Word: formosae
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Critics charged that Acheson's policy was too often negative. Some who approved his current policy of firmness towards Russia believed that he was late in adopting it. Some Republicans berated Acheson for refusing military aid to Formosa, blamed him for the loss of China to the Communists. On these grounds last week Minnesota's Representative Walter Judd, an old China hand, called aloud for Acheson's resignation: If his judgment had been wrong before, asked Judd, how could he be trusted in the future? In the Senate, Nebraska's Republican Floor Leader Kenneth Wherry sounded...
Last week, in Formosa's capital of Taipei, Chiang Kai-shek formally resumed his position as President of Nationalist China. Chiang ascended a barren platform in the red brick government headquarters, nodded unblinkingly to an assembly of 200 of Nationalist China's remaining leaders-cabinet members, generals, governors of China's lost provinces and four former mayors of Shanghai. "At this critical moment," came the clipped tones of the Gimo's native Chekiang, "I cannot shirk my responsibility." He added optimistically: "I do not have any doubt that we will recover the mainland, that the Communists...
...tarried in Hong Kong for two weeks, then came to the U.S. for an operation, bringing his family with him. Under Chiang, meanwhile, the Nationalists' resistance seemed to stiffen. The Chinese air force and navy set up a surprisingly vigorous blockade of the Communist mainland. Nationalist troops on Formosa began training in earnest under capable...
...denounced Chiang as a "dictator" and "usurper," doughtily vowed he would "return to crush this movement," but failed to explain when or how. Then he boarded a train for Washington to eat a hearty lunch with President Truman. Just before he left New York, Li had a cablegram. From Formosa, President Chiang expressed hope that Acting President Li would, indeed, be able to return soon. But nobody really thought that he would...
...served ably against the Japanese at Shanghai and later in Burma, where he commanded the snappy, U.S.-trained 38th Division. As one of the Nationalists' top commanders in Manchuria after V-J day, he beat the Communists consistently. In 1947, Chinese clique politics led to his transfer to Formosa and the Fengshan training camp...