从美国立场看菲律宾南沙诉求的不合理性

An Analysis of Irrationality of the Philippines’Claim to the Spratly Islands From the Perspective of U.S.Stance

自1898年以来,菲律宾就与美国保持着特殊的密切关系,其内政外交在很大程度上受制于美国。期间,美国与西班牙、英国所签订的三个国际条约规定了菲律宾的领土范围,其中不包括南沙群岛。这些条约的法律效力一再得到菲律宾的确认。1933年,“九小岛事件”发生后,美国依据上述三个条约的规定,认为南沙群岛不在菲律宾的领土范围之内,拒绝了菲律宾政要所提出的占领南沙群岛的要求;二战后期,美国在研究战后世界秩序的过程中,其官方研究报告和内部讨论多次明确指出南沙群岛不是菲律宾的领土。在1946年菲律宾独立至冷战结束,菲律宾多次试图获取美国在南沙群岛问题上的帮助,但美国一直拒绝在此问题上支持菲律宾。从一系列证据链可见,从美国的视角看,南沙群岛不属于菲律宾。

Ever since 1898,the Philippines has maintained a very special relationship with the United States,by which to a large extent its internal affairs and diplomacy have been controlled.During the period,the U.S.signed three treaties with Spain and the UK,which stipulated the territorial scope of the Philippines.According to the treaties,which was repeatedly confirmed valid by the Philippines,the Spratly Islands were not within the Philippines’territory.In 1933,following the Nine-island Event,the U.S.believed the Spratly Islands were not within the territorial limits of the Philippines according to the treaties,therefore refused the request ofthe Philippine authoritiesto occupy the Spratly Islands.When studying the post-war order in the late period of the World War II,the American official research reports and internal discussions clearly pointed out that the Spratly Islands were not the Philippines’territory.From 1946 when the Philippines became independent to the end of the Cold War,the Philippines has tried many times to gain support from the U.S.on the Spratly Islands,but has always been rejected on this issue.With a series of evidence,it can be concluded that the Spratly Islands was/is not the Philippines’territory from the perspective of the U.S..