August 19 US State Department spokesman James Rubin confirms that PRC president Jiang Zemin requested US president Clinton to halt military sales to Taiwan, but that the US had not yet responded.
美國國務院發言人魯賓證實，中共國家主席江澤民曾致函美國總統柯林頓，要求停止對台軍售，但柯林頓尚未正式回應。