FORMOSA INVASIONS, LTD . ON THE ROCKY ISLAND OF TUNGYIN, 50 MILES 
OFF THE COAST OF RED CHINA, IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF A 
LITTLE-KNOWN MILITARY UNIT CALLED THE ANTI-COMMUNIST NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY . THE 
SECRET ARMY, 30,000 STRONG, IS CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S INSTRUMENT FOR THE LONG-PROMISED 
RETURN TO THE MAINLAND . THE TROOPS ARE TRAINED AS GUERRILLAS, 
ARMED WITH U.S . WEAPONS, AND COME LARGELY FROM THE MAINLAND 
COASTAL PROVINCES . BUT WHERE THE TROOPS GO OR WHAT THEY 
DO IS A TIGHT SECRET . THAT SECRECY MADE A NEWS 
ITEM FROM RED CHINA ALL THE MORE INTERESTING LAST WEEK . 
RADIO PEKING TRUMPETED AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COMMUNIST SECURITY FORCES HAD " 
WIPED OUT " 172 COMMANDOS WHO HAD SECRETLY LANDED IN COASTAL 
KWANGTUNG PROVINCE LAST FALL . THE COMMUNISTS CLAIMED THAT THE INTERLOPERS 
PLANNED TO SET UP A " GUERRILLA CORRIDOR " IN KWANGTUNG 
" TO OPEN THE WAY FOR A SUBSEQUENT MILITARY ADVENTURE OF 
INVADING THE MAINLAND . " TO BACK UP THE STORY, COMMUNIST 
NEWSPAPERS SPLASHED FRONT-PAGE PICTURES OF THE CAPTURED AGENTS AND THEIR STOCKPILES 
OF U.S . RIFLES, GRENADES, AND PLASTIC DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT . THE 
STORY MIGHT HAVE BEEN BRUSHED ASIDE AS ANOTHER PROPAGANDA TIDBIT, BUT 
THE OFFICIAL NATIONALIST CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY QUICKLY VERIFIED IT . WHAT'S 
MORE, CLAIMED TAIPEI, THE GUERRILLAS TIED UP 100,000 COMMUNIST TROOPS FOR 
THREE MONTHS, INFLICTED 700 CASUALTIES, SHOT DOWN A RED RECONNAISSANCE PLANE, 
AND ENGAGED IN A WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN OF SABOTAGE . 