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Chang Again Blasts Red Chinese Port in Sea and Air Attack; U.S.-Supplied Jets Aid Nationalists in Pounding Amoy Base
TAIPEI, Formosa, Sept. 9. Chinese Nationalist warships and planes—including United States-supplied F84 Thunderjets—teamed up again today to pound possible Communist invasion bases on the mainland, the Defense Ministry announced. It was the first time Nationalist jets have been in action against the Reds. The ministry said bombs and shells rained for the third day on Communist batteries which have shelled Quemoy, Nationalist island just off the coast opposite Formosa, and on bases where the Reds may have been massing junks for an invasion. Gen. Chang Yi-ting, army spokesman, said he had no information on reports that the two former United States destroyers took part in the bombardment of Amoy and other Communist bases within gun range of Quemoy. Turned Over to Chang. The destroyers, turned over to the Nationalist last month, are the former U.S.S. Hilary P. Jones and the former U.S.S. Benson. Even as the Nationalist sea and air attacks continued, top Government officials conferred on plans for a five-hour visit to Formosa tomorrow by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The Secretary, due here from Manila at noon, will attend a briefing by United States officials and call on President Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang is expected to discuss in broad terms the whole Far East situation. Mr. Dulles is to leave for Tokyo at 5 p.m. Some Nationalist sources cautiously predicted that the threat of a Communist invasion of Quemoy, if one actually did exist, h
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Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China
The mutual defense treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China was intended to secure the island of Taiwan from potential invasion by the People's Republic of China in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War on mainland China. Unlike the multilateral approach used in Europe with NATO, the United States adopted a bilateral strategy for its alliances and treaties in East Asia, forming separate agreements with the Philippines, the Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
Wikipedia →Formosa Resolution of 1955
The Formosa Resolution of 1955 was a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 29, 1955, to counteract the threat of an invasion of Taiwan (Republic of China) by the People's Republic of China (PRC). The resolution gave the U.S. president the authority 'to employ the Armed Forces of the United States as he deems necessary for the specific purpose of securing and protecting Formosa and the Pescadores against armed attack'.
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On 15 January 1955, China began its nuclear weapons program. In 1955, the Soviet Union began the granting of student visas for nuclear physics courses to Chinese students.
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