At the time of his evacuation to Formosa he was a first lieutenant in the Chinese Marine Corps. He served on Formosa from 1950 through September 1952 as the liaison officer between the Chinese Marine Corps and the American Military Mission to Formosa. In September of 1952 he was sent to the United States for training under the Military Defense Assistance Program. having a passport and visa valid through August 1954. During this time he served at Norfolk and at Quantico. where he engaged in friendly discussions with his American classmates. who asked him questions about Formosa. He expressed himself frankly. venturing the opinion that the Chinese Government on Formosa was a police state and Chiang Kaishek a dictator. that as long as these conditions existed. he did not feel that the Nationalists could return to the Mainland because they could not and would not be able to capture the sympathy and imagination of either the overseas Chinese or the American public.