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...that case, what would happen to Chiang Kaishek...
...hero who led invasion fleets against Sicily and Normandy, Kirk also proved himself an able diplomat as Ambassador to Moscow from 1949 to 1952. His selection for the post in Taipei ended a long search for a man who was respected by Administration officials, by outspoken supporters of Chiang Kaishek, and by Chiang himself...
Said Kirk as he presented his credentials to Chiang: "My purpose and actions will mirror the will of the American people, of Congress and of my President . . . that neither friends nor enemy shall have any doubt of my Government's determination to honor its treaty commitment to the Republic of China...
...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 the support and encouragement" of the U.S. Blared the official Chinese Communist news agency: "All right, let them come...
...reports about it to the press, it also provided a frontpage diversion from the troubled economy. More significantly, on Red China's part, talk of an unlikely invasion from Formosa was a big smoke screen that diverted the masses from China's domestic troubles and upheavals. For Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa, amphibious exercises by Nationalist troops and the calling up of reservists kept green his often repeated promise of returning in triumph to the mainland...