The short booklet details the actions of the U.S. Mutual Security Agency to defend Taiwan, “Free China’s stronghold,” from “communist hordes” on the mainland. This pamphlet was published two-and-a-half decades prior to the United States’ official recognition of the People’s Republic of China.
From United States, Foreign Operations Administration, “FOA Country Series: Formosa,” found at https://books.google.com/books?id=VipHAQAAIAAJ .
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