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“the Joasiabhe Taney $. Truman fe, Te Wnt. House w “nde letter is written to you in regard to ‘the defense and strate: ns Yaportence of Taiwan, Formosa. I have returned froma . a trip to Formosa and wish to take this opportunity to not only give you my _ Wiews, dut an actually true picture of the situation in Formosa. I was on a 2 et = “business: ‘ripe end also Sheng neteriel for the Wationalist Government of or. Sf n ” the morale and condition of the armed forces under the direction iof Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek is of a yery high calibre. Their food, | “elothing and equipment, camps and quarters are very good. “It has not been ’ _¥ ,bpought out by any of the so called visitors nor représentatives of our State eo he * Department that the over-all picture in the Nationalist Army has changed =! , eonsiderably. There have been new ‘generals appointed who are young, progres- = 1.4 @4ve and well ‘Liked by the troops. The armored division, which is under the — Ms 1 feterenteiacre son, is doing a splendid job, an was sham {in the battle of w+ Kingman with loss of approximately 20,000 Communist soldiers and an addi~ 5 MY ‘$4 onal <22,000 Gotmunists captured. As you are probably aware, there were 9 ~ - _ Amerdean, pergonne] repairing and re-conditioning the equipment that was be- e Ang used, It is definitely a fact that the Communist troops are being sup~ | ‘Shied with ‘Russian materiel and, in some instances, being trained by the’. a alan | personpe), end under: direct Russian. supervision. oa oi ae re! baa “the ‘United States, ‘¢hrough ‘ite. “State Departaent, “has blundered and ‘Wdlroctly assisted the Communist regime of China in their fight uo": with the Nationalist Armies under the directionor Generalisaiuo Chiang Kai - Shek because of the inability of the officials of our State Departzent ‘to - .-:- i pake deciaioas and because of political differences between our present Admin- | istration and Generalissimo ahd Madame Chiang Kai Shek at the last election, “:; 7". We have definitely failed in Feral to thwart Communism in China. =Our rhs : so peorheead has issued'a Watement to the effect that Taiwan Cemons)