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NSSD 12-82 United States Relations with China and Taiwan
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SENSITIVE
SECRET
NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY
December 7, 1982
DIRECTIVE 12-82 -
U.S. RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND TAIWAN +5T
Introduction
This National Security Study Directive establishes the Terms of
Reference for completing a comprehensive review of U.S. relations
with China and Taiwan. 18T
Objective of Review
To define U.S. objectives with respect to the People's Republic of
China and Taiwan, to analyze their objectives towards the United
States, and to produce a National Security Decision Directive FST (NSDD)
on the subject, "U.S. Relations with China and Taiwan.
Scope
The Study will be comprehensive and address the multiple aspects of
our relations to include, at a minimum, the following topics:
Global and Regional Setting (Action NSC)
U.S. global objectives and policy objectives in Asia which create
the setting in which our policies toward China and Taiwan must be
determined. Priority attention must go to our policies towards the
USSR and Japan, although our objectives in the Third World, Korea
and Southeast Asia are also important. 18
Objectives and Expectations (Action:
State)
What are our long-term objectives with respect to both China and
Taiwan? What should we expect from our relationships? What do the
PRC and Taiwan want from us? What are the prospects for China's
modernization program? Is it really in our interest to help modern-
ize China? To what extent can we? Should we have a technical
assistance program for China? To what degree can we realistically
expect to influence the PRC towards a more liberal form of govern-
ment over the next 20 years? What is the likelihood of a serious
improvement in Sino-Soviet relations and what would be the implica-
tions for the U.S. ? What are Soviet objectives in China and what
contingencies are they planning for? What are the likely implications
for the U.S. of succession problems in both the PRC and Taiwan? What
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