Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-05

: (AP) Following Is the text OF
Secretary Of State Dulles
statement yesterday on the Far
East situation:
I have reviewed in detail
with the President the serious
situation which has resulted
from aggressive Chinese Com
munist military actions in the
Taiwan (Formosa) Straits area.
The President has authorized
me to make the following
= statement:
1.'Neither Taiwan (Formosa)
NOR the islands of Quemoy and
Matsu have ever been under
the authority Of the Chinese
Communists. Since the end Of
the Second World War, a pc
riod of over 10 years. they have
continuously been under the
authority of Free China, that
is, the Republic of China.
2. The United States is bound
by treaty to help to defend
Taiwan from armed attack and
the President is authorized by
joint resolution of the Congress
to employ the armed forces Of
the United States for the Sc
curing and protecting Of re-
lated positions such as Quemoy
and Matsu.
3. Any attempt on the part
of the Chinese Communists
now to seize these positions or
any of them would be a crude
violation Of the principles upon
which world order is based,
namely, that no country should
use armed force to seize new
territory.
4. The Chinese Communists
have, for about two weeks, been
subjecting Quemoy to heavy
artillery bombardment and, by
artillery fire and use Of small
naval craft, they have been
harassing the regular supply Of
the civilian and military pop
ulation of the Quemoys, which
totals some $4,000 persons.
The ofiicial Peiping radio re-
peatedly announces the pur-
pose Of these military opera
tions to be to take by armed
force Taiwan, as well as
Quemoy and MatSu. In virtu-
ally every Peiping broadcast
Taiwan and the offshore is
lands are linked as the objec-
tive Of what is called the "Chi-
.nese peoples liberation army"
: 5. Despite, however, what the
Chinese Communists say, and
so far have done. it is not yet
certain that their purpose is
in fact to make an about eff
fort to conquer by force Tai
wan and the offshore islands.
Neither is it apparent that such
efforts as are being made, or
may be made, cannot be con-
tanned by the courageous, and
purely defensive, efforts of the
forces Of the Republic Of China,
with such substantial logistical
support as the United States is
providing.
6. The Joint resolution of
Congress, above referred to, in
.cludes a finding to the effect
that "the possession by friendly
governments of the Western
Pacific island chain, of which
FormoSa Is q part, is essential
to the vital interests of the
United States and all friendly
nations in and bordering upon
the Pacific Ocean," It further
authorizes the President to en-
@ploy the armed forces of the
United States for the protection
not only Of FormoSa but for
e"the securing and protection Of
such related positions and ter
Sritories of that area now in
friendly hands and the taking
sof such other measures as he
Judges to be required or appro-
pirate in insuring the defense
sof Formosa."
In view of the situation out
lined in the preceding para
graph, the President has not yet
made any finding under that
resolution that the employment
sof the armed forces of the
United States Is required or
appropriate in insuring the de-
Tense of Formosa. The Presi-
dent would not. however, hesi-
tate to make such a finding If
he judged that the circum-
stances made this necessary to
accomplish the purposes Of the
Joint resolution. In this con-
nection we have recognized that
the securing and protecting of
Quemoy and Matsu have in
screasingly become related to the
defense of Taiwan. This is
indeed also recognized by the
sChineSe Communists. Military
dispositions have been made by
the United States so that a
presidential determination, if
made. would be followed by ac-
tion both timely and effective.
3 Z. The President and I
earnestly hope that the Chinese
Communist regime will not
again, as in the case of Korea,
defy the basic principle upon