Democratic (socialist/fascist) President Carter signs the Taiwan Relations Act, declaring that “any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … [is] a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific and is of grave concern to the United [s]tates.”

       [restored 11/22/2022]

Subsequent Events:

12/10/1979                   1/23/1980

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Brent Scowcroft, “Taipei Sows Distrust, Not Real Solutions,” Los Angeles Times, 30 July 1999, B9.

Taiwan Relations Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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