Word: formosae
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...They had, by their aggression, hurt their chance for gains most of the West had been ready to hand them only a few months ago by default-possession of Formosa and membership in the U.N. Even Britain, which had insisted on Red China's right to both, even while Britons were being killed in Korea, decided last week to side with the U.S.-at least for the present. Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison told the House of Commons: "In view of [Red China's] persistence in behavior which is inconsistent with the purpose and principles of the United Nations...
...stop the fighting on their own terms. The terms as last stated by Peking: 1) withdrawal of all "foreign" troops from Korea, which evidently would not include the North Korean Communists, would not necessarily include all Chinese "volunteers"; 2) admission of Communist China to U.N.; 3) transfer of Formosa to Communist China...
...Stay away from Formosa...
...Formosa has no strategic importance...
...Burma. 3. Formosa...