Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing
DoD News Briefing
Tuesday, December 5, 2000 2:30 p.m. EST
Presenter: Rear Adm. Craig R. Quigley, DASD PA
Q: There have been news reports about Taiwan being interested in
buying the Kidd destroyers. Has anything formal been requested on
that, and is DoD talking with them about that?
Quigley: Well, we're very scrupulous to adhere to the particulars of
the Taiwan Relations Act. And as you know, that process involves the
Taiwanese doing an internal assessment of what they feel meet their
defensive military needs. There is then an interagency process within
the U.S. government that receives their request. There is a
deliberative process that goes on, and eventually an answer is
provided to the government to Taiwan. However, that deliberative
process is not one that we share publicly, only the final decisions as
they are announced prior to actual sales or what have you to the
government of Taiwan. So I'm --
Q: (Off mike.)
Quigley: - not going to be able to share what may be an ongoing
discussion issue on either those destroyers or any other system that
may be under discussion. I'm sorry.
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