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...document of diplomatic necessity rather than menace. "We have paid particular attention to the needs and interests of Taiwan," said Reagan, as his Administration formally announced, only two days after Shanghai II was issued, the sale of 60 F-5E fighters, worth some $240 million, to Taipei. The Taiwan government was not mollified by the sale. It has denounced the agreement as a "contravention of the letter and spirit of the [1979] Taiwan Relations Act" that pledged the U.S. to supply Taiwan with weapons for its defense. And in the U.S., conservatives who regard support for Taiwan as an article...
...Party that fled the mainland after its defeat by the Communists in 1949, constitute "one China." Implicit was the understanding that the U.S., while not severing its ties to Taiwan altogether, would scale them down progressively. In that spirit, the Carter Administration in 1979 closed the U.S. embassy in Taipei and established full diplomatic relations with Peking...
Protests from Peking, Taipei and true-blue rightists...
...Taipei government accepted Reagan's decision as a mild disappointment. It chose to emphasize the continuance of arms sales and hailed Reagan's "reaffirmation of concern for the continued well-being of the people of the Republic of China...
...anti-Soviet propaganda drive, provided an opportunity for these advisers to convince the President that he should deny Taiwan's request for the more sophisticated plane. To placate Taiwan's supporters, conspicuously Reagan himself, the memo also suggested selling Harpoon missiles and rescue helicopters to the Taipei government. Reagan approved the mission last Thursday at a meeting of his top national security advisers. The major proponent of selling advanced jets to Taiwan, Richard Allen, was no longer sitting in the National Security Adviser's chair to offer objections. On Saturday, a delegation headed by Assistant Secretary...