Evening star., 1953-03-29

The tert of yesterdays joint
conmuniQue on the French
American policy talks tollotDs:
/. Representatives of the
United States and France,
meeting in Washington, today
concluded a detailed review Of
a wide range of problems
which face both governments
in Europe, the Far East and
the Near East. Peace will al
ways remain the basic policy
of the United States and
France. The discussions, there
fore, centered on measures for
obtaining peace where there is
fighting and for consolidating
peace where threats exist.
2. It was agreed, in the
absence of any tangible proof
to the contrary, that recent de-
velopments in the Soviet Union
had not changed the basic
nature of the threat confront
ing the free world. The repre-
sentatives of both countries
were in full agreement on the
necessity of concerting their
efforts so as to defeat Com
muniSt aggression in the Far
East and to strengthen the de-
fenses of the free countries in
the West. They remain con-
vinced that true peace can be
achieved and maintained only
by constructive efforts of all
free nations.
3. 1t was recognized that
Communist aggressive moves
in the Far East obviously are
parts of the same pattern.
Therefore, while the full bur-
den of the fighting in Indo-
China falls on the forces Of
the French Union including
those of the Associated States.
and similarly the United
States bears the heaviest bur-
den in Korea, the prosecution
of these operations cannot be
successfully carried out with
out full recognition of their in
terdependence. This in turn
requires the continuation OF
frequent diplomatic and mil
itary consultation between the
two governments
French Voice Resolve.
The French government re-
asserted it's resolve to do its ut
most to increase the effective
ness of the French and Asso-
ciated States forces in Indo-
China, with a view to Destroy
ing the organized Communist
forces and to bringing peace
and prosperity to her free
associates within the French
Union, Cambodia, Laos and
Viet-nam. The ambassadors
of Viet-nam and Cambodia
were present and participated
in this phase of the discus
SionS.
Advantage was taken of this
meeting to continue discussion
of plans prepared by the high
command in Indo-China for
military action there. These
plans are being developed with
a view to achieving success in
Indo-China and are being
given intensive study so as to
determine how and to what
extent the United States may
be able to contribute materiel
and financial support to their
achievement.
Obviously any armistice
which might be concluded in
Korea by the United Nations
would be entered into in the
hope that it would be a step
toward peace It was the view
of both governments, however.
that should the Communist
Chinese regime take advantage
of such an armistice to pur-
sue aggressive war elsewhere
in the Far East, such action
would have the most serious
consequences for the efforts
to bring about peace in the
world and would conflict di-
rectly with the understanding
on which any armistice in
Korea would rest.
Tighten Cargo Rules.
4. The two governments re-
affirmed their common inter-
est in controlling, together
with other nations of the free
world, the movement of stra-
tegic materials to nations
whose policies jeopardize the
peace and security of the free
world. Both governments un-a
dertook to continue action to-
ward that end.
In order to render more
effective the application of
the United Nations General
Assembly resolution of May
18, 1851, the French govern
ment intends to take the
measures necessary to prevent
(a) the bunkering of ships
carrying to Communist China
cargoes of strategic materials,
and (b) the transportation by
French ships of cargoes of
strategic character to ports
of Communist China.
The two governments in CO.
operation with other interested
governments will keep under
constant review the list of
items embargoed to Commu-
mist China in order to include
goods whose strategic charac-