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Waves of Doubt. When this word got to Formosa, Chiang Kai-shek seemed and sounded almost blankly uncomprehending. Said Chiang: "What Mr. Dulles is quoted as having said seems completely incompatible with our stand and does not sound like him. I cannot tell right away whether Mr. Dulles has made the remarks attributed to him for diplomatic reasons or with other purposes in mind." Chiang's Nationalist Chinese officials hurled bitter words at Americans-"betrayal," "doublecross...
...just Quemoy and Matsu, and not just Formosa, but the whole free world position in Asia. A policy of firmness when dealing with the Communists is a peace policy. A policy of weakness is a war policy." When Democrat Adlai Stevenson suggested a Formosa plebiscite to see whether Chiang Kai-shek should stay, Nixon shot back a suggestion for a plebiscite in Communist China to see whether the Reds should stay...
...implication was the United States might seek to persuade Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek to thin out his coastal island forces, possibly even eventually withdrawing them completely...
Nationalist China's tough old Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was increasingly impatient...
...Meet the Press last week, Nationalist China's Madame Chiang Kai-shek asserted: "All over China they are crying out right now for the return of the Nationalist government." The Generalissimo himself has never ceased to insist that one day he will go back, although he has adjusted his thinking to changing circumstances...