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...years or more before our American neighbors came in. Today, I think that the neutrality of either of us ... would be unthinkable. That is a tremendous change, and one which must affect all our relations with the U.S. . . . Certain U.S. commitments, those, for instance, covering help to Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa and certain coastal islands, have not been accepted by us. But that is not saying that they may not involve us ... The fortunes of both our countries are interdependent. But the dependence of Canada on the U.S. is far greater than is the reverse. That is a fact...
...about Stalin's price; he got all he asked, without argument. Roosevelt apparently welcomed the expansion of Russian power in the Western Pacific. Behind Churchill's back, Roosevelt offered Stalin participation in a Korean trusteeship from which Roosevelt proposed to exclude Britain; Stalin disdained the bait. Behind Chiang Kai-shek's back, Roosevelt gave Stalin his view of China's internal strife: "The fault lay more with the Kuomintang [Chiang's party] . . . than with the so-called Communists." Stalin did not argue. If this was Roosevelt's view, then world Communism would know...
Sundaram characterized the Formosan government as "an erstwhile symbol of a power that has run away to Formosa." "Chiang Kalshek he said "is not the Abraham Lincoln of China...
Fairbank said that we must support Chiang Katshek and his government of China. He proposed that the United Nations eventually make Formosa a protectorate until its citizens can hold a plebiscite to determine their eventual disposition...
...lunch lasted two hours. Chiang, pointing out the difficulty of maintaining morale on Formosa in the face of retreat from the islands, asked for a specific commitment on Quemoy and the Matsus. Dulles refused; the treaty, he said, does not bind the U.S. to defend the islands. Are there any conditions under which the U.S. would defend them? asked Chiang. Possibly, replied Dulles. If President Eisenhower were to conclude that the islands are essential to the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores, then they might be defended. Chiang was bitterly disappointed and did not bother to see Dulles...