Word: formosae
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GREEN: "Why do you think that the Chinese now on Formosa . . . could achieve a victory when Chiang Kai-shek suffered such a severe defeat previously...
MACARTHUR: "There was a concentration of Red Chinese troops on the mainland which threatened Formosa seriously. Those troops were the Fourth and the Third Field Armies, which afterward showed up in North Korea ... As soon as it became known that these troops had moved up north and were attacking me ... I recommended to Washington that the wraps be taken off the Generalissimo . . . The slightest use that was made of those troops would have taken the pressure off my troops...
SENATOR RUSSELL: "General, would you mind advising the committee and the Senate what you think is the real strength of the Generalissimo's forces on Formosa...
...doubt, our best chance of finding them would be in Formosa, where many competent administrators and patriotic Chinese remain. But there is little sign that this island of seven million with the quarter of a million Nanking Government refugees can provide the personnal and leadership now to run China...
...policy toward the Chinese Communists, and responsible Democrats on Capitol Hill were saying that nothing could be done with Administration foreign policy while Acheson stayed in office. Last week, when Elliston heard that Acheson had not raised his voice against sending a 600-man military mission to Chiang on Formosa (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), he decided the time had come. In a churning editorial the Post called for Dean Acheson's resignation...