MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONARABLE
GEORGE F. SHULTE
The Secretary
of State
THE HONARABLE
CASPAR W. WEINBERGER
The Secretary
of Defense
SUBJECT: Arms Sales to Taiwan (S)
As you know, I have agreed to the issuance of a joint communiqué with the
People’s Republic of China in which we express United States policy toward the
matter of continuing arms sales to Taiwan. (S)
The talk leading up to the signing of the communiqué were premised on the
clear understanding that any reduction of such arms sales depends upon peace in
Taiwan Straits and the continuity of China’s declared “fundamental policy” of
seeking a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issues. (S)
In short, the U.S. willingness to reduce its arms sales to Taiwan is
conditioned absolutely upon the continued commitment of China to the peaceful solution
of the Taiwan PRC differences. It should
be clearly understood that the linkages between the two matters is a permanent
imperative of U.S. foreign policy. (S)
In addition, it is essential that the quantity and the quality of the
arms provided Taiwan be conditioned entirely on the threat posed by the
PRC. Both in quantitative and
qualitative terms, Taiwan’s defense capability related to that of the PRC will
be maintained. (S)
Ronald Reagan (signature)
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備註：根據一九八二年八月十七日一份內部的總統備忘錄，羅納德·里根總統對《八一七聯合公報》做出以下解釋：
如各位所知，我已同意與中華人民共和國發布聯合公報，其中表達了美國對對台持續軍售一事的相關政策。
簽署該公報前的相關會談，係基於一清楚認知而進行，亦即上述對台軍售之減量，端視台海和平狀況以及中國對其所宣告之尋求和平解決台灣議題的「大政方針」之延續與否而定。
簡言之，美國同意減少對台軍售之意願，全然以中國持續其和平解決台灣與中華人民共和國分歧之承諾為先決條件。眾人應清楚理解，上述二者之關聯性是美國外交政策中一項恆久的必要要求。
此外，至關重要的是，美國對台提供武器之性能與數量完全視中華人民共和國所構成之威脅而定。無論就數量和性能而言，台灣相對於中華人民共和國之防衛能力皆應得到維持。
一堆作者提到的雷根總統秘密備忘錄原件終於像六項保證原件一樣公開了
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六項保證，有原件影像？
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[轉貼自雲程大大以前的貼文]:
回覆刪除美國國會記錄至少兩次證實雷根總統[六項保證]的原文內容:
(1). http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109hconres69ih/pdf/BILLS-109hconres69ih.pdf
Whereas former President Ronald Reagan issued the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ to Taiwan in July 1982, including the assurance that ‘‘[t]he United States would not formally recognize Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan’’;
(2). https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/hconres73/BILLS-110hconres73ih.pdf
Whereas former President Ronald Reagan issued the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ to Taiwan in July 1982, including the as-surance that ‘‘[t]he United States would not formally recognize Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan.’’;
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回覆刪除應該是六項保證原文
細節會盡快補上
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The text of “six assurances”
回覆刪除In brief, we can refer to Wiki’s description (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Assurances), which has 2 similar statements.
The first (resolution) one is recognized by public because it is the excerpt from Parliament Hearing. However, the original text of the “six assurances” is stated in the draft bill, which indicated as “first version” in this Wiki article.
People might be curious where the text of “six assurances” in the draft bill came from? In fact, it is in a document the Congress received from Reagan Government, and I personally believe that the drift bill accidently selected the text of “six assurances” from this document (but the Congress rectified in the final resolution later).
You may refer to Congressional Research Service Report-- Taiwan: Texts of the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. - China Communiques, and the "Six Assurances" (CRS Report 96246) (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs695/m1/1/high_res_d/96-246f_1998May21.pdf). It was classified or has not been digitized before when I first heard the title, but it is open to public now (might because of the accident leak by drift bill).
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!!!!!!!!!ONE THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW BEFORE YOU READ THE TEXT OF “SIX ASSSURANCES” IN CRS REPORT 96246!!!!!!!!
THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF “SIX ASSSURANCES” IN CRS REPORT 96246 IS NOT CORRECT!!!!
Harvey Feldman’s article “Taiwan, arms sales, and the Reagan assurances (2001)” (American Asian Review, Vol. 19, iss. 3, pp75-101) implies that Dr. Gaston Sigur (who was senior director of Asian affairs in NSC) drafted the “six assurances” under President Reagan’s direction. And I put “Gaston Sigur” + “six assurances” in google search engine which pop out a sentence says “... My own memory is that the six assurances were drafted by Dr. Gaston Sigur, ...”
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(有其他問題再補充)