Eisenhower rejected military chiefs' demand for nuclear war on China, classified account of '58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals
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US military considered using nuclear weapons against China in 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis, leaked documents show https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/24/china/us-china-taiwan-1958-nuclear-intl-hnk/index.html By Ben Westcott, CNN, May 24, 2021 Hong Kong, Military planners in Washington pushed for the White House to prepare plans to use nuclear weapons against mainland China during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1958, newly leaked documents appear to confirm.The…
© Wikicommons Daniel Ellsberg.US military planners pushed for nuclear strikes on mainland China in 1958 to protect Taiwan from an invasion by Communist forces, classified documents posted online by Daniel Ellsberg of "Pentagon Papers" fame show. US planners also assumed that the Soviet Union would aid China and retaliate with nuclear weapons — a price they deemed worth paying to protect Taiwan, according to the document, first reported by the New York Times. Comment: A price Former military analyst Ellsberg posted online the classified portion of a top-secret document on the crisis that ...
US military considered using nuclear weapons against China in 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis, leaked documents show Updated 3:01 AM ET, Mon May 24, 2021 Nationalist Chinese soldiers on Quemoy Island, which became the focus of an artillery bombardment from mainland China in 1958. Hong Kong (CNN)Military planners in Washington pushed for the White House to prepare plans to use nuclear weapons against mainland China during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1958, newly leaked documents appear to confirm. The documents, first reported on by the New York Times Saturday, reveal the extent of Washington's disc...
U.S. considered nuclear strike on China in 1958 over Taiwan crisis, classified documents show May 24, 2021 / 6:46 AM / AFP Daniel Ellsberg on "The Doomsday Machine" U.S. military planners pushed for nuclear strikes on mainland China in 1958 to protect Taiwan from an invasion by Communist forces, classified documents posted online by Daniel Ellsberg of "Pentagon Papers" fame show. U.S. planners also assumed that the Soviet Union would aid China and retaliate with nuclear weapons -- a price they deemed worth paying to protect Taiwan, according to the document, first reported by the New ...