AIT chairman Richard Bush arrived in Taipei on July 22, meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Jason Hu, Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi and Defense Minister Tang Fei. Bush reaffirmed that America's Taiwan policy had not changed. He also hoped to decrease the misunderstanding and tension across the strait.
美國在台協會理事主席卜睿哲更於七月二十二日抵台，先後與國防部長唐飛、外交部長胡志強與陸委會主委蘇起等人會面，重申美國對台政策與立場並無改變，同時希望能降低兩岸誤解與緊張情勢。