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1992 Taiwan Special Weapons News



  • UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN -- (BY DAVID W. TSAI) (Extension of Remarks - October 09, 1992) The Taiwanese-American community strongly supports the sale of F-16s to Taiwan. 95% of the Taiwanese in the United States are pro-independence and believe that the F-16 sale is an important step in the eventual establishment of an independent, democrat Republic of Taiwan.
  • U.S. POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN -- (BY TRONG R. CHAI, PH.D.) (Extension of Remarks - October 03, 1992) The Shanghai Communique signed by the Nixon Administration and China in 1972 ignores the iron fact that Taiwan, for almost 400 years, has been separated from China.
  • EDWARDS - DELAY CONSIDERATION OF DANGEROUS ARMS SALES (House of Representatives - September 29, 1992) The agreement on the F-16's, meanwhile, betrays a pledge the U.S. made in 1982 not to increase the quantity or quality of arms it sold to Taiwan. It also gives China a reason to boycott the arms control talks among the permanent five in the Security Council.
  • Subs to Iran Sale Different from Planes to Taiwan USIA 25 September 1992 -- Secretary of State Eagleburger reiterated September 25 strong US opposition to the proposed sale of Russian arms to Iran and said the US will go ahead with the sale of up to 150 F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan despite China's objections.
  • F-16 Sale to Taiwan Dominates US-China Talks USIA 25 September 1992 -- Secretary of State Eagleburger met for 40 minutes September 24 with Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, with discussions focusing on the sale of up to 150 F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan.
  • U.S. REGRETS ARMS CONTROL TALKS BOYCOTT BY CHINA STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 -- The United States regrets China's announcement it will boycott talks of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on Middle East arms control because of the Bush administration's decision to sell up to 150 F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan.
  • SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 136--RELATIVE TO TAIWAN'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS (Senate - September 16, 1992) It is the sense of Congress that the 20 million people of Taiwan deserve to be represented in the United Nations and other international organizations. Such a move would confirm what has become a reality over the past 40 years.
  • CONGRESS FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF F-16 SALE TO TAIWAN (Text: Defense Department release of 9/14) Congress has been notified of a proposed Letter of Offer from the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) for the purchase of 150 new production F-16A/B aircraft, 40 spare aircraft engines/modules, 900 SIDEWINDER and 600 SPARROW air-to-air missiles.
  • US Aircraft Sale to Taiwan for Defensive Purposes USIA 09 September 1992 -- White House official Walter Kansteiner says that the recently-announced sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan is for defensive purposes only--to maintain a stable balance of power in the East Asian region.
  • Bush Authorizes F-16 Sales to Taiwan VOA Editorial September 8, 1992 -- President Bush's authorization of the sale of 150 US-made F-16 fighters to Taiwan is in accord with the ongoing US policy of maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and of maintaining solid relations both with Taiwan and mainland China.
  • BUSH, CHENEY DEFEND F-16 SALE TO TAIWAN WHITE HOUSE REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 -- President Bush defended his decision to sell 150 F-16A/B aircraft to Taiwan, describing it as a solid proposal which will create jobs.
  • STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT , SEPTEMBER 4 Discussion of the sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan and of China's adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime.
  • F-16 Sale to Taiwan to Bolster Peace and Stability USIA 03 September 1992 -- The State Department said September 3 that President Bush's decision to authorize the sale of up to 150 F-15 military aircraft to Taiwan is designed to enhance Taiwan's sense of security while contributing to stability on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
  • BUSH ANNOUNCES SALE OF F-16 AIRCRAFT TO TAIWAN (Excerpts: Address at General Dynamics plant) 02 September 1992 -- President Bush has announced the sale of 150 F-16 aircraft to Taiwan to "help maintain peace and stability in an area of great concern to us -- the Asia-Pacific region."
  • SEN. BENTSEN URGES F-16 SALE TO TAIWAN (Text: Bentsen news release 8/21) -- Senator Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat of Texas), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, urged in a statement August 21 that the United States drop its ban on the sale of fighter aircraft to Taiwan. Taiwan wants to pay over $5 billion to buy up to 180 F-16s, Bentsen said. The Cold War is over, the senator said, Taiwan is moving toward democracy; China is not.
  • BENTSEN - TAIWAN'S MILITARY MODERNIZATION (Senate - August 10, 1992) A policy of coddling Communist China, while treating Taiwan as a pariah, might still make sense if the Soviet Union and its threatening military power were still around. But a world without the Soviet Union is a world in which Communist China's military strategic value to the United States is virtually nil. There is no more reason now to accommodate Communist China than there was to continue to accommodate Saddam Hussein's Iraq once the Iran-Iraq war ended in 1988.
  • A View From Taipei (BY FREDRICK F. CHIEN) Foreign Affairs, Winter, 1991-92 -- After much public debate the National Affairs Conference decided to end Taiwan's `mobilization period,' begun in 1949, which had allowed the government extraordinary national security powers. A declaration to this effect, made by President Lee in May 1991, also included recognition that a `political entity' in Peking controls the mainland area.
  • Costs of Douglas' Taiwan Deal Cited (BY RALPH VARTABEDIAN) Los Angeles Times, Apr. 8, 1992 A fleet of C-17 jets would cost the U.S. Government an estimated $350 million more if the firm sells a stake to a Taiwanese group, the Air Force says.
  • GORTON - THE MCDONNELL DOUGLAS-TAIWAN AEROSPACE DEAL (Senate - March 11, 1992) The proposed sale of 40 percent of McDonnell Douglas' commercial aircraft business to Taiwanese business interests would have serious ramifications for the Boeing Co. and for America's balance of trade.



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