CHIANG STRESSES AIM OF PEKING: DEFEAT U.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920144-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 144
• Publication Date: April 5, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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By'ROLEItT EUNSON
Associated Press Writer
TAIPEI, Formosa, April 4.-
Americans should face the fact
that Red China's "ultimate aim
(is the defeat of the United
States," President Chiang Kai-
slick said today.
"Despite encouraging 're-,
marks," such as the March 25
statement of Senator Fulbright
Democrat of Arkansas, that
Washington should think about
flexibility toward Peking, "to the
Chinese Communists the United
States is and always will be
Enemy No. I,"' Gen. Chiang
declared.
The 76-year-old leader of the
Republic of China described re-
lations between Moscow and
IPeking as having ' "already
reached the point of .no return,"
so long as their present rulers
are in ,power.
Recommending ' removal of;
the Communist' regime in Chi-
na, he said, "I am certain the
Russians will not intervene."
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Chiang Kai-shek gives .his views on
the Moscow-Peking split in this
interview with the Tokyo-based
general executive and director of
Asia services of the Associated
Press.,
drawal from the Pacific, includ-
ing Japan," Gen. Chiang said,
The Nationalist leader, who
has hoped for years to return to
the mainland with his govern-
ment, predicted Laos, Cam-
bodia, Thailand and even. the
Philippines would topple in
front of a Communist onslaught.
There were sparks as he
commented on the statement by
Senator Fulbright, chairman of
the Foreign R6latiions Commit-
tee, that Americans should "jar
"American tactics in Viet''
Nam ? have proved unsuccessful
se far," Gen. Chiang said. He
added, however, that removing
United States military forces!
from Southeast Asia would be
inconceivable.
? -"A withdrawal from Viet '
? Nam would be considered the
first step in an American with-!
;ties about China, of which the foremost is that there are not
really two Chinas but one, and
that It is ruled by the Commu- nists." "Such remarks will only encourage the Communists to hate and insult your country more," Gen. Chiang said. "I feel . Senator' Fulbright is not fully informed of the conditions existing on the 'mainland of China today," ' he said. "The regime totally lacks popular support. It will never last, It is here today but may be goneSwitching to Southeast Asia, where the United States' has a military force of 16,000 men
backing up South Viet Nam's war against the Communist Viet Cong, Gen. Chiang asked: "If the United States were to withdraw from Viet Nam, what would there be to prevent the Chinese Communists from thinking that the United States
and even recognize them?"
Set for Talks With Rusk
This obviously was a preview
on the line Gen. Chiang will
with Dean Rusk when the
take
State
United States Secretary of
visits Taipei April
16.
if he favored a second
Asked
in Asia, he said that "in
front
the
view of the Chinese here, so
as the United States is
long
determined to give all the nec-
to the Viet Namese
essary help
the Viet Cong there are
against
in which the war can be
ways
won-and -and not necessarily in-
volving a second front.
"I have one piece of advice to
off er:
"In pressing on the war
against the Viet Cong, I hope
States will listen
the United
more to the views of the Viet,
themselves. And I;
Namese
the United States:
suggest that
more to the views of the
listen
people in the Far East who are
the Communists.
"The Chinese Communist
attacks on the Russian Com-
munists and the Moscow rebut-
tals show very clearly the seri-
ous state of affairs on the main-
land, politically, economically,
militarily and in the party and
the armed forces. It is no 'long=
er necessary for the :United
States to feel that action to
doing the actual fighting against l
'remove the source of all trouble
in Asia will touch off a global
war. I am certain the Russians
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