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...Government must stop beating about the bush on the Quemoy and Matsu issue. We call for full frankness with the American people and our allies. If our military leaders think these islands are expendable and their loss will have no dangerous consequences for our ally [Nationalist China]-the strongest ally we have in Asia-and for our country and the common cause, then let our Government leaders frankly say so and put an end to the uncertainty as to the future of these islands...
TIME terms it a non sequitur when those who honestly believe so say that the defense of Quemoy and Matsu "will inevitably lead to a big war" [April 4]. Is it necessarily a sequitur that the loss of the offshore islands will, as TIME believes, mean the loss of Formosa and all of Asia? I have much more faith than that in our Seventh Fleet...
...suggest three major alternatives re Matsu and Quemoy. Isn't there a fourth? In the event of a Red attack, complete evacuation of all civilians and Nationalist troops from the two islands, coupled with a stern warning that any Reds who set foot on either island will be A-, H-and/or U-bombed from there...
Recently, after a chat with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Edward Corsi complained: "He was sympathetic but his mind appeared to be elsewhere, on the big international things, Quemoy and Matsu. " Last week the problem of Edward Corsi thrust itself forcefully upon Dulles-and the front pages-along with the big international things...
...Said George: "There exists, unfortunately, in this country a disposition to hinge all policy in the Far East on what the President does about Quemoy and Matsu. If it would advance the cause of peace, I would be happy for the President to declare his policy. But how would it advance the cause of peace to inform the enemy of what we intend to do? No one can say that it would advance the cause of peace to invite Red China to take more land held by free China...