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- did that happen to come about?
S:
A little background on that--Assistant Secretary Reed was Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Coast Guard Activities at
that time, and he had persuaded President Kennedy to make this speech
- . Kennedy was tempted by the idea of moving in that direction,
but it did not turn out to be practical. On the one hand, the Chinese Nationalists have
always continued to maintain their claim as being the legitimate government not only of
Formosa, but also