125. Editorial Note
At a meeting of the National Security Council on February 24, Admiral Radford stated that “at four o’clock this morning the Chinese Nationalists had begun to evacuate their forces from Nanchi-San [Page 303] [Nan-chi Shan]. For once he was able to inform the members of the Council of such information before they read it in the press or learned it over the radio. The United States had informed the Chinese Nationalists that it would not assist them in holding Nanchi-San, and in response to this statement they had begun the evacuation.” (Memorandum of discussion by Gleason; Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)
Telegram 584 from Taipei, February 25, stated that the evacuation of both civilians and military personnel from Nanchi had been completed that morning. (Department of State, Central Files, 793.5/2–2555)