Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
THE RUMORS REcUR
U. S. Standing Firm
On Red Chino Ban

heavily reinforced combat aircraft
strength.
. Congress, as recently as last July.
unanimously reaf1rmed in a joint
resolution its absolute opposition
to the admitting of Communist
China to the United Nations. The
resolution recalled the previous ex-
pressions of Congress on the SUBJ
ject in 1851, 1858. 1854, and 1855.
. President Eisenhower again as.
sured Chang Kai-shek Of the sup
port of the United States for the
Nationalist government in letter
delivered personally by Vice Presi-
dent Nixon in July.
. The United States continues to
embargo all trade with the China
mainland on the grounds that such
trade would strengthen the Red war
machine and encourage future ag-
erosion.
. American public opinion. re-
fiected in the press and in the ex-
pressions of elected members Of
Congress. is Overwhelmingly OPP
posed to any relaxation in the
United States attitude toward Red
China. Too many of Americas
homes contain pictures of too many
American young men killed in
Korea by Chinese Red volunteers"
. In Geneva, American Ambassador
to Czechoslovakia U. Alexis john
son and Chinese envoy Wang Ping
nan have been meeting at intervals
for more than a year. One year
ago-on September 10, 1955-the
Chinese promised to release Ameri-
cans held in Red China against
their wills. Several were freed, but
today there are IL Americans still
held as political hostages The
Reds have definitely violated their
pledge to 'expeditiously" release
these Americans.
. Peiping has thus far fatty re-
fused to renounce the use of force
on the Taiwan. issue. Until such
a pledge is forthcoming, there can
be no discussions of easing trade
restrictions, or of any meeting be-
tween Secretary of State Dulles and
the Red Chinese Premier and For
eign Minister Chou En-lai.
. Even while protesting peaceful
intentions and full concurrence in
the current Moscow drive for
peaceful coexistence," Red China
is intruding in northern Burma, has
erected renegade autonomous
Thai state" in Red China north of
Burma, and has been consistently
building up the Communist forces
of Ho Chi-minh in North Wet
Nam in blatant defiance of the
Wet Nam armistice agreement.
. The existence of determined
anti-Communist opposition inside
China continues and is confirmed
by Peiping itself. Cruel and ruth
less repression Of opposition ele-
mentS continues undated. Rebel
lions in Szechuan province and In
Tibet have been confirmed. The
OOOh OfCl NAllkId w
armed might. but there is ample
evidence that they have never
enjoyed the approval OF majority
Of the people.
While these and other similar
conditions continue to exist, State
Department officials declare, there
can be no question of either recog-
milton of the Communist Chinese
regime or Of acceptance of Red
Chinese membership in the United
Nations.
There are strong indications that
the United States can count on
continued support for its stand on
barring Red China from the U. N.
among the nations of Latin Amer
lea. Any new attempt in that body
to press the Red claim to member.
ship will certainly be stoutly re-
sisted. And until the Red dragon
has ceased to breathe fire, there
will be no American recognition Of
the Peiping government.