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Despite their tough talk about aiding revolutions and wars of "liberation," they have pursued a cautious policy, holding back from Quemoy and Matsu, for instance, and never really pressing their successful invasion of India. The Chinese understand, or must be made to understand. Washington feels, that their use of the bomb could bring instant retaliation from the U.S. and with it the destruction of their major cities and industries...
...from 1953 to 1961 there was a sense of propriety and fitness and decorum and dignity which Americans have always expected, and which they received from their First Family . . . Gone are those prideful, confident days when the great leader with us here tonight coolly faced down the Reds at Quemoy, Matsu and in Jordan . . . General Ike, we sure wish you were back running the show...
...Formosa, Quemoy and Matsu, long the objects of Red designs, now seem relatively secure from attack, thanks partly to determined U.S. intervention in the Formosa Straits four years ago when the Reds shelled the offshore islands, partly because of Red China's disastrous economic situation. Besides, here as elsewhere in Asia, Moscow could probably score direct gains only in cooperation with
...soldiers" is an old Chinese proverb denoting a state of extreme nervousness and a feeling that one is surrounded by enemies. Last week Red China was using this hemmed-in feeling to justify its troop buildup in Fukien province across from the Nationalist-held offshore islands of Matsu and Quemoy. The Reds have had heavy troop concentrations along the Formosa Strait for years, but by last week they had added an estimated 100,000 men, raising the total to about 450,000. Belligerently, Red China claimed that Chiang Kai-shek was "preparing for an invasion" of the mainland "with...
...China have had diplomatic contact in the past, the Chinese ambassador sought and received assurances from the U.S. ambassador that the U.S. would not support a Nationalist invasion of the mainland. But, said President Kennedy at his press conference, in the event of "aggressive action against Matsu and Quemoy . . . the U.S. will take the action necessary to assure the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores...