Evening star., 1950-03-16
Acheson
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particular" He assailed Sovie
propaganda which he said ham.
mers at the idea of "a capitals
encirclement. of a United State,
craftily and Systematically plot.
ting another world war"
Plan Is Practical, He Says.
These" " Mr. Acheson said, "art
some of the things which we fee
that the Soviet leaders could do
which would permit the rationa
and peaceful development of the
co-eXiStence of their system
and ours.
They are not things that go tt
the depths of the moral conflict
They are not things that promise
the kingdom of heaven.
They have been formulated by
us, not as moralists but as servants
of government, anxious to get or
with the practical problems that
lie before us, and to get on with
them in a manner consistent with
mankind's deep longing for a re-
spite from fear and uncertainty.
While he argued that agree.
ment on this basis would not be
a one-sided bargain, he added:
Il fear, however, that l mus
warn you not to raise your hopes
Must Not Be Betrayed.
mo one who has lived through
/ these postwar years can be san
guine about reaching agreement!
in which reliance can be placed
and which will be observed by
the Soviet leaders in good faith
1--WE must not, in our yearnins
for peace, allow ourselves to bt
betrayed by vague generalities OF
beguiling proffers of peace which
are unsubstantiated by good faith
solidly demonstrated in daily be.
havior."
Mr.. Acheson's address was en-.
titled Tensions Between the
United States and the Soviet
Union" The Secretary plans tt
return to Washington tomorrow
Yesterday, he spoke before {
Commonwealth Club audience O.
1000 in San Francisco.
| Mr.. AcheSon said:
'As old friends, we say to the
Chinese people that we fully
understand that their present un-
happy status within the orbit oi
the Soviet Union is not the result
of any choice on their own part
but has been forced upon them.
The speech was approved by
President Truman.
Friendship for China Promised.
"We understand that the Com
munist basis for their government
is similarly not the result of any
free choice of their own" he said
! eve sdo not intend to tell them
what ideologies or form of govern
ment they should have. We dc
not intend to engage in any ag.
gressive adventures against them
The American people will remain
in the future, as we have been ir
the past, the friends of the
Chinese people.
But they should understand
that, whatever happens within
their own country. they can only
bring grave trouble on themselve.
and their friends, both in Asia and
beyond, if they are led by their
new rulers into aggressive or SUBJ
versive adventures beyond their
borders"
Mr.. AcheSon renewed admin
stration pledges of limited aid
military, economic or technical
to Asiatic countries in the path
of Communist aggression; asserted
Russia seeks only to pervert for
her own imperialistic purposes
the changes sought by half the
worlds peoples; said Red China
lis an illustration of how Soviet
imperialism can capture an inde-
pendence movement; and pictured
America as the real inspiration
and leader of ''the deep and revo-
|lutionary movement of the peoples
of Asia"
Explains Opposition to Reds.
It is not enough, he said, to say
that America is merely trying to
halt communism's spread.
America opposes communism
because .''it is the means, the tool
by which Soviet Russia is attempt
ing to extend it's absolute domina-
tion over the widest possible areas
of the world
He predicted China's people
would not fail, in time, to realize
their country "is being forced into
the Soviet orbit as a dependency
OF the Soviet political system ano
the Soviet economy. And this al
a time when more than half a
billion people of neighboring lands
have achieved national independ-
ence and self-government."
With regard to trade with Com
munist China, Mr.. Acheson sale
"the decisions do not lie en-.
tirely with u.s. When American
ships, planes and traders are re-
ceived on a fair and decent basis
and contracts honored by the
Communists, he explained. the
Government is entirely willing
that Americans should buy Chi.
nese goods and sell American
goods.
Outlines Plan for Aid.
In discussing American assist.
ance to countries opposing Com.
munism, Mr.. Acheson summed il
up this way:
In some situations it will be
military assistance. In others, il
may be grants or loans, such al
the recent 500 million credit Il