Word: formosae
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...should bomb beyond the Yalu, even though that means risking war with Russia. If the U.S. means to win victory in Korea, it should also apply a naval blockade even if it has to do so without allies. He would put U.S. air and ground troops into Formosa to help defend it, but he did not think that Chiang Kai-shek is in any shape to "conduct a significant operation against the mainland...
...Secretary of Defense George Marshall said: "We are very clear on that. . . Formosa must never be allowed to come under the control of a Communist government or of a government that is under Soviet Communist domination...
April 24, 1951-The Defense Department disclosed that between 500 and 600 military advisers would be sent to Formosa to help train Chiang's troops. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Lovett said it now ranked with Western Europe in priority for U.S. arms...
...Secretary of Defense Johnson and General Bradley told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Formosa in enemy hands would be a menace to the American defense line in the western Pacific, but that they did not think the island of enough strategic significance to have U.S. armed forces occupy...
June 27, 1950-Two days after the Korean attack, President Truman announced: "I have ordered the Seventh Fleet to prevent any attack on Formosa. As a corollary of this action, I am calling upon the Chinese government on Formosa to cease all air and sea operations against the mainland. The Seventh Fleet will see that this is done...