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DWIGHT MARTIN, who has been covering the Korean war since September, recently reported on the state of Hong Kong's morale and defenses, then flew down for a look at booming business in Singapore. He is now headed for Formosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 19, 1951 | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...army. Between fifty and seventy percent of the Communist army in Korea consists of former Nationalist soldiers. Demoralized by the Generalissimo's corrupt staff, these soldiers deserted to the Reds where their American weapons were welcome. There is no reason to believe that the Nationalist army now based in Formosa would act any differently when it reached the mainland again and encountered overwhelming Communist forces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Old Familiar Tune | 2/16/1951 | See Source »

...wrote Reston, "Mr. Acheson is all for giving more help to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, insisting that military considerations must determine United States policy toward the future of Formosa, [and] conducting a policy of economic sanctions against the Peiping regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Doubtful Guide | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

...relayed by India. That message, which Warren Austin had bitingly called "not much more than a postal card," had in effect notified U.N. that Peking would agree to a cease-fire only on its own terms (i.e., withdrawal of U.N. troops, admission of Red China to U.N., handing Formosa to the Reds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Law's Delay | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...Ernest Gross, U.S. delegate to U.N., drew a line beyond which the U.S. would not go in any further dickering with the Chinese Communist aggressors. Said Gross, in a statement that might presage a major shift in U.S. policy: the U.S. would not take part in any conference on Formosa at which Nationalist China was not represented; furthermore, the U.S. was still opposed to a U.N. seat for Red China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Seven Months After | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

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