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    The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area
    The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area
    The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area
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    The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area

    By John Foster Dulles and Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area is a statement by Department of State Secretary John Foster Dulles. It includes a formal statement from the White House. Dulles discusses the lack of communist agenda in Taiwan and sheds light on China-Taiwan relations. Excerpt: "I have reviewed in detail with the President the serious situation which has resulted from aggressive Chinese Communist military actions in the Taiwan (Formosa) Straits area. The President has authorized me to make the following statement. 1. Neither Taiwan (Formosa) nor the islands of Quemoy and Matsu have ever been under the authority of the Chinese Communists. Since the end of the Second World War, a period of over 13 years, they have continuously been under the authority of Free China, that is, the Republic of China."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547309543
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      The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area - John Foster Dulles

      John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower

      The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area

      EAN 8596547309543

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      1. Statement by Secretary Dulles, September 4, 1958

      2. White House Statement, September 6, 1958

      3. President Eisenhower's Report to the American People, September 11, 1958

      4. President Eisenhower's Letter to Premier Khrushchev, September 13, 1958

      1. Statement by Secretary Dulles,

      September 4, 1958

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      I have reviewed in detail with the President the serious situation which has resulted from aggressive Chinese Communist military actions in the Taiwan (Formosa) Straits area. The President has authorized me to make the following statement.

      1. Neither Taiwan (Formosa) nor the islands of Quemoy and Matsu have ever been under the authority of the Chinese Communists. Since the end of the Second World War, a period of over 13 years, they have continuously been under the authority of Free China, that is, the Republic of China.

      2. The United States is bound by treaty to help to defend Taiwan (Formosa) from armed attack and the President is authorized by joint resolution of the Congress to employ the Armed Forces of the United States for the securing and protecting of related positions such as

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