Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Dulles Declares
Unity Can End
Threat in Asia
Denies Seeking to
Prevent PEACEFUL
Accord at Geneva

Secretary of State Dulles said
after a conference with Presi-
dent Eisenhower today that he is
flying to Europe, mot to prevent
a peaceful settlement at the
forthcoming Geneva confer
ence," but to seek British and
French cooperation in forming
a united front that can end the
Communist threat to Southeast
Asia.
In statement issued at the
White House after a half-hour
talk with Gen. Eisenhower, the
Secretary said the allies need
to join our strength and add to
1t the strength of others in order
to create the conditions needed
to assure that that conference
will not lead to a loss of freedom
in Southeast Asia but will pre-
serve that freedom in peace and
justice"
Mr.. Dulles statement was. in
effect, a reply to European criti-
cisms that the United States is
becoming more belligerent to-
ward Southeast Asia in it's efforts
to bolster the French and Indo-
Chinese native struggle against
communism in Indo-C China.
Reasons for Trip.
He said he was making the
trip to promote a full under
standing" of the American pro-
poSalS for a united front"
because that would be more
satisfactory than exchanging
written messages. The cabled
exchanges had, in fact, resulted
in serious division of opinion
between Britain and France on
one hand and the United States
on the other.
The Secretary is scheduled to
take off in an Air Force plane
at 6 pm, reach London late
tomorrow, fly to Paris Tuesday
and return here by the end of
next week.
The Secretary's statement fol-
lows:
II have just been talking with
President Eisenhower about the
quick trip to Europe which I
am taking. I am leaving this
evening for London and Paris
and expect to be back by the end
of the week. I am going in
order to consult with the British
and French governments about
some of the real problems in
volved in creating the obviously
desirable united front to resist
Communist aggression in South
east Asia.
LAS President Eisenhower said
at recent press conference, the
area is very important because
of its people, it's economic re-
sources and its strategic po-
sition. Today the forces of ag-
erosion are concentrating their
effort at one point, Diem Bien
Phu, that is an outpost in Indo-
China where the defenders of
freedom are fighting against tire
mendous odds with a gallantry
that all free men admire.
Not a Limited Threat.
1.-THE threat. however, is not
limited one. 1t extends to the
vital interests of many nations in
Southeast Asia and the Western
Parif1c area. including the Philip
pines, Australia and New Zea-
land, with whom we have Secu-
rity treaties. The government
of Thailand, one of the United
Nations members which con-
tributed to the defense of Korea,
told me yesterday that they
agreed entirely with our views
and would join in creating a
common front to save Southeast
Asia.
This Government believes that
if all the free people who are
threatened now unite against the
threat, it can be ended. The
Communist bloc, with its vast
resources, can win success by
overwhelming one by one small
bits of freedom, but it is diff
ferent if we unite. Our purpose
is not to extend the fighting,
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