Word: formosae
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...raiders attacked a sleeping garrison on Quemoy. killed ten, captured one, withdrew. The occurrence of the raid was confirmed from Taipei, but it seemed a rather tiny exploit to be boasting about. Most likely the cautious Communists were trying to sound out the specific U.S. intentions in Formosa Strait...
...feathers grow again. What might be a start appeared last week in some fairly strong talk about how the U.S. would defend islands in Formosa Strait...
...Navy has a four-year-old standing order to defend the Pescadores as well as Formosa. This was emphasized last week by U.S. spokesmen, in answer to continued Chinese Communist threats to invade Formosa (TIME, Aug. 30). At his press conference Secretary Dulles mentioned the Pescadores in such away as to make clear that they are an integral part of the Formosa defense system. Dulles also mentioned-but did not name-other islands that might require defending as part of the defense of Formosa...
...question remained: Which Nationalist-held islands, other than Formosa and the Pescadores, would the U.S. defend? Washington did not say. It was assumed that the Joint Chiefs of Staff were deciding that right now; in order to keep the Reds guessing, they might not make their decisions public...
...reaction to the Indo-China collapse. But the defects of any possible Asian pact advertise the weakness of the anti-Communist position more than its strength (see FOREIGN NEWS). India, Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia will not go to Manila. South Korea and the Chinese National ists of Formosa, which have thoroughly anti-Communist governments and fighting forces, cannot be invited to Manila because the British would consider their presence "provocative...