今年6月,我国国防部长张爱萍应邀访美,与美国国防部长温伯格就国际问题和发展两国防务机构之间的关系举行了会谈。下面是美国官员和报界就美国向我出售军事装备问题所作的情况和背景介绍。关于中美达成的有关协议 6月12日,里根总统在会见张爱萍部长时签署了一份“宣布中国符合购买美国武器条件”的总统文件,为向中国出售武器“扫平了道路”(按美国法律规定,须由总统以书面形式确定向某个国家出售军用品和防卫方面的劳务“符合美国的国家安全利益”)。随后,中美两国国防部长 In June this year, our national defense minister Zhang Aiping was invited to visit the United States and held talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Weinberger on the international issue and the development of the relations between the defense agencies of the two countries. The following are briefings and background briefings by U.S. officials and the press on the U.S. military sale to me. On the Relevant Agreement Between China and the United States On June 12, President Reagan signed a presidential document “Declaring China Compatible with the Purchase of U.S. Arms” when he met with Minister Aijia Zhang and “has cleared the way” for the arms sales to China (according to U.S. law States that it is up to the President to confirm in writing that it is “in the United States national security interest” to sell military goods and defense services to a country. Subsequently, the two defense ministers