Evening star., 1951-06-07

Pacific. Like other such territories
ats legal status cannot be fixed
until there is international action
to determine It's future. The Chi
nese government was asked by the
Allies to take the surrender Of the
Japanese forces on the island. That
lis the reason the Chinese are
there now.
Stresses U. S. Friendship.
as. The United States has q
record through history Of friend
ship for the Chinese people. We
still feel the friendship and know
that millions of Chinese recipro
cate it. We took the lead with
Others in the last United Nations
General Assembly to secure ap-
proval of the resolution on the
integrity If China. Only the
Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics and its satellites did not
approve that resolution.
"6. The United States woulC
welcome United Nations consid.
Grafton of the case of Formosa
We would approve full United
Nations investigation here or or
the spot. We believe that tht
United Nations consideration
would contribute to q peaceful
rather than a forceful solution
of the problem.
"7. We do not believe that
the Security Council need be OF
will be diverted from its con.
Isideration of the aggression or
the Republic of Korea. There
was q breach of the peace ir
Korea. The aggressor attack has
been condemned and the COM
bined forces of the United Ma.
tions are now embattled to repel
the aggression. Formosa is now
at peace, and will remain SC
unless someone resorts to force
If the Security Council wishes
Ito study the question of Formoss
we shall support and assist that
study. Meanwhile. the President
Iof the Security Council shoule
discharge the duties of his Office
and get on with the item o1
the agenda, which is the COM
plant of aggression against the
Republic of Korea, and specifically
the recognition of the right Of
the Korean Ambassador to take
his seat and to vote on the
United States resolution for the
localization of the Korean con-
flict."
That was his position.
When Gen. MacArthur's position
came out, it indicated that in view
Iof current misconceptions abou'
the strategic Importance Of For.
mosa, he would like to make thu
statement which he did make
He talked about our island chair
in the Pacific of which Formoss
was implied to be part, and hat
such expressions as this:
From this island chain we car
dominate with air power ever!
Asiatic port from Vladivostok II
Singapore and prevent any hos
tile movement into the Pacific"
He said, "if we hold this line
we may have peace. Lose it ant
war is inevitable"
/ He said, "Te pursue any othe
course would be to turn over tn
fruits of our Pacific victory to
potential enemy. 1t would shif
any future battle area 5000 mile
eastward to the coast of tn
American continents, our hom
coasts" ct cetera.
/ Now that statement we be
'Ilieved would. and I believe quit
correctly be interpreted by peopl
hostile to us to mean that wha
the United States wanted was t.
get control of Formosa, and tha
is exactly what happened.
| This speech was out on tn
end of August. On the first @
September the Soviet radio picke
lit up, and the Soviet radio
i had the exact quotations from
lin this book.
! can't put my finger on then
but they charged the Unite
States, they charged that Ger
Macarthur had torn the cove
: from the real intentions of tn
United States, that what our res
purpose was to seize Formos
for ourselves. That was printe
: throughout September.
; Shortly after that when tn
General Assembly met, Mr.. VI
shinsky came over here and mad
: a series of speeches, and I sha
read only two paragraphs frol
! one of them, to bring out tt
! damage which this did to tt
2 whole position as stated by tt
President. Mr.. Vishinsky says:
None other than Gen. Mat
Arthur recently informed, wit
cynical candor. the whole worl
about the decision of the rulir