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Scott urges severing Taiwan ties for China normalization
Former Sen. Hugh Scott said he advised President Ford to cut relations with Taiwan and recognize Peking even if the mainland might use force to take Taiwan. He spoke of private report to Ford to persuade President Carter, noting wide support for rapid normalization and noting Kissinger’s and Ford’s cautious responses. Secretary Vance to visit China. Carter aides discuss a safe path to normalization without risking Taiwan.
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Bernard Gwertzman
N.Y. Times
Washington
Hugh Scott
China
Ford
United States
Taiwan
Peking
Scott
Senate
New York Times
Carter
Robert W. Barnett
The
Asia Society
Asia
Henry A. Kissinger
Ronald Reagan
Press Cot
Reagan
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Camp David
People’s
Republic of China
Nixon