Recognition of Communist China?: A study in argument

The preliminaries to argument

1. The climate of opinion

2. Analysis of the problem

3. Reasoning and evidence

The moral issues

4. The concept of merit: does the Communist government deserve recognition?

5. Promise-keeping: our commitments in Taiwan

The political issues

6. Can China's attitude be changed?

7. Disarmament

8. Communication and negotiation

9. The struggle for world influence

10. China in the United Nations

11. Our Asian allies

12. Southeast Asia and the overseas Chinese

13. Internal Communist strength

14. Trade

15. The Moscow-Peking axis

16. Will China accept United States recognition?

17. International law and United States precedent

18. The status of Taiwan (Formosa)

Conclusion.