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The Straits Times Published5 hours ago https://str.sg/3k4K They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. including the ST News Tablet worth $398. Let's go! Spin the wheel for ST Read and Win now. Let's go! WASHINGTON • US military planners pushed for nuclear strikes on mainland...

United States considered nuclear strike on China over Taiwan in 1958, classified documents reveal   The US also assumed that the Soviet Union would aid China and retaliate with nuclear weapons, according to the documents Former military analyst Daniel Ellsberg is famous for his 1971 leak to US media of a top-secret Pentagon study on the Vietnam war known as the Pentagon Papers 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  The Pentagon Papers televis...

US planners also assumed Soviet Union would aid China and retaliate with nuclear weapons — a price they deemed worth paying.

‘US planned N strike on China in 1958’ National May 23, 2021 WASHINGTON: The 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. The 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. Former military analyst Ellsberg told the Times that he copied the top-se...

Share Daniel Ellsberg – seen here in 2010 – is a former US military analyst best known for his leak of the so-called Pentagon Papers in 1971. AFP US mulled nuclear strike on China over Taiwan in 1958, documents reveal Sun, 23 May 2021 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 pr...