Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, China, Volume II

Editor:

Harriet D. Schwar

General Editor:

John P. Glennon

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1986

Preface
Note
List of Unpublished Sources
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
List of Persons
United States policy with regard to the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China, January–July 1955 (Documents 1-324)
- The Taiwan Strait crisis; U.S. concern with the defense of Taiwan and the maintenance of peace in the Taiwan area; the Formosa resolution; efforts to bring the problem before the U.N. Security Council; negotiations leading to the Republic of China’s evacuation of the Tachen Islands with U.S. assistance; diplomatic efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis; the question of U.S. policy with regard to Quemoy and Matsu; the question of Nationalist response to the growth of Communist air power; the Robertson–Radford mission to Taipei; the U.S. response to Premier Chou En-lai’s proposal of negotiations; diplomatic efforts to obtain the release of American prisoners in the People’s Republic of China; negotiations leading to the establishment of the Ambassadorial talks at Geneva between representatives of the United States and the People’s Republic of China (Documents 1-324)
Index