Three Communiqués

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Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping and US President Jimmy Carter during the former's visit to the US, when the second communiqué was released.

The Three Communiqués or Three Joint Communiqués (

People's Republic of China (PRC). The communiqués played a crucial role in the establishment of relations between the US and the PRC and continue to be an essential element in dialogue between the two states, along with the Six Assurances and Taiwan Relations Act.[1]

1st

The first communiqué (February 28, 1972), known as the

Republic of China) issue (i.e., Taiwan's political status). Essentially, both sides agreed to respect each other's national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States formally acknowledged that "all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China" and that the "United States Government does not challenge that position", and that it "reaffirms its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves".[2]

The use of the word "acknowledge" (rather than "accept") is often cited as an example of the United States' ambiguous position regarding the future of Taiwan.[1]

2nd

Jimmy Carter on relations with China and the 2nd communique, 1979.

The second communiqué (January 1, 1979), the

Asia-Pacific
region.

3rd

The third communiqué (August 17, 1982), also known as the August 17th communiqué,

selling arms to Taiwan
and to gradually change its level of arms sales consistent with the PRC's militarization of the Taiwan strait.

A declassified cable sent on July 10, 1982, from Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger to AIT director James R. Lilley explained that reducing arms sales to Taiwan would be contingent on the commitment of the PRC to a peace across the Taiwan Strait.[5] Afterwards, the US clarified the third communique by issuing the Six Assurances to Taiwan.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b deLisle, Jacques (March 9, 2017). "Trump, Tsai, and the Three Communiques: Prospects for Stability in US-China-Taiwan Relations". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Deterrence Lawfare to Save Taiwan". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy - Office of the Historian".
  4. ^ "U.S.-PRC Joint Communique (1982)". American Institute in Taiwan. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Declassified Cables: Taiwan Arms Sales & Six Assurances (1982)". American Institute in Taiwan. Retrieved January 10, 2021.

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