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Whether in fact the Generalissimo will ever be abe to reNevertheles., if
turn to the mainland was certainly a question.
there was even one chance in ten of his successfully doin. .is, the
United States should be in a pos tion to taxe adventase cf ne oppcrtunity.
At the conclusion of Mr. Rishards' comments, Secretary Dulles spoke again.
He first stated tnat Secretary Herter hed asned him
to report to the Council that he was fully in eccord witk tie view
that we should not change the missions of the GRC armed forces on
Taiwan.
Secretary Dulles rontinued that it was his own view that it
would be a major disaster to our whole position in the Fer sast if
we did change these missions.
Secretary Dulles said it wes not fer
him to state that we must agree to maintain porte ’s GRC forse levels,
but certainly we should not change the missions
of the GRC irmed
forces.
Particularly, we shovlc not change these missions 2% 7ut+
ting out reference to the possi! lity of a Nationalist
retuim to
mainland China.
It was inieed c
this hope of & return *> mein
land Chine that sustains moreje on Teiwan, even if che neq. was
remote.
Secretary Dulles then ponte l out that the _enercal s.ituction from the U. S. point of vie .s quite different in Asi3i than in
Europe.
The Western European countries ere mach more solic in deyth
and strength, both militarily and otherwise.
[In Asie, on tne other
hand, only a series of small isiand and peninsula positions separate
the United States from Communist positions in depth cn the tontinent
of Asia.
The reason these smal. island and peninsula countries main-
tain their will to freedom is be:ause 2f their hope that Ccmrenis*
The President said tha t this was beginnin,
tle academic to him.
Were we t. Lint about reducing
levels on Taiwan?
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Chira will one day tlow up.
Nov wus this to be tnousht altoceth
a forlorn hope, as Hu Shitnad recently pointed out in nis aidress
before the United Nations.
Wnat hed happened in dungary ani Foland
could conceivably happen in Commun .st Jhina.
If 2 blow-up cvscurred,
Chinese Nationalist troops might f.nd the great opportum:'; with
they had been seeking.
While we c.n all have our own views 2s to
the likelihood that such tings will come to pass, the fa7zt remained
that the Chinese Nationalists believe that this chance may pe offered,
and it is precisely this belier that sustains shem in thei: resistances
to Cammunism.
If, by changing cur policies, we destroy that Chinese
Nationalist hope, we will at the same time destroy she. capacity of the
Chinese Nationalists for the defense of Taiwan itself.
‘%onond this,
such a change in our policy wouli mean the abandoniny o~ -. ro wnol+
Far Eastern position.