Word: formosae
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...Hong Kong Vice Admiral Alfred Melville Pride, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, and Rear Admiral Frederick Norman Kivette, commander of the fleet's Formosa patrol, were enjoying a routine leave last week for "rest and recuperation." With their wives, they were off on a pleasant round of shopping and social events. While the admirals shopped and sipped, the Chinese Communists were shooting their way to within hailing distance of the Seventh Fleet. Boldly, the Reds crushed all Nationalist Chinese opposition on Yikiang Islet, 250 miles northwest of Formosa, then poised for an attack on the Tachen Islands eight...
...threat of war as college community. With good reason, the young men who have to fight wars respond the most quickly and acutely to disturbing changes in the world scene. This week, many found a new source of apprehension in Congress' resolution authorizing the President to defend Formosa and the Pescadores...
...appropriate" to the light defense of these islands, Congress has given its blessing to a varsity of possible action. But in the light of precedent, it would seem that Congress has delegated powers it never had. As Commander-in-Chief, the President does not need Congress' permission to defend Formosa. By calling in Congress to confirm these powers, the President runs the risk of binding his hands in future emergencies...
...Formosa's strategic importance lends a special urgency to these new developments in the Far East. When the Communists opened fire of Quemoy Island five months ago, the issue of Chang's polities fell to Secondary importance. Americans had to decide whether they would defend what the President called the "geographical backbone" of the Pacific security structure...
...final decision to take a strong stand stems also from our responsibilities under international law. Ever since Formosa and the Pescadores were liberated from the Japanese, the United States has exercised a custodianship over them. When Japan relinquished her claims in the place treaty, the islands were not formally returned to China, but remained in the legal care of the United States. The defense treaty with the Chinese Nationalists, now awaiting Senate approval, would firmly assert this relationship...