Evening star., 1947-03-12

ization necessary for the mainte-
nance of its national integrity.
That integrity is essential to- the
preservation of order In the Middle
East.
The British government has in
formed us that, owing to its own
difficulties, it can no longer extend
financial or economic aid to Turkey.
/ AS in the case of Greece, if Turkey
is to have the assistance it needs,
the United States must supply it. We
are the only country able to provide
that help.
| am fully aware of the broad i'm
plications involved if the United
States extends assistance to Greece
and Turkey, and I shall discuss
these implications with you at this
time. '
One of the primary objectives of
the foreign policy of the United
States is the creation of conditions
in which we and other nations will
be able to work out way of life free
from coercion. This was funda-
mental issue in the war with Ger
many and Japan. Our victory was
won over countries which sought to
impose their will, and their way of
life, upon other nations.
To ensure the peaceful Develop
ment of nations, free from coercion,
the United States has taken lead
ing part in establishing the United
Nations. The United Nations is de-
signed to make possible lasting free
dom and independence for all its
members. We shall not realize our
objectives, however, unless we are
willing to- help free peoples to main-
tain their free institutions and
their national integrity against ag-
greSsive movements that seek to i'm
pose upon them totalitarian regimes.
This Is no more than a frank
recognition that totalitarian regimes
imposed on free, peoples, by direct
or indirect aggression, undermine
the foundations of international
peace and hence the security of the
United States.
Many Protests on Coercion.
The peoples of a number of coun-
tries of the world have recently had
totalitarian regimes forced upon
them against their will. The Gov
eminent of the United States has
made frequent protests against coer-
cion and intimidation, in violation
of the Yalta Agreement, in Poland,
Rumania and Bulgaria. I must also
state that in a number of other
countries there have been similar
developments.
At the present moment in world
history nearly every nation must
choose between alternative ways of
life. The choice is too often not
a free one. ......
One way of life is based upon the
will of the majority, and is distin-
guished by free institutions, repre-
sentative government, free elections,
guarantees of individual liberty,
freedom of speech. and religion, and
freedom from political oppression.
The second way of life is based
upon the will of minority forcibly
imposed upon the majority. 1t relies
upon terror and oppression, a con-
trolled press and radio, fixed elec-
tions, and the suppression of per-
sonal freedoms.
I believe that it must be the policy
Of the United States to support free
peoples who are resisting attempted
subjugation by armed minorities or
by outside pressures.
I believe that we must assist free
peoples to work out their own des-
TIMES in their own way.
I believe that our help should be
primarily through economic and
financial aid which is essential to
economic stability and orderly polit-
ical processes.
Status Quo Not Sacred.
The world is not static and the
status quo is not sacred. But we
cannot allow changes in the status
quo in violation of the Charter of
the United Nations by such methods
as coercion, or by such subterfuges
as political infltration. In helping
free and independent nations to-
maintain their freedom the United
States will be giving effect to the
principles of the Charter of the
United Nations.
1t is necessary only to glance at a
map to realize that the survival and
integrity of the Greek nation are of
grave importance in much wider
situation. If Greece should fall