Word: formosae
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...warmongers enjoy no confidence and no credit nowadays," Molotov continued, his words punctuated at times by applause from supporters in the public gallery. Molotov demanded Formosa and U.N. membership for Red China: "It must not be forgotten that the country in question has a population of 600 'million and that one out of every four persons living on this globe is a Chinese." He demanded that the U.S. dismantle its overseas bases and quit its embargo on trade in strategic materials with the Communist empire...
...damage was compounded by the failure in Indo-China. The Geneva agreement, giving much of Viet Nam to the Reds, marked the low point of anti-Communism in Asia. Some observers thought that the descent continued with Eisenhower's expressed willingness to negotiate a cease-fire in the Formosa Strait. The President believed that this move was important in reinforcing the U.S. world reputation as a peace-pursuing nation. Despite the present calm, the U.S. still faces a very dangerous Asian situation...
India's Krishna Menon was the first to arrive. Fresh from Peking, he carried a proposition from the Red Chinese. Its gist: Chou Enlai, fearing U.S retaliation, has given up the notion of forcibly taking Formosa. The Red Chinese had shown their peaceful intentions by releasing four U.S. flyers (TIME, June 13); soon, Menon cooed, he thought the eleven other flyers still held prisoner in China would be released, too. In return, Menon hinted, it might be helpful if the Chinese Nationalists quietly abandoned Quemoy and Matsu...
...Girl's Best Friend. In Taipei, Formosa, after winning a $15,000, 17-carat diamond ring in a lottery, Navy Lieut. Lin Shou Ming received 37 proposals of marriage...
Wanted: an Agenda. What the Big Four would talk about, no one seemed sure. Moscow hinted at Formosa, but the U.S. said no; Washington suggested the Soviet satellites, but Molotov promptly replied that this would be "interference with the internal affairs of other states...