscite Proposal

There has been no recognition (by the Allies) that Taiwan has been incorporated into Chinese territory.

1949/10/23  Right of Conquest

Chinese President Li Zongren is in favor of joint Sino-American Commission to govern Taiwan, but admits US could take control based on right of conquest.

1949/12/03  Special Responsibility of US

The United States has a special responsibility for Taiwan due to military liberation of the island.

1950/10/23  International Problem

By sending the Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. Executive Branch has forcefully emphasized its position that Formosa is an international problem.

1950/11/11  No Formal Act

To date, no Formal Act restoring Formosa & the Pescadores to China has occurred.

1950/11/16  Principal Victor over Japan

As Principal victor over Japan, the US has a great responsibility in regard to the disposition of Formosa.

1951/05/03  Occupation of Formosa

There are many types of military occupation, and the US couls occupy Formosa without any Americans being present…

1952/06/02  Undetermined sovereignty

Sovereignty over Formosa is still undetermined with the coming into force of the San Francisco Peace Treay (SFPT) on April 28, 1952.

1954/09/27  Inchoate Juridical Status

Formosa and the Pescadores (aka “Taiwan”) have an inchoate juridical status under SFPT, however Kinmen and Mazu have continuously been Chinese territory.

1954/10/14  US juridical position

Neither the San Francisco Peace Treaty of April 28, 1952, nor the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) of August 5, 1952 can be interpreted to say that Formosa and the Pescadores have been ceded to China.  Importantly, the United States retains a juridical position in these islands.

1954/10/18  Distinctive Juridical Status

(Eisenhower:) Technically, Formosa and the Pescadores are not under Chinese sovereignty.  The Chinese Nationalists are living in a privileged sanctuary.

1954/10/28  Unsatisfied US Interest

Japan did not cede sovereignty over Formosa and the Pescadores to China.  Japan renounced its sovereignty but left the future title undefined.  As principal victor over Japan, the United States has unsatisfied interest in these former Japanese islands.

1955/07/01  United State Could Assert Legal Claim

In the peace treaty, Japan has merely renounced sovereignty over Taiwan, but there has been no other disposition.  The United States also has an interest in Taiwan and could assert a legal claim to the island(s).  Hence, the disposition of Taiwan is not merely an internal Chinese problem.

1956/06/10  Former Japanese Territories

The United States has residual responsibility over all former Japanese territories.