Evening star., 1954-01-17
BY Gornett D. Horner

Secretary of State Dulles sees
no evidence that the Chinese
Communist regime intends or
is able" to qualify for American
recognition or admission to the
United Nations.
So he wrote in answer to a
recent letter expressing concern
that United States policy against
acceptance of the Peiping regime
might be weakening.
His reply pointed UP develop
ment of the non-recognition
policy in more positive terms in
an effort to remove any possible
doubts both here and in Asia.
UphOlds Arthur. Dean.
On some other hot issues, Mr..
Dulles has written letters re-
Gently asserting that:
l. He has the utmost conf
dence In the ability and loyalty
Of Arthur H. Dean. special am
bassador for Korean peace ne
gotiations. who last week denied
charges by Senator Welker, Re-
publican, Of Idaho, that he fav-
ored "appeasement" of the
Chinese Reds.
2. 1t would be disastrous" to
fire all career Foreign Service
personnel. But the Republican
administration has made 'thor-
ough changes in top policy-mak-
ing positions and has consider
ably strengthened foreign policy.
3. The widespread belief that
Americas allies are shipping
strategic supplies to Communist
China 'is simply not correct"
4. Far from ever protecting"
Alger Hiss-former State De-
partment official now serving a
prison sentence on perjury
charges involving alleged Com
munist spying-he was "a key
witness for the prosecution of
Hiss"
Answers Hundreds Of Letters.
These are samples Of hun
dredS Of replies going out from
Mr.. Dulles Office daily in letters
to people all over the country
asking questions or offering sug-
gestions about foreign policy
and the people involved in run
ming it.
Mr.. Dulles writes many Of the
replies himself ordinarily devot-
ing much of his time at home
during week ends to the task.
Others are prepared for his sig
nature by a staff of assistants.
Routine letters, not raising any
new question of policy or for
other reasons not demanding Mr..
Dulles personal attention, are
handled by special public cor
respondence branch in the de-
partment.
Officials say that more people
who write to the Secretary of
State are getting answers and
more Of the answers are getting
the Secretary's personal atten-
ton now than ever before. Mr..
Dulles feels strongly that people
interested enough in foreign pol
icy to write him are entitled to
prompt and responsive answers.
Clears Up MISUNDERSTANDING.
Often. too, the letter-writing
medium gives opportunity to
clear up MISUNDERSTANDING re-
gard some aspect of foreign poll
icy-Such as non-recognition of
Red China.
In that case. Mr.. Dulles wrote ::
Recognition of the Chinese
Communist regime is out of the
question because the interna-
tional conduct of that regime
departs so drastically from nor
mally accepted standards.
There is no evidence that
the Chinese Communist regime
intends or is able to meet the
conditions which are prerequi-
site to a consideration of the
question of its recognition by the
United States"
In regard to the United Ma
tions, he added. that "the United
States will continue to oppose
the seating of representatives Of
the Chinese Communist regime. +"
His letter was in stronger
terms than he used in his last
extended discussion Of the issue
in a news conference on last No
vember 8. Then he said that
so long as the Chinese Commu-
mist regime has not purged itself
Of aggression in Korea, is pro-
noting aggression in Indo- China
and otherwise not abiding by
U. N. charter principles, it seemed
quite out Of order to consider
recognition. He also said at that
time that this administration
never had said it would be for
ever opposed to recognition Of
a Communist government in
China.
Likelihood Curtailed.
! BY writing that recognition is
out of the question because" Of
Peiping's conduct-instead of so
!ong as" misconduct goes on
/ and adding that there is no sign