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MacArthur was convinced that he could win the war only by throwing Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces into the fight on the Chinese mainland and by carrying the war across the Yalu River into Manchuria. President Harry Truman and his Joint Chiefs of Staff argued that such tactics would inevitably bring Communist China into the Korean war. It would be, explained General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, "the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong enemy...
...fire was reserved for the U.S., which he equated with Russia as a foe of Red China. How would the U.S. like it, he demanded, if China ringed American territory with military bases? As for Formosa, Mao clearly felt that time was on his side. Chiang Kai-shek is an old man, he said, and since Red China had already waited 15 years to take over Formosa, it could patiently wait a little longer. "We could even get along with the Americans if they quit Formosa. Why, if they were to leave, we would see them off with flowers...
...dead center and made progress possible." To the Los Angeles Times, it was "fruitless to argue with an accomplished fact." Instead, the Times wondered what nation would next send an ambassador to Peking, and guessed Japan. Cleveland's Plain Dealer saw no point in "forever pretending that Chiang Kai-shek will some day return to the mainland. The United States is trying to perpetuate a past that will not return...
Urgent Call. The next question was whether France could keep its diplomatic relations with "both Chinas." Paris seemed willing to do so, and Red China might well go along. Faced with the "incredible" reports of De Gaulle's action, a special policy committee of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang party scheduled an emergency session. On the basis of precedent, Formosa seemed to have no alternative but to sever relations with France...
...sell has boomeranged in West Germany, where oh-so-korrekt businessmen and politicians are apt to bridle at such high-powered and flashy salesmanship from outsiders. In recent weeks, Lockheed has not only lost a multimillion dollar contract it hoped to get, but has so infuriated German Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel that he shelved an order that Lockheed had already won. Said Von Hassel: "Those Lockheed guys will not get into my office any more...