TWO PERSONAL REPORTS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STRAIT OF FORMOSA

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mom's notice. in all of tics we we Jo
tuding oursehrea tin fed the ahys a
uopuctty of Hsi Utfatagw Air i.4trrvnand
W IsltMct ow%trte nnallatioa aJ a rinse
Wform 1% NM 10 WAY a" 1Mr-tVWrV-dV-
peods on tlw peacwtut if uneasy sit-ea-
essct of the Alwaetcaar anal the Naarsaai,
l}f ---- if. wont comet to notsi -- on the
sm ew (Juest y and a mew arses IIUW;I
( trwng Kat.-AirVa bktckals of Amoy 1.04
,maaos Mad bsidt /mouser on tits MuMW,.. Ilm null Aiaeth Afrwa k wail Yew of
them to raped the People's Repiabltt: - ,
ittltr Mu1tltlMs, ` (ite'at Ms 411414 .1511641111"
imilar circumganccs.
f ien and neutral freighter.. Strange though
it may seem. the Chinese feel much ttie
~Amr about thew goings-on as the Arisrr-
1%anx would feel if foreign warships p*
trolled from Frisco to Puget Sound. o4
If Staten Inland were fortified by b
Iroi?Tt and parachutists came droppA
(n by night to at as .pus and saboteurs I
Now that the Chinese feel their owq
urcngth. Peking has acted in the sa? I'
seen Chiang's gum shelling kwal fishcr?`~`'
the strrita w Shaaglaisi., and -ai.k. only
grasped as that Cbuta is ha becoming
harassrtaant by handle cue' a In ata wra
a cight?year wit of aggression. Highly
rtdustrwliccd, with a big air 1011,1 114,
first-class army, Japan---by all the rules.
-ought to have crushed resistani:e and
yu-c7ily . ixeuplyd"~`t~'inrinTxaoL: ' 1'be'
Tat
pi:ln'"rcsourcea when in 1917 they began'
os/et,tuWlehi;partisans and wotic{s
14 paced. and eflir:ipis she Rus+tar-
nJ expand it ecihirtyY`as the ILMA did ,
eff
.Ft+:twcrn 1940 and l9 Ei. we
.tiWi~ T7ttra!
ftrUttlit Jn"support of a vaporous pt is
i`F inment ' The''ev.rntial Ingredi &a ate
V'?.oteIwl anal b -*a s9,4e alI6"0 rani
~r 4W .-I iht 40 Islip'!
rrdustrialputeIt
s What makes a great power? Obvious r
huge pupulatiost is not eno-ugh..,?cvi~
{toms clear that hereafter, summit rtststr',;
~ngs will` not be d.ei:u' ed without rcftt
$hc guest of ('hairman Mao iw-lung It
trove nonexistence. - 4 ~?
Nikon Khrushchev, of all people. ha?
N+ learn his lesson the hard way In July
was busy corresponding with Messrs,
E.isenh wer.' Macmillan and Or (aWle
lihout ^ "summit conference'- forgetting
1 mention the People's ktpuhl+c. What,
passed between Peking and Moscow is:'_
tinybody's guest. but Khru tics sudden*
ty found it necessary to tads Wight eastst
*ard and spend four precious days as
Even before the Quemoy crisis. Cht
here diplomacy adroitly demonstrate
that non?recocn+tlon does not necessaril$
A Iproved Or:Re 11
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rWO PERSONAL REPORTS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES` OF THE STRAIT OF FOR NI W
CF aw 009pr41, Irani M2 w 143:3. lowers: We even soaped that any
, '.. ? ra".~;` _ ..ese1M of Miernatnnaal Importance.:
spew mast of my 1 rat sev , ` must have osc,urred by direction
years in China. I grew up from the White House - or she
ittg of it arc a backward Orieti Kremlin.
August and Sepember. I am producing and testing H bombs,
tiM"-~Pf d seating Communist ; c otiaewtal ballistic mtswks, to .
Aim in the UN -n only part d firce debrles `at the UN as well 7'
mw* larger and more sent as prapaRrwdeet campaigns ; which
the faiRiYeRdbhW Wert, crowd the air . waves. by these
swim that China has suddenly WAS" the two-power illusion has
waill and be dal
my
rouge t d tkkm an witia a few
. burr myo is results from a
bolos of x:ou tda ed illwsiooa
It sr simcr 1945 we have bees
and to the idea of two
The usual comment' out China
does nothing so disturb the illusiod:
"Ole. I know they have six hundred
minion people and twenty tnilhon
[wore every year. low what else
-
a....c...w7 out hope. Emu mate they got
.` if s a quetlipe that
The USA and the USSR . implies them cam be so valid as
to dwarf an others. We take aver. OR this smndy foundation
for. pentad so country could rents the widespread belief that
witibly smack the mib Lary sad China must forever be am irsspov_
neininic might of the strongest, eris ed cootie-latid. unfonuma ely
Ansertras pant. or the biggest, fallen under Rasa" Influence.
