Word: formosae
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...Formosa is "more than a military, an economic or any kind of material problem," John K. Fairbank '29, Associate Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, declared in a letter to the New York Times yesterday...
Charles R. Cherington '35, professor of Government, commented last night on Fairbank's letter, "Formosa is our ally and she is weak. This is primarily a military problem." He added that Red China would go on calling America names no matter what scholars in Taiwan...
...think Quemoy is the place to fight Communism," Vincent remarked. The present U.S. involvement in the Formosa strait is "a situation to which we should never have committed ourselves...
Sacred Mission. During Dulles' three days on Formosa, he and Chiang held four conferences. From these meetings, plus Army Chief of Staff Maxwell Taylor's separate talks with Nationalist military leaders came an understanding that when and if the Red Chinese agree to a "dependable" ceasefire, or at least refrain from acts of aggression for months in a row, Chiang will start gradually reducing his forces on the offshore islands...
...uprising broke out on the mainland. For the U.S.'s part, Dulles explicitly recognized in the joint communique that "under the present conditions" (i.e., as long as the Red Chinese keep up acts of aggression), the defense of Quemoy and Matsu is "closely related" to the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores...