In fact, in both 1955 and 1958, when the Communists bombarded Kinmen and Matsu, the US strongly recommended to Chiang Kai-shek that he withdraw his forces from the two islands and not use armed force to strike back at the mainland.
民國四十四年、四十七年中共兩次砲轟金門時，美國甚至力勸蔣公自金馬撤軍，並要求蔣公承諾不以武力打回大陸。