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 CIS NO: 81-H381-38
 TITLE: Implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+107 p.
 DATE: June 11, 17, July 30, 1980
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 96-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:T13/4/980
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 81-600827               MC ENTRY NO: 81-4099

 Hearings before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to assess
 implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which established a
 nongovernmental American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) to maintain unofficial
 U.S. commercial, cultural, and other relations with Taiwan.
   Supplementary material (p. 38-41, 93, 107) includes submitted statements,
 article, and H. Res. 708 (text, p. 107), to express concern over political
 activist arrests and trials subsequent to Dec. 10, 1979 rally in Kaohsiung,
 Taiwan, and urge preservation of human rights in Taiwan.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan relations, US policy redefinition
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; FOREIGN.RELATIONS; TAIWAN (US policy redefinition);
     CIVIL LIBERTIES (Taiwan human rights violations, US concern);
     KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN (Political activists treatment, US concern);
     POLITICAL PRISONERS (Political activists treatment in Taiwan, US
     concern); TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT; AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
 BILLS: 96 H.Res.708

 81-H381-38 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 11, 1980 p. 2-27
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HOLBROOKE, RICHARD C. (Asst Sec, Bur of East Asian and Pacific Aff,
        State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Assessment of Taiwan security, political, and
     economic situation since Taiwan Relations Act enactment; defense and
     clarification of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; impact of U.S.-People's
     Republic of China (PRC) relations normalization on Taiwan-PRC relations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan relations, US policy redefinition
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; CHINA,
     PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (China-Taiwan relations, US-China normalization
     impact); MILITARY.ASSISTANCE (Arms sales to Taiwan, Admin def)

 81-H381-38 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 11, 1980 p. 27-36
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     DEAN, DAVID (bd chm and managing dir, AIT)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Overview of AIT accomplishments.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan relations, US policy redefinition

 81-H381-38 TESTIMONY NO: 3         June 17, 1980 p. 41-51
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     FASICK, J. KENNETH (Dir, Intl Div, GAO)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of U.S. implementation of Taiwan
     Relations Act.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan relations, US policy redefinition
 DESCRIPTORS: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

 81-H381-38 TESTIMONY NO: 4         June 17, 1980 p. 52-57
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEACH, JIM (Rep, R-Iowa)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Concern over Taiwan political developments.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan relations, US policy redefinition

 81-H381-38 TESTIMONY NO: 5         July 30, 1980 p. 60-91, 94-105
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEACH, JIM (Rep, R-Iowa)
     THOMPSON, WILLIAM P. (stated clerk, gen assembly, United Presbyterian
        Church in the U.S.A)
     DEAN, DAVID (bd chm and managing dir, AIT)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing views on Kaohsiung rally, arrests,
     and trials; criticism of Taiwan political and religious rights
     violations (church resolutions, p. 74-91).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan human rights violations, US concern
 DESCRIPTORS: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U.S.A.