Evening star., 1953-11-24

as sovereign and independent
country whether or not Igo Gou-
zenko. key figure in Canada's
postwar spy probe, will be made
available to Senator Jenner's In
ternal Security subcommittee.
Mr.. Dulles also went out of
his way to praise Canadian For
e1gn Minister Lester B. Pearson
as a staunch opponent of COM
munism. Mr.. Pearson has been
the center of a number of
charges that Congress is trying
to "blackmail" Canada into pro-
ducing Mr.. Gouzenko by raising
questions of Mr.. Pearson's own
previous connections with the
spy case.
Await Second Reply.
One request for Mr.. Gou-
zenko'S testimony was turned
down by the Canadian govern
ment. A reply to a second re-
quest is believed to be on its way
to the State Department.
At his first press conference
since the White case took on an
international flavor, Mr.. Dulles
was asked about the content of
replies sent by the State Depart
ment to Senator Jenner and
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
OF Wisconsin, requesting the
State Departments co-opera-
ton in securing Mr.. Gouzenko
as a witness.
Mr.. Dulles said he advised the
Senators that it would be better
to wait until the second Cana
dian reply was received before
deciding on possible future &C
ton.
The Secretary was asked for
his opinion on the propriety of
congressional committees trying
to obtain testimony from wit
nesses who are citizens of foreign
countries.
He replied that he considered
1t entirely appropriate for con-
greSSional COMMITTEES to make
such requests as long as they
were made through regular chan
nelS. The present request, trans
mitted by the State Department,
he said, seemed to him nothing
at which Canadians could legiti-
mately take offense.
Stresses Friendship Ties.
Naturally. said Mr.. Dulles, the
Canadian government will make
its decision as a sovereign, inde-
pendent country. He hoped that
decision would be motivated by
the sense of traditional friend
ship that binds together Canada
and the United States.
A reporter wanted to know if
by the same line of reasoning it
would be appropriate for a COM
mittee of Congress to invite Brit
ish Prime Minister Churchill to
account for his actions at the
Yalta conference in 1945.
Mr.. Dulles said he didn't see
the parallel. This, he said, was a
case in which a witness was
sought who might be able to
supply important information on
persons suspected of espionage
within the United States Gov
eminent. There was no question,
1t seemed to him, of asking any
government officials in Canada
to account for their conduct.
Effects of Case Discounted.
Mr.. Dulles was reminded of
charges that have appeared in
the Canadian press that "some
persons were trying to throw
mud across the border" with Mr..
Pearson as the target.
He was not aware, Mr.. Dulles
said, that Mr.. Pearson was the
target of any responsible group
in this country whatever.
The Canadian minister, he
said, had been known many years
as strong and vigorous oppo-
nent of communism.
Canada has shown some irri-
tation, too, over the fact that
Attorney General Brownell dis
closed in testifying before Sena-
tor Jenner'S committee last week
that the FBI had some informa-
tion from a Canadian official in
1946 concerning White-the man
(See PROBE. Page A-3)