Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consulted: John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, member of the Committee on Far Eastern Studies, and director of Regional Study Program on China; Bruce C. Hopper '24, associate professor of government, instructor in the Regional Program on the Soviet Union, and teacher of a course on "Russia and Asia in World Politics;" Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, member of the Committee on Far Eastern Studies, and instructor in the Regional Program on China; and Benjamin Schwartz, instructor in History and member of the Russian Research Center, Far Eastern Division...
Reischauer questioned whether the stragetic value of keeping the Reds out of Formosa was enough to offset the loss of United States face in Asia caused by supporting Chiang. "Fortunately," he added, "the defense of Formosa is tied in with Korea, and when we, leave Korea we can quietly retreat from Formosa...
...government has ignored Britain's offer of diplomatic recognition. The New Statesman & Nation, as toplofty and ill-informed as ever, singled out Douglas MacArthur as the chief villain, solemnly assured its readers that he alone would be to blame if a general war broke out in Asia. China specialists in official posts echoed the line. "The British government sees no papal infallibility about MacArthur," snapped one British diplomat. Peevishly he denounced the general's recent visit to Formosa as "flatfooted diplomacy." The outcry muffled the quieter misgivings, mostly among Conservatives, about the wisdom of the government...
...factual account of treatment given to American prisoners, see WAR IN ASIA...
Died. Saw Ba U Gyi, 46, leader of Burma's Karen rebels; trapped and shot by government soldiers; in a Burmese village near the Siam border (see WAR IN ASIA...