Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Rhee Fails 10 Get
Backing He Sought
On Great Crusade

On Great Crusade
South Korean President Syng-
man Rhee carries his plea for "a
great crusade" against Commu-
nism to the country this week
end, but without the encourage
ment he obviously hoped to get
from President Eisenhower.
The 79-year-old Korean leader
and Gen. Eisenhower issued
joint comnaunique last night on
the results Of a week of confer
ences on the situation In the Far
! East. It's general terms gave no
Endorsement to the call for
militant drive against Commu-
nisrn which DR.. Rhee voiced In a
speech to Congress Wednesday
and a speech to the Overseas
Writers Club yesterday.
Unofficially. it was reported
that DR.. Rhee did get Gen. Eli
senhower's assurance that South
Korea's army. navy and Air
Force would receive American
aid. including jet planes and
ships. But this would be de-
signed only to meet growing
Communist strength in North
Korea.
Within U. N. Charter.
Officially. the joint commu-
nique pledged only that the
United States and South Korea
would "move forward" in ac-
] cordance with terms of the
United Nations charter. The
charter forbids the use of armed
force to obtain a political OBJ
jective, and the joint statement
Z in this respect seemed to indi-
cate that DR.. Rhee had agreed
: he would not deliberately renew
the Korean war to unity his
country
DR.. Rhee himself retreated
: yesterday from what he terms
"misinterpretation" of his re-
! marks to Congress in which
many believed ne called for an
immediate United States attack
on the Chinese mainland.
He told the Overseas Writers
Club that he is urging this coun-
try to make an immediate de-
cision to save China" rather
than to join in immediate ag-
erosion against the Commu-
nist-held mainland.
Background Omitted.
DR.. Rhee said he had omitted
background details in his talk to
Congress for the sake of brevity.
II still have in mind. if the
United States intends to save
China from Communist con-
quest" he said. that it should
now decide to save China. With
out China all of Asia cannot
be saved"
The Rhee-Eisenhower state
ment described the results of
the recent Geneva conference on
Far Eastern affairs as failure"
so far as attempts to unity Korea
were concerned. The Commu-
nists, it said, continued to press
for arrangements which would
have led directly and inevitably
to extinguishing the liberties of
the Korean people"
I'm view of the failure of the |
conference at Geneva to reach a
settlement of the Korean ques- |
tion," the two Chief Executives
said. I'VE have discussed means
for continuing to seek this OBJ
jective..
Our military and economic |
advisers will continue discussions
of the questions of common
interest which concern them.
I'm conclusion, we reiterate
our determination to continue
to work together in close and
reciprocal cooperation to attain
our common detectives regard
ing Korea"
Gloomy Prophecy.
DR.. Rhee told the Overseas
writer's that if Asia is drawn into
the Communist orbit, Europe and
the other continents inevitably
will follow.
, The Korean leader argued that
If a decision is made now to
save China the plans could be
laid later for accomplishing the
task. In the meantime, he said,
defenses could be strengthened
in Korea, Formosa and South
east Asia.
He said some Asians are de-
pressed about what they regard
as American indecision and he
said communism is winning
everywhere" its doctrine is being
pushed. He strongly advocated
a great crusade to expose what
he described as the primary
Communist intention Of gaining
eventual control of America.
He also asserted that his own
military leaders have plans for
taking over North Korea from
the Reds. He said that some
how, sometime. those plans will
be carried out.
Flies to New York.
DR.. Rhee took off in a Military
Air Transport Service special
plane from National Airport at
1908 am. and arrived in New
York an hour later.
Secretary of State Dulles and
Korean Ambassador You Chan
Yang headed a group of Ameri-
can and Korean officials gath
cred at the airport to say fare
well to the Korean leader.
Before his departure, DR.. Rhee
told reporters he was highly
satisfied" with his flve-day po-
Icy talks here. With a note of
sadness he said this may be my
last trip to Washington" and