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TIME terms it a non sequitur when those who honestly believe so say that the defense of Quemoy and Matsu "will inevitably lead to a big war" [April 4]. Is it necessarily a sequitur that the loss of the offshore islands will, as TIME believes, mean the loss of Formosa and all of Asia? I have much more faith than that in our Seventh Fleet...
...created within the State Department to handle the details. ¶ Heard "a general roundup of world developments" by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who flew to Augusta for lunch. Dulles said that one subject discussed was the recent buildup of military power by the Chinese Communists opposite Formosa. Questioned by reporters, Dulles said that the buildup is "more intensive and more broad in its scope than anything we have recently known . . . This indicates a higher degree of [Communist] capability than we anticipated a few weeks...
...With Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson skillfully backing him, George has effortlessly become the outstanding figure of the 84th Congress: ¶ He led the Formosa resolution, the SEATO pact and the Paris agreements to overwhelming Senate approval. When he arose to speak on the Formosa resolution one January day, there were worried, even hostile faces in the chamber. Nearly a score of Democrats were ready for a last-ditch fight against the resolution, and several Republicans had grave doubts. By the time he sat down after a brilliant oratorical display, the opposition had been shattered. Next day the resolution passed...
Schlesinger based his action on military, legal, and political ground. He said he backed United States pledges to defend Formosa and the neighboring Pescadores Islands, but he felt that Quemoy and the Matsus raised a different question. Formosa is in a relatively secure position, he said, but the United States would be at a military disadvantage in defending the Matsus, which are within artillery range of the Communist Chinese mainland, he added...
...United States would be "legally vulnerable" in defending the islands, Schlesinger said. He made a distinction between defending Formosa, which has long been separated from China, and defending the Matsus, which have always belonged to China. He felt that the United States could not legally defend the islands from their historic owner...