894A.00B/11–749: Telegram
The Consul General at Taipei (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 8—4:42 a. m.]
674. Chairman Taiwan Provincial Assembly, Huang Chao-chin, during conversations this morning revealed a complete defeatist attitude. He said Formosans have lost all confidence in their Government to defend them against Communists and as much as they oppose Red rule they realize their helpless situation and are resigned to inevitable Communist domination. I inquired if Government could take some action to change this attitude. He repeated that the people and the Government are so far apart that nothing Government could do would change the apathy of the Formosans. American aid, according to Huang, is the only means of restoring confidence of the Taiwanese in their future and alleviating defeatism.