Sorist colossus. For us, Wash Western policy. including that
a". Moscow are the two of Canada. appears to assume a
brilak of out world, each with two-power elesdow.d ow p1tRa M
"lb. F eddiewt wU'be glad to re- and :like students the Weil!"
cove Sir lllttrerky Raltlec and l lady, they,, were a jolly and r?
!Saltier for tea at his ' esidence." until they grew drowsy ,nd
This was the' agrerabk message comparative peace
which we received at the (:rand Yet the Hong Kong niM
Mittel not king after out arrival. in available on the plane. war.
the troubled niandof Formosa.' news about the flercc. pr
.!f we agree that the journalist ii bstmbardment of the off 'r
.you will 'understand the tntorest
with' which we looked forward to
whoa( We has been a series of cla-
ms and anti-clirnos; and melees
is the outside world he is looked
upon variously as a faded poten-'
late, a itiesasah who migM yet lead
had followers back so the, own
Chinese mainland, a dreamer out
of couch with reality. -and an
Americas wtvestaixiit' whitl_. cas_
am be hituadated.
These days previously when we
me at Hun! Kong
to Formosa we look
to assent their hood and the pur-
pose of thew journey. Actually we
did sot learn very much for the
reason that they were nearly ^ll
students retwnuns from vacation,
Land,* of Quemoy and Mat-.
long could they hold (diet'
they did hold out haw hunt
the Communists would Ill'
fury on Taiwan itself. tb.
and citadel of Cluing kar
To our surprise as w.
through the City so the (irar
The whole place seemed it,
)rte. In the brilbwntly lit
there were gleaming Ant
motorcars the ey=e of di-"
rickshaws drawl by beiv.
cycles, carriages hitched t?
heavy-footed waver butalr.,
laughing young mothers nor,'
babies strapped like pafw..
their shoulders. They %(i,
beating the moon fcstt.xl
avenues of Ttiwan whit,?
miles away the people nn
stone islands were being r
by the mainland guns of t!
Chinese ceodowd an t
7 1 y e e i t t i e i % io ` 'Taiptlh with C Island "Kil4Msek , sneedtnerx. tlv.
the gaal.idksiMas ant 1 4 ``igo- ass thaw wMiou* ii..c
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F WWWM*wt - cm inued sewn p. 10 ,
`g` n*m very wakead
"Y~" boy cwJ urNle.
s :~ by tarnrwt.. p.uwlenc, sw1 c# rtwc pv
lefty, fhwir. @ritrslwp Coat p. and rw ".r
J1a.1! ytt .Uw.;'fwvriara never .-pmai warc
Anna ~1A!c~'b ~~?~y1 ~r
y
~hw 4-04
fQw MO SOY 11IMMOwed eons attd they
war dwwlr trr*A w r .uaidiM by a
bait d 0iu-a1 few,.. belly ammkk (sadly
f*d awd bail, W T1r J. snrta ltarncd
ttrat -wiutrrta! MWbk buavy.hraabas and
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ORONO
to mum !it cisrwe--.mot
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i.:.;nwke that China t% overtaking the plant and giant blast furnace rising fa'.t _ pre%%ion ii that Chinas farmer.---unlike
~
vitKW' ha% never hcfote %ccn . like have "'V61,16410 Awl P.hesr u+rat {+ Ihdb"% !d?tls,M $ e4a$'~A tick. l~r1 1o WSW
none of the announsemrnt. made toy a Ihey have no reason to regard their kA ta.tic degree. which they i4bro tart
Ctmntmuni%t guvemruin[ can be hrlme.ed, as woe or hardship and slavery. it is in- oW.la.hKtned parade% to t iatagll le
.... .w.. .. bets ........... wl., lower .h... ,...thong they r.th gongs attd hre'racke "~i"
V7 wNv retarded and inem:mrnt to be one of elation and prKx.
