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The article focuses on the plea of U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson not to publish a directive declaring that Formosa has no special military significance during a testimony at the Senate Joint Committee in 1951. He emphasized that the document was nothing but policy information paper for the guidance of U.S. propaganda efforts. Acheson declared that the directive was drawn up on the suggestion of Lieutenant General Albert Wedemeyer.

The article offers the insights of U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon on the information that the 80% of the State Department's mail was against the U.S. foreign policy on the issue between Quemoy, Taiwan and Matsu. He says that he is concerned on the intentional effort of a State Department subsidiary to sabotage his policy. He argues that decisions on foreign policy should not be based on the opinion polls. He adds that a leader must not just follow public opinion, but also to lead it.

The article focuses on the invasion by Red China of the Quemoy and Matsu islands in Taiwan. Chinese Premier Chou En-lai said that his government is willing to resume diplomatic talks with the U.S. which has been broken because of Washington's decision to use its Seventh Fleet to block the Red invasion. If the U.S. gave in to Red China, the U.S.-backed Nationalists would weaken their position off the China mainland. Under the two Chinas policy, the U.S. has accepted the Communists control of the mainland but refused to accept the Peking government.

Looks at the status of the relations of China with the U.S. during the regime of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Information on the defense treaty of the U.S. with Taiwan; Impact of the relations of the U.S. with Taiwan on its relations to China; Plans of the U.S. government on China.

The article presents an update and forecast on various issues regarding international relations, as of October 25, 2010. U.S. officials are said to be avoiding making predictions about the Formosa Strait crisis, though they are guessing that there will be no full-scale resumption of the bombardment of Quemoy, Taiwan by Communist China. The World Bank's International Finance Corp. has received approval from the government of India to provide financial assistance to several projects in the private sector.

Comments on the attitude of the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon towards Taiwan in the context of its desire to establish full diplomatic relations with China. Role of David Bruce, a diplomat of the Nixon administration, in the forging of diplomatic ties with China; Defense treaty of the U.S. with Taiwan; Stand of China on the issue of Taiwan.