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One question the President has apparently never asked himself is this: Why shouldn’t the Formosa regime, once we have shattered its hopes for a return to the mainland, make a deal with Mao? Just because we, the U.S., can admittedly no longer defend our western flank once Formosa is gone?

But why should the Formosa crowd, whom we have egotistically told that we will secure them only to the extent that our interests are involved, abide by our interests beyond their personal advantage? On the contrary, doesn’t our openly stated dependence on the Formosan anchor constitute, to any frustrated Formosa politician, a most desirable position for bargaining with the mainland?

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One question the President has apparently never asked himself is this: Why shouldn’t the Formosa regime, once we have shattered its hopes for a return to the mainland, make a deal with Mao? Just because we, the U.S., can admittedly no longer defend our western flank once Formosa is gone?

But why should the Formosa crowd, whom we have egotistically told that we will secure them only to the extent that our interests are involved, abide by our interests beyond their personal advantage? On the contrary, doesn’t our openly stated dependence on the Formosan anchor constitute, to any frustrated Formosa politician, a most desirable position for bargaining with the mainland?