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...week by Dwight Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles in similar statements to the press. Said the President: "No military authority that I know of has tried to rate these small islands that are now under attack, or indeed the Tachens themselves, as an essential part of the defense of Formosa and of the Pescadores, to the defense of which we are committed by the treaty that is now before the Senate for approval...
...result was a psychological explosion heard around the world. The explosive question first came up at Secretary Dulles' news conference. A reporter wanted to know whether a cease-fire would be a "desirable thing in that situation between the Chinese Nationalists and the Chinese Communists in the Formosa Straits...
...House and leaders on Capitol Hill were moving to repair some of the damage done by the ceasefire talk. President Eisenhower sent to Congress a special message asking for a resolution to "clearly and publicly establish the authority of the President to use U.S. forces for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores," and to show a wholehearted U.S. determination to that end. Commenting that this authority would cover "closely related localities," he singled out for special mention the island of Quemoy, only five miles off the Chinese mainland, which Chiang Kai-shek considers vital to the defense of Formosa...
...blows fell on Formosa, and on Chinese Nationalists everywhere, like hammer strokes. First there were the fall of Yikiang and the obvious threat to the Tachens, then the Dulles statement that the Tachens were not of strategic value and would not be protected by the U.S., then talk of a ceasefire, and the inference -quickly drawn by Asians-that Washington was headed toward neutralization of Formosa...
...feel numb when I think of what is happening." A merchant in Hong Kong: "I just can't wait to see the day America will be 'liberated' by the Communists. They haven't been hit hard enough to see what's coming for everybody." Formosa's new troubles lent added weight to a psychological campaign which the Reds have been waging against the Nationalists for months. The weapon: broadcasts by individuals on the Red ; mainland to individuals on Formosa, urging them to desert. General Huang Chi-chang, ex-Nationalist general who defected to Peking...