Note
(a) 国防部亚太事务助理部长 李柏特
Mark W Lippert, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=341
(b) 国务院亚太事务副助理国务卿 梅健华
Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (China, Mongolia, and Taiwan): Kin MOY
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US Department of State, undated. http://www.state.gov/p/eap/c27616.htm
(c) Victoria Nuland (Spokesperson), Daily Press Briefing. US Department of States, Oct 1, 2012 (Washington, DC) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2012/10/198502.htm
Note: The pertinent portion of the transcript is as follows:
"Please, in the back?
"QUESTION: Thank you, Victoria. On Taiwan – today, Taiwan and U.S. had the industry – Defense Industry Conference. Usually U.S. Government will send higher-ranked senior State Department officials or Pentagon officials to attend this event. But this year there was – there is none. So some (inaudible) media are curious about the intention of the U.S. Government. So could you clarify that?
"MS. NULAND: I’m going to take that one. I frankly don’t have any information up here on it one way or the other, so let me take it and then we’ll get back to you, okay?
"QUESTION: So does that have something to do with the Diaoyu Island dispute, because of Taiwan are send boats to --
"MS. NULAND: I can’t imagine that it did, but let me take it for you and figure out exactly what happened. I have no information on the conference right at the moment.
"QUESTION: So what’s the position of the U.S. – Taiwan claim the right over the Diaoyu Island?
"MS. NULAND: Our position with regard to the Senkakus is the same for everybody.