| Item | Treaty of Paris specifications for Cuba | SFPT specifications for Taiwan |
| United States is the (principal) occupying power | Article 1 | Article 23(a) |
| Original "owner" did indeed cede the territory | Article 1 | Article 2(b) |
| No "receiving country" was specified (i.e. "limbo cession") | Article 1 | Article 2(b) |
| USMG has disposition rights over the territory | Article 1 | Article 4(b) |
| Military government is present, and military occupation is a reality | Article 1 | Article 4(b) and the Hague Conventions (1907) |
| USMG jurisdiction continues past the date when the peace treaty comes into effect | Article 1, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cross v. Harrison (1853) | Article 4(b), Article 23(a), and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cross v. Harrison (1853) |
