Word: formosae
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...concepts and methods has become aggressively imperialistic." In Japan, "the Japanese people since the war have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history . . ." In the Philippines, "we must be patient and understanding and never fail them, as in our hour of need they did not fail us." On Formosa, "the government of the Republic of China has had the opportunity to refute by action much of the malicious gossip which so undermined the strength of its leadership...
...left flank of the Red Chinese army. The center of that army has been shifting north, and may soon be flung against the U.N. forces in Korea. The right flank of the Chinese Reds is still pinned down in South China, fighting guerrillas and guarding against an invasion from Formosa...
...issued his great statement of June 27, 1950. The Reds had invaded South Korea and Truman proclaimed to the world that the U.S. would resist this aggression. He did not, however, limit his action to Korea. In the same brief statement he said that the U.S. would defend Formosa (this decision reversed an Acheson policy) and give additional aid to anti-Communist forces in the Philippines and Indo-China...
Free Koreans were stunned. The Chinese Nationalists on Formosa felt dashed in hope once more. "This is the greatest victory for Communism since the fall of China's mainland," they said. "There will be rejoicing in Moscow tonight...
...Reds' Foreign Minister Pak Heun Yung: a "peaceful settlement" requires the U.N. 1) to order the withdrawal of "all foreign [i.e., U.N.] troops from Korea," 2) to take "full responsibility for outrages" committed by U.S. forces, 3) to accept the well-known Communist demands that Red China control Formosa, have a seat in the U.N. and a voice in all Far Eastern affairs...