International History Declassified

This telegram highlights improving morale on Formosa driven by increased US military and economic support and Communist purges on the mainland, which deepened anti-Communist sentiment.

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Key themes include growing confidence in American support following the Korean War, rising optimism among the Nationalist Chinese regarding a return to the mainland, increased pro-American sentiment among Formosans, and concerns over Chinese Communist aggression while highlighting internal reforms and local elections​.

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This telegram highlights the rising optimism among Nationalist Chinese leaders about US military aid and renewed hopes for the reconquest of mainland China. 

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Addresses Vice President Chen Cheng's speech, which appeared to shift the GRC's position on recovering the mainland away from the agreed US-GRC joint communiqué. 

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On April 28, 1975, Kissinger urgently informed the Soviet Union that North Vietnamese forces had begun shelling Saigon’s airport and the U.S. Embassy complex, killing two Marines and disrupting the evacuation, which he claimed violated an assumed two-week timeframe and risked forcing American military intervention. Ambassador Dobrynin dismissed Kissinger’s insinuations of Soviet involvement.