Will We Sacrifice Free China?

An outstanding expert on the Far East reveals how easily a misguided Administration might mislead the public into appeasement of Red China

At first glance, the question here asked would seem to have only one possible answer—a negative one. There is, of course, the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and Nationalist China which specifically pledges this country to use force to resist any attack against Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Further, Congress has voted overwhelmingly to give the President discretionary power to employ force for that purpose without prior consent of Congress.

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An outstanding expert on the Far East reveals how easily a misguided Administration might mislead the public into appeasement of Red China

At first glance, the question here asked would seem to have only one possible answer—a negative one. There is, of course, the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and Nationalist China which specifically pledges this country to use force to resist any attack against Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Further, Congress has voted overwhelmingly to give the President discretionary power to employ force for that purpose without prior consent of Congress.