Word: quemoy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...used airplanes against Chiang Kai-shek's island bastions. Nine Russian-built, twin-engined bombers appeared over the Nationalist-held Tachens (200 miles north of Formosa and 15 miles from the Chekiang coast) and dropped more than 40 bombs, killing five persons. Previously, during the September skirmish around Quemoy, the Reds had used artillery only, and Washington concluded that the Communists were exercising prudence to make sure that air power did not tangle with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Apparently, the Communists are now prepared to take greater risks...
...Reds had invited air attack last month by shelling Quemoy, the offshore Nationalist stronghold; this month the shelling died down, and Chiang held back his air punch pending the next round. In any case, the U.S. has no intention of chaining down his forces. Robertson, asked if he had discussed the "reneutralization of Formosa" or the "socalled Yalu River sanctuary," brushed them off as "a couple of catchy phrases that don't mean much." Choosing his words with care, he declared: "I will say that I know of no place in the world today where Communism can attack with...
...Sept. 3. Quemoy was garrisoned and armed for defense and only defense. This was so by Washington's orders. Quemoy's artillery, provided and munitioned by the U.S., could turn the island approaches into a bloody hell, but it could not effectively shell the mainland. The Nationalist air force could patrol the coast and reconnoiter inland, but it was forbidden to machine gun or bomb anything it might see. All this was U.S. insurance against mainland Nationalist "provacation" of the mainland Communists...
...while. Their 10,000 shells had killed some 100 persons, but had made absurdly few hits on installations of importance. It was not that Communist artillery was so bad; it was virtually blind. Contrary to standard procedure, up to Sept. 29 the Reds sent not a single plane over Quemoy to observe and control their artillery fire...
...Some high-placed military men in Taipei advance this explanation: the Reds know that if they send planes over Quemoy, the Nationalists would try to stop them by bombing the mainland air bases. The Reds would then have to retaliate by sending their own planes to Formosa to bomb the Nationalist bases. This the Communists could not do without "running over"; the U.S. Seventh Fleet and its aircraft. In other words, no Communist could fly over Quemoy without risking direct conflict with...