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...Formosa regime has a long way to go, but it can point proudly to its achievements. Last fall general elections were held, with a genuinely free ballot. With the help of American ECAid, Formosa's economy has improved: electric power output is 25% higher now than at its peak under the efficient Japanese...
...army also has been reformed. His troops are eating better than before and are being paid regularly; each soldier now has his own pay card to check grafting by commanders, which played so large a part in the demoralization of the old Nationalist armies. An American on Formosa summed up: "Anyone who has watched these men during the past year will admit that they are tremendously improved in morale, training and leadership. They're not yet a modern army. But they look better every...
Four Kinds of Guerrillas. There has been much talk of a Free Chinese invasion of the mainland. Fact is, however, according to Americans on Formosa, there is not likely to be a full-scale invasion in the near future. It would take a year's flow of full U.S. aid before the Free Chinese would be well enough equipped. Chiang would be unwilling to risk the bulk of his armed forces in any operation which was not part of an Asia-wide, multi-nation operation, including the U.S. forces...
Last week one of Cheng's top agents returned to Formosa from a ao-day visit to guerrilla units along the Fukien coast. A lean-faced, hawk-eyed general officer, he has traveled in disguise to five headquarters directing 10,000 guerrillas. Gist of his report: the guerrillas' morale ranged from good to excellent; the condition of their weapons from fair to good. Their living conditions were difficult (23 oz. of rice a day); their help from the peasants was diminishing somewhat as Communist terrorism increased; their spy work in spotting Chinese Red army movements was excellent...
These generals and their opposite numbers back on Formosa think hungrily in terms of U.S. aid. But they have become hardheaded enough to realize that U.S. aid cannot be given on the old basis. One high Chinese Nationalist official put it this...