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...said as much at his weekly news conference in reply to a double-barreled question about 1) the "durability" of U.S. relations with the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa, and 2) the "possibility" of reopening U.S.-Red Chinese trade. U.S.-Formosan relations, said the President, "are unchanged as a result [of the Taipei riots] as of this moment, and so far as I know, no one has suggested any change." As for trade with Peking, the embargo against it is a matter of "law" and "so long as that law is on the books, of course, that is that."* Correspondents quickly...
...Nationalist Chinese capital of Taipei on Formosa. Kishi was met by a crowd of more than 600, whisked off from the airport in a 15-car motorcade to the official guest house, which housed the Japanese Governors-General in Japan's prewar days as ruler of Formosa. Kishi presented Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek with two embroidered silk comforter covers (a standard Japanese wedding gift), received in turn from the Gimo two grass bed mats and a decorative ship model fashioned from pale pink seashells. The old enemies got along quite well...
...Formosa Kishi called British unilateral abandonment of the Communist China trade differential (TIME, June 10) "regrettable." But in Washington he is expected to make a strong presentation of Japan's case for similarly increased trade with Red China...
...primarily attributable to American racial prejudice and superiority complex." The usually pro-American Mainichi Shimbun exulted: "The incident proves an old saying: 'Even a worm one inch long is one-half inch of spirit.'" In Bangkok the middle-of-the-road daily Satirapharp cautioned: "The incident on Formosa has taught us that we must not let too many Americans come to our country...
...hand that feeds him, but has very few teeth left. Said the neutralist newspaper Le Monde: "The Nationalists have lost almost all hope of winning back China. This sense of frustration naturally nourishes the feeling of latent bitterness against the Americans." If the riots "lead to fresh thinking about Formosa," said the Manchester Guardian, "they will have done some good." The U.S.-baiting weekly Spectator argued: "American diplomacy has been playing at blind man's buff in Southeast Asia. The time has now come to bring the game...