... 4, 1958. I have reviewed in detail with the President the serious situation which has resulted from aggressive Chinese Communist military ...
... by the courageous, and purely defensive, efforts of the forces of the Republic of China, with such substantial logistical support as the United ...
... of Taiwan (Formosa). This is indeed also recognized by the Chinese Communists. Military dispositions have been made by the United States so that ...
... however ill-founded we may deem them to be. I recall that in the extended negotiations which the representatives of the United States and Chinese ...
... of the National Security Council. Also present were the Director of the United States Information Agency, the Director of the Office of Civil ...
... and to protect our vital interests. This means that, in our view, negotiations and conciliation should never be abandoned in favor of force ...
... been using their naval craft to try to break up the supplying of Quemoy with its 125,000 people. Their normal source of supply is by sea from Formosa, ...
... area. We had hoped that the Chinese Communists were becoming peaceful-but it seems not. So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. ...
... can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more. Also, we have more to guide us than the teachings ...
... the United States and to the free world. In this effort the Chinese Communists and the Soviet Union appear to be working hand in hand. Last Monday ...
... for conquest if Formosa fell into hostile hands. These treaties commit the United States to the defense of the treaty areas. In addition, there is a joint ...
... of 1955 applies to the present situation. If the present bombardment and harassment of Quemoy should be converted into a major assault, with ...
... I assure you that no American boy will be asked by me to fight just for Quemoy. But those who make up our Armed Forces-and, I believe the American ...
... was conducting these negotiations, was recently transferred to another post, we named as successor Mr. [Jacob D.] Beam, our Ambassador to Poland. The ...
... Communist north Koreans on south Korea was civil war, and that the United Nations and the United States were aggressors because they helped south ...
... bombardment of Quemoy and began harassing the regular supply of the civilian and military population of the Quemoys. This intense military activity was ...
... you apply to it for ideological reasons-is recognized by the majority of the sovereign nations of the world and its Government has been and is ...
... situation contained in your letter seems designed to serve the ambitions of international communism rather than to present the facts. I also note that ...
... (11 May 1807-27 February 1890) was an eminent French literary figure who was the founder and, for fifty-five years (1833-88), editor-in-chief of the ...
... trained as a lawyer, receiving his degree at the age of 20. His first great... >>read more<