人物　·　美國

杜勒斯John Foster Dulles

美國國務卿

砲擊當天即在內部備忘錄中對美方立場表示保留，九月又對葉公超轉述艾森豪對國府外島駐軍的批評。

砲擊當天，他在給國務院同僚的備忘錄裡寫下，美方的立場「並非全然站得住腳」，並用「特權庇護所」（privileged sanctuary）形容外島的處境。

三週後，他當著葉公超的面轉述艾森豪的評語：把主力部隊押在外島是「極其愚蠢、全然瘋狂」。

這兩句話中間隔著護航命令、核武討論與新港聲明。

出處

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume XIX, China　Document 41，1958-08-23
I do not feel that we have a case which is altogether defensible.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume XIX, China　Document 86，1958-09-13
As a military man, President Eisenhower felt that it was extremely foolish, utterly mad, military strategy to put the cream of the GRC's forces in positions of this kind.