Word: kaishek
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While Mao was laying these harsh strictures on the wobblers among his followers, "liberals" in the U.S. were busily tearing down Mao's main enemy, Chiang Kaishek, on the ground that Chiang was anti-liberal and contemptuous of the "ordinary folk" of China...
...Kaishek; the President's affront to Chiang through his order "neutralizing" Formosa; MacArthur's own flying visit to Formosa, and the Administration's alarm that this would be construed as U.S. acceptance of Chiang...
...Reds as at least an equal. So far as is known, no one has ever gotten around to suggesting to Dean Acheson that the U.S. itself, if it is really facing the possibility of a fight with Formosa's Nationalists at its side, had better start treating Chiang Kaishek's forces as equals...
...fact seemed to be that in general the denials told the truth, but not the whole truth. Yes, the White House knew that General MacArthur had planned a trip to Formosa, but was surprised and embarrassed by the timing of it. Yes, MacArthur discussed only military matters with Chiang Kaishek, but so dramatic a trip to so controversial a spot had inevitable political consequences, too. All of the hullaballoo indicated the touchiness of the Formosa decision: to "neutralize" the island and still avoid a war with Communist China. Both MacArthur and the Administration seemed to be agreed on one hypothesis...
...Keep your chin up, we're going to win," said Douglas MacArthur as he bade farewell to Chiang Kaishek. Then, as China's Generalissimo beamed and haoed, the U.S. Far East Commander flew off in his C-54 Bataan for Tokyo...