894A.00B/10–1049: Telegram
The Consul General at Taipei (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:30 p. m.]
566. Article in September 26 issue Newsweek that US and Britain will let Communists take Formosa has disturbed top level officials here considerably, according K. C. Wu, who called this regard. Such statements, he said, are terrific blows to liberal elements and groups desiring resist Communists. He asked if this State Department’s attitude. I assured him US most anxious see Taiwan denied Communists, referring our ECA program, etc. He said article has raised doubts regarding our intentions, encouraged defeatism and given moral encouragement to Communists. Realizing we cannot prohibit such articles, he suggested US press be warned that type statement plays into Communist hands.