...restrictions on arms sales to Taiwan. These new restrictions include: No. 1, agreeing that the United States "does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan." No. 2, "Arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or quantitative terms, the level...

...administration stated its own intentions regarding arms sales in paragraph 6 of the joint communique : 6. Having in mind the foregoing statements of both...Taiwan, that its arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed in qualitative or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since the establishment...

...September 30, l98l." Finally, and most important, the August Communique states that the US government "does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of...to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or quantative terms, the level of -'those supplied in recent years since the establishment of diplomatic...

...Relations Act? 24. Is it the position of the State Department that the following statements are consistent: "the United States Government states that it does...carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan" (Joint Communique, Paragraph Six); "Except that we say we do not intend to pursue a long-term course...

...countries that might threaten Taiwan, in particular, the conduct of the Government of China. While we do not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan, we did not agree to set a date for ending arms sales, nor did we agree to consult in advance with the...

...strive for a -peaceful solution to 6. Having in mind the foregoing statements of both sides,1 theV United States. Government states that it does not seek to carry, out it long-term policy of arns sales to Taiwan, that its arms salefe to Taiwan will not exceed, either...

...August 1982 US-China communique on Taiwan, the Reagan administration stated that the United States does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms...sales to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative terms or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since the establishment...

...that general position into more specific language in June. The United States could say that it did not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan, thus implying, although not stating explicitly, that it would eventually halt the sales when they were...

...time. And it occurred in the context of this 1982 agreement between the United States and China: . . . the United States government states that it does not...Taiwan, that its arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed, whether in qualitative or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since...

...settlement of US-China differences over the question of United States arms sales to Taiwan." Specifically, The United States government states that it does not...to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since the establishment of diplomatic...