可是這也不對,一九五四年的「美蔣協防條約」就是雙邊條約,美國參議院批准時加註,「It is the understanding of the Senate that nothing in the treaty shall be construed as affecting or modifying the legal status or sovereignty of the territories to which it applies本條約不得解釋為領土主權的變更」,防止該約第六條被解釋為「台澎是中華民國領土」。