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Show I A The Salt I Lake Tribune, Friday, June 12. 1981 China Eases Stand on Taiwan Arms Sales By Michael Weisskopf Washington Post Writer PEKING Despite official statements strongly opposing U.S. arms .ales to Taiwan, Chinas leaders are expected to take a more flexible stance during next weeks visit here by Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig influential .!r., Chinese sources said. Sources i o foreign-policy- m dose Chinas - akers said Peking is ready to tolerate continued U.S. weapons sales to Taipei so long as they do not exceed the sophistication or volume of arms currently sold by Washington to Taiwan, valued at between $700 million and $800 million per year. China would respond adversely, however, if Washinton decided to sell new offensive weapons, such as fighter planes, w'hich could strengthen the resolve of Taiwan officials to resist Pekings recent diplomatic efforts to bring about peaceful reunification of the island and the mainland, the sources said. Since the Reagan administration took office, China has consistently criticized U.S. arms sales to Taipei as interference in Chinese domestic affairs and a violation of the 1979 normalization treaty recognizing Peking as the sole, legal government of China. Hint Strong Response Without ever publicly defining what it considers to be acceptable levels or kinds of arms sales Peking repeatedly has warned it would make a strong response if the United States continued to sell weapons to Taiwan, especially the improved fighter jet Taipei is now seeking. Diplomats here said the more to lerant views privately expressed Tuesday by Chinese sources suggest that the nations top policymakers may still be debating how best to resolve the sticky arms sales issue that is certain to be a centerpiece of the Haig visit, which begins Sunday. The diplomats stressed however, that this view seems to be less dominant than the hard-lin- e positions stamped out in official statements, including a Foreign Ministry comment issued Tuesday that again threatened unspecified reprisals if Washington continues its arms sales in defiance of our repeated, vigorous opposition. A Chinese source expressing the more accommodating line explained it as a "realistic approach to the arms sale question considering the pressures on Reagam from the wing of the Republican Party and the presidents campaign commitment to upgrade relations with the island government. normalization between China and the source said Peking took that drastic United States? step, however, because the weapons sold by the Dutch are offensive and Unofficial Relations could embolden the Nationalist Chinese In the normalization agreement, the leaders. United States recognized Taiwan as a d Like other Chinese part of China but insisted on the right to maintain unofficial relations with the sources, he counseled Chinese patience island, which the United States had for in dealing with the touchy issue of U.S. 30 years recognized as the true governTaiwan policy for fear of stirring up ment of China. what many here fear could be a right-win- g surge in U.S. politics that Congress subsequently passed a law called the Taiwan Relations Act au- could result in a new wave of MeCar-thyisa and sentiment. thorizing Washington to continue to Taiwan. Not only did weapon sales For that reason, he predicted that Peking not concur, it forcefully opposed Chinese leaders would not Haig the act, claiming it violated the spirit of for a clarification of the newpress administhe normalization treaty. trations Taiwan policy, which has been Early this year China downgraded its the source of great controversy since Reagan first raised the possibility of diplomatic relations with the Netherlands in reprisal for a Dutch agreement upgrading relations with Taiwan duir-in- g to sell two submarines to Taipei. The his campaign. Positive Development Last week, in a move intended to demonstrate accommodation on the U.S. part, the administration decided to allow China to buy defense-relatetechnology from the United States. The Chinese source said that was a positive development for bilateral relations, but should not be seen as a way to appease China so that Washington can sell new weapons to Taiwan, he added. In its statement Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said that China "would rather not buy any U.S. weapons than agree to the continuous U.S. interference in Chinas internal affairs by selling weapons to Taiwan. The source describing the more flexible posture noted, however, that China has tolerated U.S. arms sales to Taipei since Peking and Washington normalized relations in 1979. If sales remain similar to those since normalization, he said, he believes Chinese leaders would be willing to accept that status. If we wouldnt accept the sales, he asked, how could there have been 4aTHERSDAYgasbarbecueSALi pro-Taiw- d well-place- m anti-Chin- 90 55 off AMERICAS Top-rate- d ON DELUXE BRAVO & FIESTA MODELS Hunter is made like no other fan. Solid try w.imi air uff the ceiling. cast iron, packed with a Many imitations have bren made to l(K)k like Hunter. But no other ceiling ceiling fan motor of fan has been made to hist like Hunter. aluminum, copper and steel. No plastic. No shortcuts. 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