Evening star., 1960-10-16
NIXON
NIXON
Nominee Backs
President on Islands

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be tied in with the defense Of
Chang Kai-shek's Formosa.
The G. o. p. candidate, who
appeared to shift his position
on the defense Of the two is
lands before California audi
ences yesterday. held to the
same line of attack today.
Mr.. Nixon told California au-
diences yesterday he was ad-
vocating a continuation of
present policy in the Formosa
Straits. He said this policy was
to defend Formosa and any
attack directed toward it,"
Thus he returned to the
"keep-them-guessing" doctrine
behind the Eisenhower admin
istration's policy toward de-
fense Of the two Chinese Ma
tionalist islands which lie only
a few miles of the mainland
Of Red China.
Mr.. Nixon said the aim is
to leave the Chinese Commu-
nistS in a position where they
have to take a chance that If
they attack Quemoy and Matsu
the United States will react
as If it were the start Of an
assault on FormoSa.
His original stand on Quemoy
and Matsu in his debates with
Senator Kennedy was widely
interpreted as a pledge to de-
fend the two islands against
any Communist assault. This
brought a charge from Senator
Kennedy that Mr.. Nixon would
risk a war over two "indefen-
sible" islands. 1'a''r' ''''-ae''''.t'
In place of his earlier decla-
rations against turning over
Il inch of free territory to
the Communists" Mr.. Nixon
put it this way to his Phoenix
audience:
THE United States Is not
going to make the mistake of
turning over free territory to
a dictator at the point of a
gun"
No Objection to Notes
The. Vice President decided
today to forget about the
big battle of the television notes
which stemmed from discussion
Of the Quemoy- -Matsu issue at
his third television debate with
his Democratic opponent last
Thursday. .
He announced through his
news secretary, Herbert G..
Klein, that he has no objection
If Senator Kennedy uses pre-
pared notes in their next de-
bate. Mr.. Nixon will not use
any notes, however, Mr.. Klein
said. The Vice President pre-
ferS not to use notes in his
TV appearances because he
thinks referring to them dis
tracts his listeners. 4
The question of whether
there will be a fifth debate
between the two candidates was
still UP in the air after pre-
liminary talks between repre-
sentatives of both camps ir
Washington today. Fred Scrib-
ner, for Mr.. Nixon, and Leon
ard Reinsch, for Senator
Kennedy, also discussed thu
alternative possibility of re-
scheduling the fourth debate
now set for next Friday night
to q. date closer to the election
More Talks Tomorrow
Both Mr.. Scribner and Mr.
Reinsch described today's
meeting as exploratory" ir
nature. They planned to talk
together again on Monday
after discussing the problem!
involved with other campaign
aides.
Senator Kennedy favor!
adding a fifth debate, and the
TV networks have already
agreed to make time available
Mr.. Nixon has not foreclosed
the possibility of fifth meet
ing, but his campaign staff has
noted the difficulty of fitting
another debate into his tight
schedule.
The G. o. P. candidate ar
rived in Phoenix in the rain
but got an enthusiastic wei
come at the airport. Arount
1900 Republicans turned ou
for a G. o. P. breakfast, ant
5000 were in Montgomery Sta
dium in a slight drizzle to hea
his mid-morning speech.
Arizona has only four elec
toral votes but they are re
garded as in the undecidet
column. Though Democrat
have a majority Of more thai
2-to-1 in the State, Republi