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...asked to, but only if asked to, Chiang Kai-shek is willing to reconsider his 1950 offer of three Formosan divisions to fight with the U.N. armies in Korea. "That offer . . . was refused," Tsiang said. "We understand the grounds for the refusal. [We have not] renewed our offer . . . We ourselves are not convinced that Korea is the best place for the Free Chinese to make a contribution...
...that American air and naval power should be used to help Free China's infantry to invade the mainland. My plan is that Free China should acquire enough naval and air power . . . so that [it] can independently invade and liberate the mainland." (On Formosa last week, President Chiang Kai-shek emphasized only that he "will not ask for aid in ground forces...
Bigart found the camp excited about President Eisenhower's deneutralization of Formosa, and hopeful that it meant that they now would be allowed to rejoin Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa...
...test of the Review Board's indictment has had a further demoralizing effect. One paragraph "notes" Vincent's praise of the Chinese communists "at a time when it was the declared and established policy of the United States to support Chiang Kai-Shek's government." Without clarification, the meaning of this statement is obscure and highly disturbing. Foreign Service officers wonder whether the Board is accusing Vincent of actively pursuing a contradictory policy, or whether "declared and established policy" means a party line with which private disagreement is suspect. As long as this is unexplained, any foreign officer must question...
...Shih, China's most respected scholar, who was concluding his first visit to Formosa since that strategic island became the Nationalist refuge and stronghold. Scholar Hu (who has been leading the scholarly life in New York and Princeton) received a flattering and festive welcome, dined with Chiang Kai-shek and lectured to eager crowds...