Word: formosae
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Chou's proposition was, in effect, as follows: a truce in Korea must be preceded by agreement to withdraw U.N. forces and turn Korea over to Communist control. In addition, Red China must have the right to take Formosa, plus a voice in other Far Eastern settlements and a seat in the U.N. Such agreement should be negotiated by a seven-power conference, including Russia, Red China, India, Egypt, Britain, France, the U.S., and the conference should be held in China...
...would like to suggest briefly a possible way out of the labyrinth of problems created by the presence of Chiang Kai-Shek and his army of half-a-million or so troops on the island of Formosa. That his presence there is a threat to peace not to be overlooked in a single-minded concentration on our problems in Korea is, I think, very clearly shown to us if we accept this oft-repeated assumption: namely, that Chiang's single hope of staging a return to power in China lies in a third world war. His weakness could succeed only...
...time is ripe, could not the free world strike a bargain with the Nationalist Chinese. Could they not guarantee the territorial integrity of his island for now, and for the years to come in return for these concessions? First, that Chiang Kai-Shek agree to consider himself ruler of Formosa, and only Formosa, giving up all his dreams to stage a comeback on the continent. (In view of the thoroughness with which he was hustled off the Chinese mainland by the Communists these dreams are somewhat fantastic.) And second, that he agree to use his troops in Korea...
...North Korea had not been invited to discuss it. El Salvador and Nationalist China also voted against it, for different reasons. T. F. Tsiang, China's delegate, correctly described the proposal. Snapped he: "The talks will pose only one question to Peking 'How do you like Formosarare, medium, or well done...
...Douglas Mac Arthur. Besides Collins, the visitors included Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg, Central Intelligence Agency Chief Walter Bedell Smith, Army Chief of Intelligence Alexander Boiling. Guesses flew thick & fast around the Dai Ichi building, ranging even to the surmise that Nationalist China's armies on Formosa might be brought to bear against Mao Tse-tung's hordes...