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 CIS NO: 96-H461-77
 TITLE: Crisis in the Taiwan Strait: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+104 p.
 DATE: Mar. 14, 1996
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-2             SUDOC: Y4.IN8/16:C86/2
 ITEM NO: 1017-A-01; 1017-B-01

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asia and the Pacific to examine current
 tensions between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China (PRC) resulting
 from PRC military exercises in the Taiwan Strait before Taiwan's first
 direct presidential election in Mar. 1996.
   Also examines implications of the current PRC-Taiwan crisis for U.S.
 policy.
   Supplementary material (p. 43-104) includes witnesses' written statements
 and a witness's written replies to Subcom questions.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military exercises in Taiwan Strait, review and US
     policy issues
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIA AND THE
     PACIFIC. HOUSE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Military exercises by China
     in Taiwan Strait, review and US policy issues); TAIWAN; WAR GAMES;
     ELECTIONS; FOREIGN.RELATIONS

 96-H461-77 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Mar. 14, 1996 p. 4-24, 48-61
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
        Affairs, Department of State)
     CAMPBELL, KURT M. (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Asian and Pacific
        Affairs, DOD)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Perspectives on the current situation in the
     Taiwan Strait and the U.S. response; review of and issues relating to
     U.S. policy toward Taiwan and the PRC.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military exercises in Taiwan Strait, review and US
     policy issues
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 96-H461-77 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 14, 1996 p. 25-41, 62-99
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GONG, GERRIT W. (Director, Asian Studies Program, Center for Strategic
        and International Studies)
     PAAL, DOUGLAS H. (President, Asia Pacific Policy Center)
     BELLOCCHI, NATALE H. (former Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Recommendations regarding U.S.-PRC-Taiwan
     relations; argument that current PRC-Taiwan crisis is due to mistakes in
     U.S. policy toward the PRC; implications of recent democratization
     process in Taiwan, in light of U.S. foreign policy concerns.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military exercises in Taiwan Strait, review and US
     policy issues
 DESCRIPTORS: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; ASIA PACIFIC
     POLICY CENTER