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Keeping Away. Vacationing at his home in Monroe, La., Chennault announced that his Formosa-based C.A.T.-which operates a fleet of 30 airliners over 3,100 miles of airways from Tokyo to Bangkok -will first overhaul, then charter or sell the planes. Said Chennault: "My interest is to keep them away from the Reds. This is the first Communist defeat in the Far East. That's the thing I take the most pride...
Visitors arriving at Taipei, capital of Formosa, are presented with an illustrated booklet, compliments of the Nationalist government. The booklet explains Nationalist policy: "It is vital for us to do well in Taiwan [Chinese name for Formosa]. It is not only a desirable end in itself; it is also the basis of hope for an eventual return to the mainland." It is now 30 months since the Nationalists were hurled out of China. Last week TIME'S Hong Kong Bureau Chief Robert Neville, after a tour of Formosa, reported on how the Nationalists are doing there...
...Nationalists' accomplishments in Formosa tall somewhat short of miracles, but they are very real. The Nationalist administration, though still top-heavy, has been subject to constant overhauling, until today it is an honest and efficient instrument of government...
...first time in the history of modern China, taxes are levied and collected equitably. The native Formosans, once resenting the intrusion of the Nationalists, have become loyal to Chiang. Last winter, 12,000 young islanders were drafted into the Nationalist army without complaints or repercussions. Formosa's local government, under able Nationalist Administrator K. C. Wu, has become, in the opinion of Americans in Taipei, the soul of rectitude...
...combat-worthy soldiers, organized in twelve divisions. Man for man, the Nationalist troops are in a fine state of training, well-fed, well-clothed and as pugnacious as terriers. U.S. military observers here are sure that they would give an excellent account of themselves if the Reds attacked Formosa. But at present, and certainly for the next year, the decisive factor in the defense of Free China must remain the U.S. Seventh Fleet, patrolling Formosa Strait...