Evening star., 1953-04-29
Dulles Is Disturbed =.
By Invasion Of Laos;
Wiley Sees More Aid
By Gornett D. Horner


Secretary of State Dulles told
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today that the Com
munist invasion of Laos has
created a serious new problem
which disturbs all peace-loving
peoples"
Chairman Wiley told reporters
after the committee met with
Mr.. Dulles behind closed doors
for nearly two hours that he is
satisfied the extension Of the
war in Indo-China to Laos will
mean increased American aid for
the French forces there.
Senator Wiley said this might
mean some diversion to Indo-
China of materiel scheduled for
Western Europe, but he knew of
no firm plans as yet.
Can't Afford Loss.
The Communist drive into
Laos was described by Senator
Wiley as a "spearhead into the
very heart of a section of the
world which the free world can
not afford to lose"
Reporting on the North Allan
tic Treaty Organization Council
meeting in Paris last week, Mr..
Dulles told the Senators that the
emphasis now is to be put on
improving quality of the NATO
defense forces more than in
creasing quantity.
Chairman Wiley said the Sec
retary stressed that decisions to
put NATO defense planning on
a practical and realistic basis
should increase the combat eff
fectiveneSs of NATO troops.
Mr.. Dulles told a House For
eign Affairs Committee yester-
day he expected NATO strength
to be increased by as much as
80 per cent. He will make a
public report on the NATO meet
ing in a television-radio address
tonight.
Mr.. Dulles will speak at GAS
pm. EST over the Dumont
television network and the
CHS, ABC and MBS radio net
works. His speech will be re-
broadcast over NBC radio at
1920 pm.
The Far East was mentioned
only incidentally in accounts
given reporters of Mr.. Dulles
report to the House committee
yesterday afternoon.
A statement by Chairman
Chiperfleld of Illinois, said Mr..
Dulles cited to the committee
the recent Communist aggression
against Laos as a case in point
backing up the unanimous view
of the NATO ministers that the
fundamental threat to the free
world" has not been lesSened by
recent Soviet peace gestures.
Sees Increase in Forces.
While Mr.. Dulles told reporters
he had informed the House COM
mittee he thought decisions in
Paris would increase NATO
strength by as much as 80 per
cent, Mr.. Chiperf1eld's statement
put it this way:
Secretary Dulles said that
certain NATO military experts
have estimated that the 1853
plan will increase the overall
combat effectiveness of NATO
troops by as much as one-third
by next December"
Mr.. Chiperfield said Mr.. Dulles
reported the NATO defense
plans agreed upon for the re-
mainder of this year call for
IAN appreciable increase in the
number of NATO forces and
substantial improvement in the
quality of those forces through
better training and more equip
ment."
Newspaper reports from Paris
said that the council decided
to add six divisions this year
to the approximately so active
and reserve divisions existing, as
well as substantially increased
al" strength. Previous goals
set at a Lisbon meeting IA
months ago were reported to
have called for approximately
rs divisions by the end of this
year, with about 100 by the end
of 1854
Emphasis on Fire Power.
It is understood that it was
decided at Paris to put the en-
phasis now on improving fire.
power and equipping existing
divisions. and stretch out the
plans for adding more divisions.
so as to develop an effective
defense program that could be
sustained indefinitely without
straining allied economies.
Mr.. Dulles mentioned no fig
ures in talking with reporters
yesterday. He said the plans
call for more prudent" ex-
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