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That is why Formosa and its people (see color photographs) are the subject of this week's Background...
...People & places. There will be more "take-outs" like those on Korea and Formosa. Our correspondents and editors are now collecting information on other Western Pacific islands, Yugoslavia, Iran, Turkey-for the time when they may be in the focus of the news...
...accent of the report that week. Frequently this department ties in directly with stories we are reporting in TIME'S regular sections. Thus, in this issue, our cover story on Admiral Radford, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, naturally has a great deal to say about U.S. strategy and Formosa. At other times, Background for War may not be immediate news, but the information it contains, we hope, will help you understand today's news better...
...catch Mao's ear, Harry Truman chose to talk mostly about Formosa-instead of Korea. The Chinese Communists had protested belligerently to the United Nations about the "aggressive" U.S. Seventh Fleet lying in the Formosan straits. Said the President at his press conference last week: of course, the Seventh Fleet would be pulled out as soon as the Korean war was over. In English or in Mandarin this seemed to mean: stay out of Korea, fellows, and when the ruckus there is all over, Formosa will be left out in the open, where you can grab...
...remark mean that? A day later, in his fireside chat to the nation, Harry Truman went back to the subject. The U.S. has no designs on Formosa, he said. It is a "territory in dispute," and its future should be settled by "international action," after the Korean peace. U.S. policy towards Formosa was still to "neutralize" it. Translated, this seemed to mean: we don't want Formosa, but no one is going to get it until the U.N. decides what's to become...