During the negotiations leading up to the establishment of diplomatic relations, the issue of arms sales to Taiwan was left for future resolution. On August 17, 1982, the United States and the PRC sign the Joint Communiqué on Arms Sales to Taiwan in which the United States agrees to renounce a long-term arms sales policy to Taiwan, and pledges not to exceed the current quality and quantity of arms sold to Taiwan on the assumption of a peaceful PRC approach to resolving the Taiwan issue. Following the release of the communiqué, the Reagan administration reaffirms its commitments to Taiwan in the "Six Assurances," through the congressional testimony of Assistant Secretary of State John Holdridge.

U.S-PRC Joint Communiqué on Arms Sales
Reagan's "Six Assurances" to Taiwan
Holdridge Congressional Testimony on the "Six Assurances"
Reagan Letter to Deng Xiaoping