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...Communism drew back a step or so. Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed softly that the U.S.S.R. would come to the aid of Red China only in the event of "an attack from without"-i.e., an attack by the U.S. Then Red China ordered a seven-day cease-fire in the Formosa Strait, and Red China's Defense Minister Peng Teh-huai sent a special message to the Nationalists proposing peace talks between Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists. While holding out what may or may not be an olive branch, Peng also turned the sword in a new wound. "The Americans...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8--The United States announced today a halt in its Formosa Strait convoy operations and readied an effort to make Red China's cease-fire a permanent...
TAIPEI, Formosa--Communist planes swooped over Quemoy and touched off a hail of Nationalist anti-aircraft fire Tuesday, straining the Red-proclaimed cease-fire in Formosa Strait...
Alligators, Now & Later. For three days last week no Nationalist snips got through to Quemoy. The monsoons are coming on, and high seas in the Strait held back the convoys. But then the sea dropped, and the Nationalists punched through the Red blockade. On successive days and under a blizzard of shells, the amphibious LVT "alligators" waddled onto the beach from mother landing ships that stood four to six miles offshore. By also utilizing a big LSD (Landing Ship, Dock) to carry extra landing craft and supplies, the Nationalists put a record 790 tons on the beach...
TOKYO--Red China Monday ordered a week's halt in the bombardment of the Nationalist-held offshore islands in Formosa Strait. The Communists said the move was designed to let supplies reach the besieged islanders "on condition that there be no American escort...