Word: areas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dulles went on to his most provocative statement: "If there were a cease-fire in the area which seemed to be reasonably dependable, I think it would be foolish to keep these large forces on these islands. We thought it was rather foolish to put them there, and, as I say, if there were a ceasefire, it would be our judgment, military judgment, even, that it would not be wise or prudent to keep them there." Was there, then, a possibility of important changes in U.S. policy if there was some "give" on the Communist side? Answered Dulles...
...congressional resolution of 1955 empowered the President to use U.S. forces in the Formosa area if the President-not the Congress-decided that Formosa was threatened. "I welcome the opinions and counsel of others. But in the last analysis such opinions cannot legally replace...
...allies, other than Nationalist China, had no commitment to help the U.S. in the Formosa area, but "I believe that most of them would be appalled if the U.S. were spinelessly to retreat before the threat of Sino-Soviet armed aggression...
Chief of Naval Operations ARLEIGH BURKE to the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE : My fear is that too many people in the U.S. are not willing-probably because they do not understand the problem-are not willing to stand up for principles. You let one doubtful area go, then the next area becomes a little more doubtful and you become a little weaker -a little weaker in your own spirit...
Presidents of the Young Republican Clubs in the Boston area have formed a Greater Boston College Republican Coordinating Council, omitting the newly chartered Harvard Eisenhower Young Republican Club...