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The President said that he couldn't see that tz
lar argument was of much substance.
The statements in Fu
and his ow statement as to how this would be administered, amounted,
as far as he could see, to very much the seme thing. Mr. Rtler tnen
suggested that the text of the revised paragraph 1) fcllow tne tex"
of Public Law 4, but that there should be added a footnete inict
would cite the President's statemen~ as tc how he would am cy his
authority under Public Law -.
Secretary Dulles then observed that in s pemed te |im thar
the defense of all of the off-shore islands was now 30 complete and
so integral a part of the defense o° Taiwan, that it wes not to be
compared with the fluid situation of three years aro.
Torteainly as
conditions existed today, said S-rretary Dulles, he would sey taat
if there were an all-out attach
on
quemoy or the Mctsus,
wae
Vnited
States should not sit te one side and permit the loss c* “hese islands, because their loss would surety result in the less
f Taiwan
and the Penghus.
It was fer thi. reason that he
preterre’ tae
broader language of Public Law +
With respect to vararcruph 1° oP NSC ©502, tne Cour.
agreed without discussion t> ase-nit the revision vronogec bo ovhe
113¢ Planning Board.
The National Securit, Council:
to
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Discussed the draft report on the subject, prepar
by the NSC Flenning Board pursuant to NSC Act 2
lo2h-c, and transm.tted by the reference mem erandua
of September 3, 19*7; in the light of the
s0
the Joint Chiefs of Graff, transmitted p:
ence memorandum of Semtember 19, LOE", ani
presented orulty cl Anbassador Risherds rus 7
ten
his recent visit t Tvciwen.
spay
Adopted the fullowis: amendments to UG!
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(1)
Feregrapa 3, page 1:
"3.
Revise to read ac “:Llows
Continued development of tne military
potentia: of GRC armed forces: (a) to assist in
the defense of Teiwan and the Fenrcnus, (i) to
islands,
(2)
to take such other action as may be
mutually agreed upon under the terms of
tual Defense Treaty, and (4d) to ecntritut> +.
collective non-Communist strencth in tre
East. Action vith respect to (+) anc
snoulc
be directed prim.rily toward, and lini
what is deemed necessary to meirtawn tre .1s.-
tion and morale <f tne GRIT."
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take action in defense of the GRC-held of*-shere
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