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Evenk the Chinese announcement that thirteen Americans had been imprisoned on espionage charges did not shake Eisenhower's firm stand against direct military action. A vocal segment of the press and public opinion, led by Senator Knowland, urged a blockade of the Chinese mainland and suggested even more drastic moves. But the President rejected the blockade proposal and promised that the United states would not be "goaded into unwise actions." His appeal to the United Nations to seek the prisoners' release was a rebuff to extremist elements in the United States and a much-needed assurance to American allies that...
...reporter at the President's weekly news conference asked: Did Ike think there were any grounds for Senate Majority Leader William Knowland's statement that peaceful coexistence was a Trojan horse that would lull the U.S. into false security, to be followed by disaster? The President had a blunt rebuke for Knowland. Under the Constitution, Ike said, he and the Secretary of State were responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs. And neither of them, Ike added, had any tendency to take dangerous situations for granted...
...British government was shocked out of its usual line of "Let's not be beastly to the Chinese Reds"; the Foreign Office called the imprisonment of the 13 Americans "outrageous" and promised to "do all in our power to mitigate this great, grievous wrong." Senator William F. Knowland called for "a tight naval blockade of the entire China coast." Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., said the sentences were "a new act of barbarism" which "adds still another item to the long list of reasons why the unspeakable gang in Peking is unfit...
...watching over disarmament. I think the Soviets want to negotiate and have a great desire to increase their commerce with us. It is certain that we will be obliged to throw ourselves into a policy of coexistence with the East. I don't agree at all with Senator Knowland, who wants us to break off relations with the USSR. We ought to have a special policy toward the Russians, in order to study the best manner of getting close to them...
Dealing with China's imprisonment of 13 Americans on charges of espionage, the Administration was both moderate--in repeating the need for coexistence--and stern--in warning China that the U.S. could not forever tolerate such "outrages." The strong protest appeared especially temperate when contrasted to Senator Knowland's call for a blockade of China and the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. The President's desire to avoid a shooting war should now be evident to the free Asian nations that want a long period of peace for economic development...