美国国务卿杜勒斯于9月4日发表声明,公言要扩大美国在台湾海峡地区的侵略范围,对中国人民进行军事挑衅和战争威胁。与此同时,据报道,美国从本国和地中海调派了大批军舰、飞机,加强了在台湾海峡地区活动的第七舰队。到目前为止,第七舰队已有航空母舰七艘,重巡洋舰三艘,驱逐舰四十艘。美国第四十六巡逻航空 Secretary of State Dulles issued a statement on September 4 stating that in order to expand the scope of U.S. aggression in the Taiwan Strait area and to threaten the Chinese people in their military provocation and war. In the meantime, it is reported that the United States has deployed a large number of warships and aircraft from its home country and the Mediterranean Sea and strengthened the Seventh Fleet that operates in the Taiwan Strait. So far, the Seventh Fleet has seven aircraft carriers, three heavy cruisers and 40 destroyers. The United States forty-sixth patrol aviation