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Europe Not Yet Fully Secure, 

But No 'Pusl1over,' Dulles Says . ?w Ap, -· By Ferdinand Kuhn '' · \ ?\ 

Post R~porter / 

secretary cit' State ·.taliil' :Fos~ ··about: :Europe last ntgl:lt, the 1 

t , D 11 t Id th N t' 1 t Secret.11cy bad tlllked j}OOmil.Jl. er .u es · o . . e a ion as . ·i ·'th · senate Foreign· BetiUon1 

night that "Europe is not yet Com~ttet! · earlier in the day 

fully secure, but it is no longer about the latest Co.minunist .. 

a pushover." . · . i drive in Indo-China. i 

The Secretary's speech by 1 According to Chairman Alex-; 

radio and television was his' andc,. Wiley . CR· Wis,); Du.Hes\ . . . f h ! said \tie invasion of the King-. I 

j first since returning rom t e \d of Laos had created a 

l 14-na\jon North Atlantic Coun-, .. ~~ serious" new proble_m in! I cil meeting in Paris, and was: the Far East. It was so ~e~ious, I his most confident statement' said Wiley, that the Adm1rustra- . · h I t' lion was .. considering a substan· smce t ~· naug~ra ion. . tial shift of military aid from : . He sa~d that Just before leav· Europe to the French arid native 

mg Paris. last weekend he had forces of Indo-China. I 

t11;lked with Gen. Matthew B. 1 But in his speech last night: 

Ridgway,. the Supreme Com- 1 

the Secretary did not mention ! mander m Europe, and G~n .. the Far East. Nor clid he men-1 

Alfred M. Gruenther, the Chief: tion the recent soviet "peace" 

of .~~atf. ,, . . i overture _ preferring, apl>a~-' ----··· " l'\ at u r a 1 _1 y, said Dulles, I ently, to leave discussion of this: 

they would hke more land and subject to President Eisenhower h NATO t' · d 'd d t air strength and they are par- f . If. t e mee mg ec1 e o 

ticularly anxious to see the de-. r~m ~ ~ • devoted his entire; concentrate this year -~nd next. 

fense forces rounded out with ns ~at~ N~TO which he de·• year largely on '·1mpro~ed; 

German contingents. . =~~t~d as "prevention, we hope, i quality" rather tha~ . o.n addmg f 

"However, they believe that against a repetition of l914 and 'tto the number ~[ d1vis1ons. The\ there is today enough strength 1939 .. result, he predicted, would be i 

so that if the Soviets planned At the Paris meeting he said less strain on national budgets 1J 

to overrun Europe, it would be he ministers of 14 nati~ns "tried 1

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and yet "a bi_g lift ~.o . N AT~'s. necessary for them first _l e to find practical ways of making combat effectiveness ~ a llft; 

, ~o reinforce the Red armies NATO even . stron~e.r''.-agree- which ~e estimated at 30 per·\ i m .. or _near Eastern ~m~ny. ing on "new ideas"- which :were) cent this year alo~e. , ' This they couldt(tl'! without "largely drawn from President 1 

The second mam agreement· 

·[ ~ur knowle~ge. This fact alone Eisenhower's personal experi- 1 at Paris, he said, w~s to call 

I is of great importance. It mea~s ence and judgment." for the prompt creation of the 

that we 'Yould pr~babl? get the The first, as Dulles described 1

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European Defense Community, 1 opportumty to brmg mto final it was to seek .military strength -which would bring German 

readiness counter • measures, "~hich .would. be born of .eco- 1 units into a mixed six-nation: 

both in Euro~e and elsewhere, nomic health, not economic sick-: army, The delay up to now! 

which might, m fact, deter the neirs." . · · . : "strains our patience," th.e Sec· ii 

actual assault and preserve the fhe European mem~ers have 1 retary said, "but should not :i 

peace." iJeen straining toward a theo-: break it." . lj In contrast to his confidence retical goal and now they are; The third step taken at Paris. )1 

beginning to get out of breath," :Dulles. said, was to agree on a i· .._ ____________ the Secretary e;xplained; i three-year program for build· j 

"Since we cannot foresee· the ling new airfields, oil pipelines, I 

year of greatest danger, Presi-. supply depots and radar sta~ions,: 

·j ~ent Eisenhower believes t~at; "'.ith each nation contributing a 1 it ls safest to adopt a pace which fixed percentage of the cost 

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can be rriaintairied with growing :each year. , strength, rather than run the(. Finally, he .said, "we have:· · risk of dropping exhausted by much thought to new tactical , · the wayside before the haven is weapons, and to the increased· 

reached." \power which they can give to the • · Therefore, said the Secretary, defense of western Europe."