Evening star., 1945-05-13
u. 5. Delegation
Drafts Regional
Security Plan
Details Are Secret;
Latin Americans
Tentatively Approve
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Cf,rrespnndent

SAN FRANCISCO. May IA
complete agreement on its pro-
posal relating the inter-Amer-
ican security systematic Act of
Chapultepec. with the Monroe
Doctrine always in the back
ground-to the projected inter
national peace organization has
been reached by the United
States delegation at the United
Nations Conference, it was an
nounced today.
The proposal compromises argu-
ments arising from the original
Dumbarton Oaks stipulation that
regional security agencies could not
use force to preserve peace without
authority from the World Security
Council by recognizing the right of
neighboring Nations to take emer-
gency defense action in case of ac-
tual attack on one of them.
Our minds have met on this i'm
portants ISSUE" said one of the
United States delegates.
Difficult Problem.
I'VE are engaged in a very diff
cult problem" he added. 1T has to
be successfully settled if this con-
ference is to succeed We expect
final and complete success"
The job of the United States
delegation now is to sell its pro-
posal to the other United Nations,
especially to the Latin American re-
publics which have led fight for
greater freedom of regional action
in this hemisphere than provided
in the Dumbarton Oaks plan.
(The Associated Press reported
that representatives of the Latin
American countries agreed ten
tatively on the principles of the
United States formula at meet
ing late Saturday. A committee
of four-representing Columbia,
Mexico, Peru and Cuba-was
named to work out a formal text
of the proposal for presentation
to the conference.
while many of the Latin
Americans had hoped for more
complete autonomy for the Amer
ican system than accorded under
the compromise, there was re-
| ported at the meeting a general
! understanding of the difficulties
| with which the formula had been
| worked out and agreement that
| the world organization must not
| be WeakenedD
Z. S. Delegates Agreed.
1t was explained that the United
States delegates had never been at
odds over the objectives to be OBJ
tained in a solution of this prob
lem. These objectives are the pres
ervation of collective security at the
level of the international organiza- =
ton and the preservation also of
the usefulness of regional arrange
ments, such as the inter American
pactS.
The text of the United States
proposal still is closely guarded. Op-
portunlty. it was explained, is de-
sired to canvass this solution of the
conferences most knotty problem to
date with the other delegations be-
fore making it public. 1t was con-
sidered at a meeting of the Big Five
heads of the United States, Brit
lsh, Russian, Chinese and French
delegations-this afternoon.
1t has been learned that in seek
ing to relate effectively the inter-
American regional arrangements to
the international organization, three
phases in international disputes
have been considered.
The first phase is that of peaceful
settlements. In this area the re-
gional agency, under the United
States proposal, will have full scope
of action, either alone or in concert
with the World Security Council.
The second phase arises when en-
forcement action-involving a show
of strength, either economic sane
tionS or armed force-becomes nee
essary. For example, when it be-
comes necessary to put forces on a
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