6. NUCLEAR COLLABORATION
ANDERSON SAID THAT WHILE THE PRESS HAD LUMPED THIS TOGETHER WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ISSUE IN REPORTING ON WEINBERGER'S
BIT, IN FACT IT HAD NOT BEEN COVERED. THE SITUATION WAS THAT KENNEDY'S VISIT TO PEKING IN SEPTEMBER, WHILE MAKING PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE DRAFTING POINTS LEFT OVER FROM THE JULY IN WASHINGTON, HAD COME UP AGAINST THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS OF THE NON-USE OF US- SUPPLIED MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, GUARANTEES AGAINST RETRANSFER TO THIRD PARTIES AND SAFEGUARDS. THE ESSENTIAL CONFLICT WAS BETWEEN THE US LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFIC ASSURANCES AND CHINESE SENSITIVITY ABOUT THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. HE THOUGHT THE PROBLEMS COULD BE RESOLVED BUT WOULD REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY ON BOTH SIDES. THEY PLANNED A FURTHER EXCHANGE OF DRAFTS WITH THE CHINESE IN THE LIGHT OF KENNEDY'S VISIT, AND IF THIS PRODUCED ENOUGH PROGRESS, ENVISAGED A FURTHER ROUND WITH THE CHINESE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. ANDERSON SAID THEY HAD NO DEADLINE: THEY HOPED TO CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT DURING ZHAO ZIYANG'S VISIT (NOW LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY), BUT IF NOT IT COULD WAIT FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VISIT TO PEKING IN APRIL.
7. TAIWAN
THE AMERICANS WERE RATHER SURPRISED BY THE DEGREE OF EMPHASIS THE CHINESE HAD PLACED ON TAIWAN DURING THIS VISIT. ZHAO HAD GONE ON AT SOME LENGTHS ABOUT THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT AND ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, WHICH HE HAD CLAIMED MADE THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES UNAMENABLE TO NEGOTIATION. HE HAD ALSO CLAIMED
THAT AMERICA STILL WANTED TO KEEP TAIWAN AS A QUOTE
UNS INKABLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER UNQUOTE. THE LEVEL OF THE LAST ROUND OF ARMS SALES HAD VIOLATED THE 17 AUGUST COMMUNIQUE. DENG XIAOPING ALSO RAISED THE TAIWAN ISSUE. ANDERSON COMMENTED THAT IT SEEMED THE CHINESE, HAVING DISPOSED OF THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ISSUE, NOW WISHED TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF TAIWAN AGAIN IN BILATERAL RELATIONS, BUT THERE COULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN POSITION, AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO INTERPRET UNILATERALLY WHAT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE 17 AUGUST COMMUNIQUE. HE AGREED THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PEKING MEANT THAT THE ISSUE WOULD HAVE TO BE KEPT UNDER
CONTROL BY BOTH SIDES.