Word: formosae
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...send strong air forces to protect Formosa, the Communists will grab it eventually and use it as a springboard to tie up with the Huks in the Philippines...
...agenda includes: ¶ Election of a new Assembly president. ¶ Election of the U.N. secretary general. Trygve Lie is likely to be reelected. ¶ Nationalist China's charges that Russia aggressively aided the Chinese Communists in their revolt against Chiang Kaishek. This may raise the issue of Formosa's present status. In the Security Council, Warren Austin has already requested an investigation of Communist charges that the U.S. has invaded Formosa...
...Formosa Dilemma...
President Truman's decision to send the Seventh Fleet to the defense of Formosa was considered a false move by Reischauer. Truman, he said, "made a mistake in underwriting the Chiang regime in Formosa...
Reischauer questioned whether the stragetic value of keeping the Reds out of Formosa was enough to offset the loss of United States face in Asia caused by supporting Chiang. "Fortunately," he added, "the defense of Formosa is tied in with Korea, and when we, leave Korea we can quietly retreat from Formosa...