Word: formosae
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...itself submitted an item for inclusion in the Assembly's agenda called "The Question of Formosa," announced that it would invite the General Assembly to consider and settle "the future of Formosa" and of its nearly 8,000,000 inhabitants. The move was an unmistakable slap at the Nationalists (see box), gave aid & comfort to the Chinese Reds in their effort to get into...
Dean Acheson last week invited U.N. to settle the "Question of Formosa" and its "longterm political" status (see above). What effect did this action have on Formosa? John Osborne, senior TIME & LIFE correspondent in the Pacific, was in Taipei when news of Acheson's step reached the Nationalist capital. His 'report...
...looking for the "Question of Formosa," the visitor has the help of many more Americans than were here last July, when the U.S. posture on this island was at its tragic low. Then the senior U.S. officials in residence were a charge d'affaires and Colonel David Barrett, a famous "old China hand" who headed a staff of six military attaches including himself. Since then an American Minister, Karl Rankin, has taken over, a ruddy and genial man of stature and intelligence. In the seven weeks since he arrived, he has galvanized the listless diplomatic staff and earned...
Brigadier General John Conklin, from Tokyo, directs a Survey Group which General MacArthur has sent to Formosa to study the military needs of the Nationalists. Major General Howard Turner, commander of Clark Field in the Philippines, flies in & out, and every few days U.S. jet fighters from Clark and Okinawa fly over the island...
Warships of the Seventh Fleet, assigned to Formosa patrol, regularly tie up at the island's ports. Even...