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Chiang, Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo)

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Sino-American Cooperation, 1972-1989

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Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887- 1975

Representatives from Taiwan at the United Nations, September 1971

Taiwan's International Status

Deng Xiaoping, 1979.

Deng, Xiaoping

1904- 1997

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Reagan, Ronald

1911- 2004

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March 27, 1981	Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center, 'Deng Xiaoping and the Taiwan Question' The CIA evaluates Deng Xiaoping's views on Taiwan and how we will likely calibrate PRC policy toward the island.
January 7, 1982	Memorandum for the Vice President et al, 'National Security Planning Group Meeting' William P. Clark, an aide to President Reagan, announces that a meeting on aircraft sales to Taiwan will be held soon. The memorandum includes a copy of the NSPG Options Paper, 'Issues for Decision: What Type of Replacement Aircraft to Provide to Taiwan'. The options paper outlines the background and legislative, intelligence, military, political, and diplomatic implications of new aircraft sales to Taiwan.
November 11, 1982	Central Intelligence Agency, 'The Military Situation in the Taiwan Strait: Taiwan's Options and Needs: Interagency Intelligence Memorandum' Although the majority of the document was not declassified, the summary of the report highlights the military strategies of China and Taiwan vis-a-vis one another and US involvement between the two sides.
January 7, 1982	Memorandum from David D. Gries for the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 'Limiting Arms Sales and the Taiwan Relations Act' David D. Gries advises how to address arms sales to Taiwan while satisfying both Beijing's demands and stipulations contained in the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). His memo includes copies of the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8, Apr. 10, 1979), the Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USA and the PRC (January 1, 1979), the Statement of the Government of the PRC (January 1, 1979), and the Joint Communique issued at Shanghai (February 27, 1972) as reference documents. This document was declassified on November 14, 2007, by the Central Intelligence Agency. Another copy of the same document was declassified by CIA on October 19, 2007.
Date unknown	Arms Sales Issue An undated memo produced during the first Reagan administration outlining US law and previous exchanges between the US and the PRC on American arms sales to Taiwan.
January 7, 1982	Memorandum from David D. Gries for the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 'Limiting Arms Sales and the Taiwan Relations Act' David D. Gries advises how to address arms sales to Taiwan while satisfying both Beijing's demands and stipulations contained in the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). His memo includes copies of the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8, Apr. 10, 1979), the Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USA and the PRC (January 1, 1979), the Statement of the Government of the PRC (January 1, 1979), and the Joint Communique issued at Shanghai (February 27, 1972) as reference documents. This document was declassified on October 19, 2007, by the Central Intelligence Agency. Another copy of the same document was declassified by CIA on November 14, 2007.
February 1, 1982	Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 'Taiwan: Reaction to US Arms Sale Announcement' A CIA assessment of how leading figures in Taipei will react following the announcement that the United States will sell Northrop F-5E aircraft to Taiwan.
March 9, 1982	Bush's Press Conference at Beijing Airport on 9 May [1982] Selected questions and answers from George H.W. Bush on arms sales to Taiwan.
August 17, 1982	The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Statement by the President [Ronald Reagan], August 17, 1982, 7:00 am EDT Following the conclusion of a joint communique with the PRC, President Reagan makes a statement on US policy towards Taiwan.
February 1982	Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 'Taiwan: New Leaders and New Policies: An Intelligence Assessment' A CIA memorandum on the implications of leadership changes in Taiwan. The report profiles Sun Yun-hsuan, Sung Chang-chih, Chao Yao-tung, and Lin Yang-kang, among other leading politicians.