Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-09
Dulles Gives Pledge
To Chang That He
Doesn't Stand Alone
BY The Associated Press

TAIPEH, Formosa, Sept. O.
Nationalist warships and planes
pounded the Red China coast
again today, even as United
States Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles pledged that Ma
tionalist China doesn't stand
alone against the forces of ag-
erosion. :"
Mr.. Dulles flew here from the
Southeast Asia security confer
ence in Manila and spent three
hours and Is minutes closeted
with President Chang Kai-shek.
A high Nationalist official said
"they exchanged views on ques-
tons affecting the two countries
The result was satisfactory to
both" United States Ambassa-
dor Carl Rankin described the
talk as very cordial and longer
than expected.
Flies on to Tokyo.
Only five hours after Mr..
Dulles special plane landed here
he and his party were airborne
again, headed for Tokyo.
(In Tokyo, Mr.. Dulles was
greeted by Foreign Minister
Katsuo Okazaki, United States 1
Ambassador John Allison and
other officials. He read brief
statement to newSmen and
refused to answer questions.
(Mr Dulles said the South
east Asia pact signers5 took
a momentous resolve to create
greater security" They likened
the treaty to the collective &C
ton taken against Commu-
nists in Korea.
(Mr. Dulles expects to confer
with Prime Minister Shigeru
Yoskida and other Japanese
leaders,
ReiterateS 18th Fleet Orders.
In statement read to news
papermen at the Taipeh air.
port, Mr.. Dulles reiterated that
the United States 7th Fleet is /
under orders to guard Formosa.
He said Communist China now
is intensifying military and
propaganda activity against the
Nationalist "but we shall not
be inundated"
This statement was viewed
here as a direct and challeng-
ing reply to Communist threats
to "liberate" Formosa and as an
Endorsement of Nationalist at
tacks on Annoy and satellite
bases from which the Reds have
shelled the Nationalist island
base of Quemoy.
Annoy is only five miles from
Quemoy. just off the China
coast 100 miles west of FormoSa.
A defense ministry commune
que issued as Mr.. Dulles and
Gen. Chang were talking said
Nationalist warplanes bombed
and strafed military targets at
Annoy and along the coast.
Warships Shell Annoy.
At the same time, the COM
munique said, Nationalist war;
ships bombarded Annoy and
nearby Wuyu Island and pa
trolled waters off Quemoy and
Annoy.
The ministry said yesterdays
operations, in which United
States-supplied F-84 Thunder
jets took part for the first time,
destroyed two Red gunboats and |
over 100 wooden military boats
and damaged other craft.
Nationalist wars hips were
credited with sinking six motor
lied junks. damaging 20 others !
and capturing three in waters
between Wuyu Island and Cape
c h enhai on the mainland,
another target for Nationalist
bombardment.
The Red China radio at Pei
ping claimed two Fat Nationalist |
fighters were shot down and
four others were damaged in |
attacks on the Annoy area yes
terday.
A broadcast heard in London
said the Nationalist raiders
dropped 104 bombs, killing or
| injuring 81 civilians.
Mr.. Dulles drove directly from
the airport to Gen. Chiang's
downtown Taipeh headquarters
for their first meeting since 1888
in Hankow. Later the two drove
to Gen. Chiang's home for lunch
and a long talk,
Attending the session with Mr..
Dulles were Senator Smith, Re-
publican, of New Jersey, State
Department Official Douglass
| Macarthur II and Mr.. Rankin.
In his airport statement Mr.
| Dulles recalled that when he last
met Gen. Chang China stood
alone against the forces Of ag-
erosion"
| Now, unhappily, new agrees
T.