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...congratulate you for your excellent April 18 article on Formosa ... I hope, however, you will permit me to point out that the report on General MacArthur's "historic blunder" was inaccurate. In July 1950 I was the chief of the Chinese mission in Japan. I accompanied the general to Formosa. There was a heavy fog that day . . . Our President waited in his car. Suddenly, we came out of the clouds and landed. General MacArthur asked me to get off the plane first so that I could introduce him to our officials. Vice President Chen Cheng was standing beside...
...easing world tensions. Nothing is said about the Kremlin mob showing evidence of good faith before such talks are held. The Conservatives hint broadly that they'll heed the Socialists' demand to cut the conscription period from the present two years. When they get around to Formosa, they urge Chiang Kai-shek to pull his troops off Quemoy and Matsu, and say: "This could lead to the reconsideration at an appropriate moment both of Chinese representation in the United Nations and the future of Formosa." That is a plain promise that if the Tories win this election they...
...Labor platform merely goes a bit further than the Conservative. It calls for an immediate end to all atom and hydrogen bomb tests, immediate withdrawal by Chiang from Quemoy and Matsu, the "neutralization" of Formosa, and admission of Red China to the U.N. What both of these platforms add up to can be described in one word-appeasement. So, whether Tories or Socialists win this election, we'll have an "ally" dedicated to knuckling under to Red tyranny all around the world and persistently pressuring our Government to do likewise...
Urging the United States to take a firm stand in the Formosa Straits, Knowland compared the present situation to that of Western Berlin. "The reason that Western Berlin has not passed behind the Iron Curtain is that any attempt to take over the area by force would immediately involve the Western allies in military action, he said...