This is despite the fact that many statements of U.S. Executive Branch officials over the last sixty years lend credence to the report's findings. The following are representative --
 · The Japanese peace treaty of 1951 ended Japanese sovereignty over the islands but did not formally cede them to "China," either Communist or Nationalist. (President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
 · The United States does not recognize the Republic of China as a state or a government. (Treaties in Force, published annually by the U.S. Dept. of State)
 · By the peace treaty of Sept. 8, 1951, signed with the United States and other powers, Japan renounced "all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores." The treaty did not specify the nation to which such right, title and claim passed. (Starr Memorandum, Dept. of State, July 13, 1971)
 · We don't support independence for Taiwan; . . . or 'two Chinas'; or 'one Taiwan, one China'; . . . and we don't believe that Taiwan should be a member in any organization for which statehood is a requirement. (President William Clinton)
 · Our policy is clear. There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation, and that remains our policy, our firm policy. (Secretary of State Colin Powell)
 · Taiwan, or the Republic of China, is not at this point a state in the international community. The position of the United States government is that the ROC -- Republic of China -- is an issue undecided, and it has been left undecided, as you know, for many, many years. (Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council, Dennis Wilder)
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