eei,.w'. -bstuddkd sma nmeal on ?' Move are many 11th ww aemtav-
111;;,~tYtha.e quil?.l/I1aaMMent apttwnmg in erwarwtvaain,IlaUa. auto warnrR-rraer?,rarp.at^.w+. nom. ~..r....r..v
cur ~ d d . rwave f h I~x voc- tAe Iwwf on, wlNd Mafr jai,: bib wtp ,
m4Cfl+v
dm r -ft ~~ ~' ytfrall t~ctu?r' real: pwrer, ll "has been famous fur
_+- t 1hr,ry Ggv Iwi :
ialeR with[ a mtxrn:. army and Lount gether '; I)mvrs-on of. labor has tt. uhan fo"4ptw taarrlrtttpw. awdly Wpm[ to 11
?Togo tytr ttyy+itashctt the old,' tus~ . [age'.x"mtpc~mahrect scam. tare a-Wgnc.l belt off =twtMl'eri?`. "+ pe.eod c Ao+ri+g
t,taq ~#ttt tc~.,~ mrFF rtcyrk-et de~ule ft dr tvr }(up+ tit" 4yeyto~f,:, utheti WA.port ItNF'1M pied wf lal dk>rdar trwl welan~
!M C trnni rt Acct exn,:';ul the Pas mf tiad itbaJ repitt.';#trict tlidittr.and bwldrn~.:`. w1M- tr-IMd1eJ ewtdwiwraIt rites altar rww
141, school.. caMettn_ and a 114,Ttli r. fmflttA bAitypwrratwen grvtr a+ytutr,
1 '~~ttl htut 'bci.omt the`thirl greet Jim
, } power=. rankingcns['tO tAfHIR.Sr ta.t clinic.."Stmt have intp`ovwed their ow r) tae eft di n'load ?t AM thetc. 04,16 hove
o ~Ntitain?. little power plant. blast furnace, foundry leedatt'tMh viglIts industrtaltrensfvlhatuMat utwly -att~? nth-
.7. led= [q QDOVervatrve '.rlstwrat> wk% a and machine-%hop vu.that they can maka' Itsaly: " "~ ?t r, ?,;
`shrewd, eye for private profit and wa? simple implement'.. They are rewurcei Soviet krders ate stilt on iplt.+nng
[tonal advantage, but hMJing the revo? ? ful and mgcntuus people. atkKit''1'Mt agrk -ult at p m?" la wine
tutu, ry dynamic' or Ow hard-driving ' Having tr'1111ed such, commurtiue'. thi j year the Cherie'! .ktl elour[ me,, two-
heal. of they Iwtlve millKfn party niept. year -and bowing eulfaftgd m t fttaA the Resslatl+ itrd'in' fMy.- ..
? ''*ho no,w lead China's all-tut edwt ant home forty years lyi~-I rtwve>1 Chitte.e icMe'.eo"', ate Jot Iw' peel
a}iped by its poverlr mn natural teMrr; 'i and Ftwa or . that the peasants tnve bunj t, t cannot enptr wr inns w .ean*W j..e
g; Myna tv now beginning to cspluif vlred millain t f them[ art kept me th4,. t3My. c0tw ry tot wbleh I bsen ewa- acen
vast / . ('.e'. of i:otal.' iron ore and *..w,,.Wlyptt jyf.. OU%Ma '1 letter ?h1 ' haM.Eet~hl rm'Jtewi Mw ateere*ocIoc*
hoar- d it tl*tth very advaacmd . r~sw r '` ~zr r ^l 7~ 'i ; ~ X tY ? ;~lerrr ,rtr, , .: .
cleotal b) abc lapaneac to recd teir>=
war machine, 11 ha'. been eapanded
atrwrtiouaty Mid its skitl+d wtorktrs pro="
''.lets ,key men for induvtrl in every prov
lyt+e:: The northeast" ta,;? the CM New
,all it nowt made possible a rapid rise,,
in list[ production. obeyer more chart a
jnil1Kw,: long a year ` before Ivtt1, mt .
dinthed to over. live million last',year w
many new furnaces in the Kxith and west.
the Chinese are aiming at almost eleven
' millKM Ions-about halt the I. k prp~'
jwtlon. I he figures are nut ttaipr'esrii'.s.
If' measured by American o-. Rlhstan
yarda$.ck~. More important what other
onutury evil attempte4 so much in vu
4:lirtla timer- If. the Chinese can double
,::their orulut'of steel in two or three yeamiw
,.`prepared to. make '.acntices and. Mort.
ng to work
I'Itrsc heti,ulean e*cxlk.tint mean in
1a1 skeptics :view? that the Chinese` will
ytrintuully ;turn:'against the regime- 1~
's\la it$inumerm.y he the forgot
., ;s-
11lt+ta
itrw.fu(ts,integrate;.,'.Icr _nt urult;y .'
