Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-28
RecuII Of Carriers
Due With End Of
Search Mission
By jones {. Roper


day that the United States
planes which shot it out with
Chinese Communist aircraft Off
Hainan had q right to be where
they were, but will be withdrawn
now that their mission searching
for survivors of the British air.
liner is ending.
Gen. Eisenhower told news
conference that the carrier-baSed
American planes went into the
area on a rescue operation-not
to provoke any incident.
Naturally, he continued, the
American flyers should take
necessary measures to defend
themselves.
Gen. Eisenhower said that we
do not mean to be impulsive,
but we do intend that our peo-
pie defend themselves when they
are on legitimate business.
Rejects Chinese Claims.
The Presidents statement in
effect rejected Chinese Commu-
mist claims that the American
planes from the carrier Philip
pine Sea had flown over the
Chinese Communist island OF
Hainan itself and otherwise had
violated Red territorial waters.
The Presidents remarks also
reflected some of the American
concern over the anxiety Of its
allies that the United States was
being too rambunctious in the
Far East.
Gen. Eisenhower said the task
force of carriers and planes
which went into the area is
being Withdrawn t1lomentarily.
the exact time depending on the
Judgment Of the naval COM
mand on when all hope Of re-
covering survivors Of the British
airliner or it's wreckage is ex-
hausted. The carriers and &C
companying destroyers, q Navy
spokesman said later, win resume
training operations interrupted
by the search. -
The President said 1t would
be difficult to reach a conciu-
sion about the meaning Of the
quick Chinese Communist apol-
ogy for their downing OF the
British Cathay commercial air.
craft last Friday with the APP
parent loss of nine lives. He
added that at the very least,
however, it is part of a regular
Communist plan of separating
the allies by taking a different
attitude toward each of them.
On Monday, local time, pro-
peller-driven fighter planes from
the carrier Philippine Sea were
attacked by Chinese Communist
aircraft of Hainan. The Ameri-
cans returned the fire and shot
down two Red aircraft into the
sea IS miles south of the island.
Cites Deep Concern.
Asked to comment on the sit
uation, Gen. Eisenhower told his
news conference that such things
as this always caused deep con-
Germ.
He recounted that the United
States learned. that the British
transport had been shot down.
The United States instantly or
dered a task force, he said, to
pursue rescue operations-not to
provoke any incidents, but to
take necessary measures to de-
fend themselves.
He noted that the Chinese
Communists have said the Amer
lean planes had no right to be
there, but, he declared, they did.
The Chinese Communists apol-
ogized to Great Britain for down.
ing the airliner, and yesterday
received a mild British note in
reply.
BY contrast, the United States
sent of two angry protests to
Peiping-one against the down.
ing of the British airliner with
the loss of three American lives,
and the other against the aircraft
attack on the American planes.
The United States has said
the attack on the British
plane was "barbarous and law
less" and the attack on the
American planes was "unpro-
voked and wanton."
The United States demanded