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Since August, when a picture of General MacArthur kissing the gloved hand of Mme. Chiang Kai-shek was published in Paris, France has been agitated over the problem: Should a gentleman kiss a gloved hand? The fact that General MacArthur was shown wearing his hat and grasping a pipe in his left hand added to the confusion...
...would like to suggest briefly a possible way out of the labyrinth of problems created by the presence of Chiang Kai-Shek and his army of half-a-million or so troops on the island of Formosa. That his presence there is a threat to peace not to be overlooked in a single-minded concentration on our problems in Korea is, I think, very clearly shown to us if we accept this oft-repeated assumption: namely, that Chiang's single hope of staging a return to power in China lies in a third world war. His weakness could succeed only...
...however, while the time is ripe, could not the free world strike a bargain with the Nationalist Chinese. Could they not guarantee the territorial integrity of his island for now, and for the years to come in return for these concessions? First, that Chiang Kai-Shek agree to consider himself ruler of Formosa, and only Formosa, giving up all his dreams to stage a comeback on the continent. (In view of the thoroughness with which he was hustled off the Chinese mainland by the Communists these dreams are somewhat fantastic.) And second, that he agree to use his troops...
...Recognize that the U.S. is already at war with Communist China, but avoid open conflict with China. Give Chiang Kai-shek the arms and other help he needs to carry the fight to the Chinese Reds on the mainland...
Though Bishop Tu is also commander in chief of the private army of Phat Diem and Bui Chu, operational control is in the hands of dapper Ngo Cao Tung, who looks ten years younger than his 40 years, claims to have served as a major on Chiang Kai-shek's staff and as military counselor to the Nationalist commander in chief in South China. He arrived in Phat Diem last May. Under him are two regular battalions of 1,700 men, known as Groupe Mobile Autonome. His uniform, a strange mixture of his own and the bishop...