#ti1} frurna l heY'Itvy lneicven hurtolrest
,lheA"t.padtan +gn lpm:l, t ,they Y'
t?anti brag rut iOc s chic i
,/~114.t 4s$ 'Pv prrfoi '.rude
Mm1 / 1 nx'-. ;aA ncn--'but
tey.lie in m odern: hotric%, eat well":'arid
tan we, with theft urn C) CI it pow rr
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China actually has surpluses of % heat
and two. uidrag gtouuwiy rltag V-klrson
eowvmxluy wtarketa we '.1sWrhod ~ww1
nMrtng ? *b" an (:i-ruaaa ,will do .-Yh
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mdt nand :1116 tr Ift human. power.
lic 1 S State I epa. to fit ,., r tv1? '
I
,40g all unrultaldta Palmy ?s built up oit,}
n the U `. A by w ,h L m A 14i l ca'w In
ylldYitl
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App
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tlsmw pop!! #re ping to c net ot rata.rn
^tcaJy--bpd Wit futng to hw: bmg er tan.f
bSkS ?ttt; Pates-~
1 tatty t no wh.ri-cr ut `car oa
efogiRigom FE pcrumrant s+a h as 1 f.ta.wd
r VWT 114aft M Pvagus and even rw Muft
a Aaad tie Chains we I.cra, K-casanti
{
-., "?sad dg'tgepera echo th. sane was i ;
`' OW betitr!' Onl, the a.UM $r
!r 4ttI thinker Pound unas?ne that
' '!M sv %wm 1vQW L401 A !that a c'rc : ,n.rst -al
cooler--
king:lung ago, and both tr,r.kc set.. tea el`"
,'>,hrtwten them are rapidly rn. eating.. "_R
Am" iltene>H ,gZ1 saeiYh tax. are a-.
Pakistan. C'eykxt. !it:rma. Ienaa -
_tync+ta and Cambodia - a.?ne of w h,, h ' ?
pr~q, C,tr tu~tunwt cuk4. C4trtK.a r,%k 13L -
-?ttcn.r c?t htt1U1a1II ryask n,Jm.m in tw
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Wtt1JtN tltt~ing wens to oretalta
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#epltrrAtrwN ntri ? ?I "M1T tR
t et? ow } rent*lu t
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The !tats isiwrtment *.la.tn-a? has 1fy ;
j0he,0. S were to?r au$st,It.gracrlul i?,rl.rKr
?feared and haled by th,-it tic 4hly aw' -
/-r^tuxlq nsiaH Arian wrua"rime r' aMa Ii- , v
'fed `nurmil JlpkmnialK rri.;r..n' .r`,with t
ley t~
rflat Wcst, hay '44, 411K J ilia USSR
ari tip at least al* quppr t govca ame it'.
in cadent! Europe, and h t ,tna nom, cd ,r .
rniliwas of refugees (run! 'hat am. Ir
tncltrteti . to assume that P king is jr*asl
another puppet. created bin the P vwn'. f-'
tMtd surviving by tyrasny and tenw
Actually the Chinese Conwri..n sts a.:Aaa r
,
..d power after ttwttly-eag3et ytan Si
d sperate struggk go thrar owls Trot
fky and his followers we=lt pu+ged in
1127 for advocating world nvolut.uw said
i*crveation in China. Tie Sratir,ims re
mauled lukewarm or cotjli iwidleewnt
through moat of the Cht..t it c, d war
there was even a perwst rhtn Stalin
himself, urged Mao Tie u ng t., Pon
;.promise with Chiang and ahsndr~n wAat
he thought to he a htpct:?.. At c I n
tale Mao. St.ilrn h..J n. fa.ah to he
hiiiew p.?awnt anj 41J. a, .um., thl he
.AaI#R+;yNOvldNtlal .2.1
;1,
y 11ort party wambers 1 his is 1.-e say rig
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-:itt"nta.?htrw t.+.I.. .r Jr l,i) iMa ?
. art ollKr`~?.
ptutanl lr.ult.. rl i.,r.rJ .hr a hVw%* t0
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Ills' ,r.
growing. rkwt only + rh U. -. lil (nloo"
and us %alcliltr, t u' Al. M.Ih the Mtd-
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the NritctIanJ. H.,a.n ~rxl r I of Su1tt-
dutayla In th, n rc UUIlnj tl(
114.1c. it 1, thr I ' en? I At ada *ha ny`
t.~tl~r rrtllt.al? r, '..r,r ,h- mWity,of the-~'
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t?la%h in aR ?Pu.a l tt4 wurlJ r-ar,`7llrl
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'+INC that a?or J+y tfst arirl Mt-l'ri
i,nolrlkJap 4n4 uu,lt at.4-.,,44L 8ilhse tt8*n
1 ftatxttt of ara hunJred n.rlIru+t,.ptmini
ty,.,.Cwatmuntit. Chwa Was twerJue ?
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the flits ut ?4r. Ttk y 1ut.!y,, for ?ard'IC.s-; p
Mtcrwt, rn.Ju-tr) ..I.J h...tJ ..ot-kir but
and nuf-gmrmrni.t? alrl;. aa1 stterupt
to tre-l?a-- un Ilk It 14011 4$AiO
Yen the l,; nheJ Strlra of A,m rika'wtrf.
in ow f!.tuily of n4 ? n'. t he retttil)'tyf ; ;
a !~tech#an farrnh.rr r W a Prkin& pal- -t,
a uniting of allreap+ raital4,~
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