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UNITED STATES SIDE, RECOG lZ~ lNG THAT ALL CHI ESE ON !lTH!R S!DE OP THE TAIWA STRAIT MAl TAt T AT T !S BUT 0 ! CHINA A D TH T TAI AN IS PART OF C l A, XP ES ED ITS AGREEME T HITH T AT VI! - I '''t MI G T E PR! CtP~E OP 0 E CHI A, T E U %T!D STAT!S REXT AT 0 ITS X T! ST t A ~EACEFUL S!TTLE ENT OF TH! TAX A QU STtO 'I THE CHINES THE SELVES, OT~ SIDES OTEO R CALLED fiS I 48238 PA;E 2 TORI29412212!S2 OTQI2Sl12 Z oeT 75 ••••••• •••••••S COttY ••••••• I I e R I ,._ *******S COitY T f ~Ro;RESS MADE TO DATE AD AGREED TO WORK TO'ARD 'THE FULL NO MALIZATIO, OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP, T E UN TED STATE XOE REAFFIRMED ITS CO MIT !NT TO TH! 0 JECTtYE OF TH! ULTlMAT! ~tTHORAWA~ OF A~L ITS ARMED FO C S ~D M!~ITARV %NSTA~LAT%0N8 FROM TAl'AN IN ACCORD• A CE %TM ITS STAT!Mf T IN TH! SHA GHAI COM U tQU£ 1 IT NOTE 'HE P OG. E S THAT HAS SEEN MADE TOWARD THIS GOAL IN T PAST FOU YEARS, ~NO EXPRESS!O ITS l TENTION TO MAKE FU THE~ WITHD A~ALS, TH! T SIDES NOT!O THE P!~IOO!C MI!TINGS HtCH HAVE EEN H!LD T !EN LfAD£RS OF CHI A ANO T E U~ITED STATES I PEKING A 0 VOUK WHICH HAVE ENABLED THI TWO LEADER• SHIPS TO C NDUCT CANDl AND WIDE~RANGING EXCHANGES ON ISSUES OF CO ON INTfR!ST. THEY ALSO NOTED THE EFF!CTtYE FU CTl~Nt G OF THE LIAISON OFFICES lN THEIR R!SPfCTlYE ;~:;~:i 8 6FA~~~::IAGOE;~:Ru~~T:~s:;A~i:GwHi6:e:~s'::EN ACHI!YED TH OUGH T E GRO ING PROGRAM OF CULTURAL AND SCX!NTt,tC !XCHANG &, AND TRADE CONTACTS. l ORO R TO fU TH! ITRE GTHfN T !IR B!LATERA~ RELATION• SHI,, TH! TWO SIDES REACHED A NUMBER OF E AGREEMENTSI TH! WORK OF TH T LlAISO OFFICES ILL 8! fURTHER ! HANC!D, IN ADOfTION, AGR!EMENT IN 'Rl CIP~E WAS R!ACH! TO EITAILIIH, IRANCH LIAISON O,FlCES I SAN FRA CISCO A 0 CA TO • IN ORD!R TO ENABLE THE TWO L AOERSHXPS TO AJ TAlN !YEN ORE TIMELY AND !~FECTtYE CO TACT, XT "AS AG EeD TO ESTABL.lSH MEANS 0, DIRECT, lNSTA TA ·EOUI CO UNICAT!OIV B!T"EEN THE TWO QOVERNMENTS, FlNA~ AG E!ME T AS R ACHE ON THE S!TT~EM! 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