101. Editorial Note
At the 379th meeting of the National Security Council on September 18, 1958, Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles discussed the Taiwan Strait situation during his briefing on significant world developments. The relevant portion of the memorandum of discussion by S. Everett Gleason, September 18, reads as follows:
“With respect to the situation in the Taiwan Strait, General Cabell indicated that word had just been received that morning that the Chinese Communists had employed aircraft and PT boats in an interdiction action against a Chinese Nationalist convoy. The Nationalists have appealed for U.S. assistance and meanwhile have engaged in hostilities with these Chinese Communist aircraft.
“The Chinese Communists, continued General Cabell, have plainly rejected any idea of a cease-fire as a point to be negotiated with the U.S. at the Warsaw meetings.
“Moreover, interdiction of the Offshore Islands was still highly effective. The situation of the islands would become critical in about a month’s time unless the situation improved in that interval. General Cabell concluded his discussion of this item by reading from the Conclusions of the Special National Intelligence Estimate No. 100–11–58 on the [Page 209] Outlook in the Taiwan Strait.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records) NIE 100–11–58 is printed as Document 99.