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...QUEMOY AND MATSU. "Now I said to them [the Chinese Nationalists], as my military advice, not political advice, 'You would be much stronger to keep your major portion of your reserves in Formosa and the Pescadores, and make Quemoy and Matsu two real outpost fortresses. That is, have as few as possible troops, but heavily armed, and make them difficult to take.' Because remember, our doctrine did not say that the U.S. was committed to the defense of Quemoy and Matsu. It said that if the President determined that any attack on Quemoy and Matsu was a mere...
...exact population of China is unknown. In 1948, during the civil war, the Nationalist government estimated, on the basis of a partial census, that there were 460 million mainland Chinese. Today the Nationalists on Formosa insist that mainland population has dropped to 450 million. Nationalist Historian Hu Shih, under a complex and interpretive system, insists that there are only 300 million. In 1953 the Chinese Communists held a nationwide census and came up with a figure of 582.6 million, and now estimate a population of 670-680 million. The latest figures published by the U.S. Census Bureau are restricted...
...want to irritate him in any way. I wanted to find out what was going on in China. What was going on in Tibet to me was unimportant at the moment." Not only does Monty want Red China in the U.N., he is all for handing over Formosa to the Communists. But what about the 10 million Formosans-shouldn't they have some say in the matter? Monty's answer: "I didn't delve very deeply into that...
...Nationalist island of Formosa last week, there was a march past of 11,000 troops while 160 jet fighters roared overhead. A dozen Nationalist frogmen swam ashore on the uninhabited Red Chinese island of Pinglangyu and planted Nationalist flags on the beach. In Taipei, Nationalist President Chiang Kaishek declared that conditions on the mainland resembled those of 1911, "when even the officers and men of the Manchu 'new army' were longing for the great day that was soon to dawn." With stubborn, visionary optimism, Chiang predicted large-scale uprisings soon in Red China, and promised that he would...
...dragon parades. In Hong Kong, Nationalist flags far outnumbered those of Red China. Most overseas Chinese still cautiously avoid total commitment to either side. Explained a Chinese industrialist in Hong Kong: "Just because we are anti-Communist doesn't necessarily mean we are pro-Nationalist.'' But Formosa is sure that the number of anti-Communists among the overseas Chinese is increasing...