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福特政府时期,美国在南海问题上继续坚持尼克松政府时期的中立政策。在礼乐滩事件爆发后,菲律宾政府利用美国驻菲律宾军事基地作为筹码,向美国施压,希望美国将其对菲律宾的防御义务的范围扩展到南沙群岛,并对中国与菲律宾发生武装冲突时美国的反应做出明确说明。对此,美国坚决反对卷入南海问题,并与其展开多次谈判,最后迫使菲律宾政府放弃这一要求。因此,在南海问题上,福特政府实行的是实际上有利于中国的中立政策。
During the Ford administration, the United States continued to uphold the neutral policy of the Nixon administration on the issue of the South China Sea. After the etiquette event broke out, the Philippine government used the U.S. military base in the Philippines as a bargaining chip to put pressure on the United States. It hoped that the United States would extend its defense obligations to the Philippines to the Spratly Islands and to the United States in the event of an armed conflict between China and the Philippines The reaction made clear. In response, the United States firmly opposes the issue of being involved in the South China Sea and launches many negotiations with it, forcing the Philippine government to abandon this request. Therefore, on the issue of the South China Sea, the Ford government implemented a neutral policy that actually benefits China.