Chinese Nationalist Alert for Attack on Quemoy - Nationalist Chinese troops during recent maneuvers on the strategic island.General Chiang Kai Shek, the Chinese nationalist leader, stated at a press conference last week that he was prepared to stage an all-out fight, if necessary, to hold the island of Quemoy. On the Island itself Chinese troops are alert for signs of an invasion of their string hold by the Chinese Communists. February 21, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).