It seemed desirable to attempt to straighten out their thinking in relation to
China scene as to US, and to prevent misconception as to nature of any
personal
relations with me. In brief, they were told in friendly manner, as my personal
opinion, that Formosans themselves, unarmed, could not get rid of Chinese now
on Island
看来矫正他们对中国前景的理解，对美国是有些好处的。而且我也不想让他们对跟我的交
情产生什么误解。
我很客气地简单告诉他们，只靠嘴砲是不可能把岛上的689赶走的。
US would require several divisions of troops plus supporting naval and air
forces to take and keep control over Island, a responsibility which we are not
prepared to assume
美国必须派出几个师的大兵，加上海军和空军的支援才能占领并且保住这个小岛。
但是我们不打算自己跳进这个坑里。
for time being any hope for independence lay with Nationalists not with
Communists, and thus measures designed weaken Nationalists merely served
increase chances Communist control,for time being any hope for independence
lay with Nationalists not with
Communists, and thus measures designed weaken Nationalists merely served
increase chances Communist control,
要知道，干掉中华民国的结果，就是让中华人民共和国更容易解放台湾。
so Formosans must recognize facts, not avoid them, and they should not forget
that Formosa fits into large pattern from which it cannot be separated
arbitrarily, and although US sympathetic to Formosan aspirations, there were
very few grounds for optimism now and foreseeable future.
所以大头病们别再逃避现实了，台湾是不可能从中国大陆旁边搬到太平洋中间的。
即使美国觉得你们很可怜，但套句阿扁的话“现在做不到，以后也做不到”。
for 1950
译者 汤玛斯JP