Page4-Wednesday, June 10 198-Thy Mi hg'an Dail Haig sent to China to 4 strengthen ties WASHINGTON (AP)-Secretary of making big-ticket military s State Alexander Haig Jr. embarks Taiwan." tonight on a two-week Asian tour that WHILE A decision to denyTi will include the first visit to China by a request for the sophisticated a high-level official of the Reagan ad- known as the FX, hasn't been m ministration. Possible U.S. arms sales ficially, State Department sourc to China may be discussed. didn't want to be identified s Haig's overall aim in Peking, accor- strategy is simply not to act on it ding to a senior State Department of- In effect, it's a decision not to ficial, will be to convey assurances that and one department officials the administration wants to expand would be surprised if anything relations with China, notwithstanding within a year, at least. H President Reagan's strong support for Secretary Haig and others in th Taiwan in the past. tment bureaucracy would argu THE TRIP, said the official, will be st it. "a public demonstration of our inten- tion fto improve and advance our relationships with the, People's Republic of China." Haig will be prepared to discuss limited arms sales to China on the trip, which also will take him to Hong Kong, Manila and Wellington, New Zealandy for regional security conferences. The administration already has decided to ease restrictions on sales ofg defense-related technology to China. Haig may offer trade in limited amoun- ts of equipment with dual civilian and military uses, such as computers,, radar and transport planes, said the of- ficial, who was interviewed on the con- dition he not be identified. ANY DECISION to sell arms to China, the official said, would be a cleared with Congress and U.S. allies. No matter what arms China might ... may discuss arms sales want to buy, said the official, the total Another official didn't rulec probably will be small. "I don't sense a tirely, however, that "risk-tak huge appetite in Peking for a high level the White House might try of armaments," he said. Reagan's ear for a favorable d Meanwhile, the administration is for Taiwan sooner, but he< stalling on Taiwan's request for high- nothing would happen in th performance jets, out of concern that future. the sale could disrupt relations with the The situation for the moment c People's Republic of China. strates that the Reagan administ One key official said the level of ten- like its immediate predecessors, sion between China and Taiwan "is at the relationship with mainland an all-time low and getting lower" and too much to risk jeopardizing itb there is- not any "convincing military of a sentimental attachment justification for great urgency in Taiwan government. ales to aiwan's aircraft, nade of- ces who aid the t. 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