He offered to try trimming Nationalist military strength in the Formosa Strait offshore islands if the Communists quit shooting. Dulles told his news conference Chiang Kai-shek was foolish to ...

WASHINGTON--Secretary of State Dulles said yesterday the United States is "not going to attack or tolerate attacks against the Chinese Communists" in the Formosa Strait. Dulles' statement was made ...

Smith describes in his book how US planners eventually gave up on Formosa because it would have been far easier for Japan to bring in aircraft to contest the invasion, and to bring troops and planes ...