標題 Clinton昨天記者會有關台灣之部分（完整版）
時間 7 月 21 日
(美國東岸時間七月二十一日下午二時）
Q Mr. President, in U.S. treaty relations, is it obligated to
defend Taiwan militarily if it abandons the one China policy? And would
the U.S. continue military aid if it pursues separatism?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, let me say, first of all, a lot of those
questions are governed by the Taiwan Relations Act, which we intend to
honor. Our policy is clear: We favor the one China policy; we favor the
cross-strait dialogues. The understanding we have had all along with both
China and Taiwan is that the differences between them would be resolved
peacefully. If that were not to be the case, under the Taiwan Relations
Act we would be required to view it with the gravest concern.
But I believe that both China and Taiwan understand this. I
believe that they want to stay on a path to prosperity and dialogue. And
we have dispatched people today, as the morning press reports, to do what
we can to press that case to all sides. This is something that we don't
want to see escalate, and I believe that what Mr. Lee said yesterday was
trying to move in that direction. We all understand how difficult this is,
but I think that the pillars of the policy are still the right ones. The
one China policy is right; the cross-strait dialogue is right; the peaceful
approach is right. And neither side, in my judgment, should depart from
any of those elements.
Q So we would still have to go to war with China if it decided
to break away?
THE PRESIDENT: I will say what I've already said - the Taiwan
Relations Act governs our policy. We made it clear. And I have - as you
remember, a few years ago we had a physical expression of that, that we
don't believe there should be any violent attempts to resolve this, and we
would view it very seriously. But I don't believe there will be. I think
that both sides understands what needs to be done.
Q Mr. President, do you think that President Lee was
unnecessarily provocative in trying to redefine the nature of the
Taiwan-Chinese relationship? And is the United States trying to send a
signal by delaying a Pentagon mission which was going to Taiwan to assess
its air defense needs? And, further, finally, you said that you still
believe in a one China policy. How do you address Senator Helms' criticism
that that policy is "a puzzling fiction"?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I don't think it's a puzzling fiction. But
if Senator Helms means that today they're not, in fact, unified, then
that's true. But the Chinese tend to take a long view of these things and
have made clear a sensitivity to the different system that exists on
Taiwan, and a willingness to find ways to accommodate it, as they did in
working with Hong Kong, and, perhaps, even going beyond that.
So I think the important thing is to let -- they need to take the
time necessary to work this out between themselves in a peaceful way. That
is clearly in both their interests. And I'm still not entirely sure,
because I have read things which seem to resonate both ways on this,
exactly what the Lee statements were entitled -- trying to convey.
But I think that both sides are now quite aware of the fact that
they need to find a way to pursue their destinies within the framework that
we have followed these last several years, which I might add, has allowed
both places to prosper and to grow, to do better and to have more contacts,
more investment, and underneath the rhetoric, quite a bit more
reconciliation. So I would hope that we would stay with what is working
and not depart from it.
Q Is that the meaning of the delay of the Pentagon mission to
assess the --
THE PRESIDENT: I didn't think this was the best time to do
something which might excite either one side or the other and imply that a
military solution is an acceptable alternative. If you really think about
what's at stake here, it would be unthinkable. And I want -- I don't want
to depart from any of the three pillars. I think we need to stay with one
China; I think we need to stay with the dialogue; and I think that no one
should contemplate force here.
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