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dated December 3, 1954: Dulles warns China

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said in Washington on December 1 that under a new U.S. - Nationalist China Treaty, the probable result of a Chinese attack on Formosa would be a state of war between the U. S. and China and a counter-attack against the Chinese mainland. After announcing the conclusion of negotiations for the treaty, Mr. Dulles was asked at his press conference if a Chinese attack on Formosa would be followed by a state of war with the U.S. and a counter-attack against the mainland. Mr. Dulles replied, "That would be the probable result." He said he had made it clear a good many times that if there was a Communist attack, there must be a certain liberty by mobile forces to retaliate at places and by means chosen by the U.S. That was a general principle and it would apply in the case of an attack against Formosa. He emphasised that it did not mean the U.S. would counter every act of aggression by dropping atomic bombs all over the map. The agreement would "forge another link in the system of collective security between the U.S. and other countries of the Pacific area." The area of the treaty included Formosa and the nearby Pescadores Islands as well as the Western Pacific islands under U.S. jurisdiction. Replying to questions, Mr. Dulles said Formosa and the Pescadores Islands would not be a basis for bargaining with the Communists. From the point of view of the U.S., these islands had the same status as other countries or regions covered by the security pacts the U.S. had concluded in the Pacific zone, namely, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.

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