The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
US. Presses For Creation
OF Anti-Red Pact In Asia
By John IA. HIeHToWER

WASHINGTON Up - The United
States pressed on today for early
creation of an anti Communist pact
in Southeast Asia while hailing a
victory over international commu-
niSm in Guatemala.
Secretary of State Dulles eau
tioning that Communism is still
a menace everywhere" pledged
the support of the United States
yesterday to the people of Guate-
mala in their efforts to build a
prosperous and progressive" and
non-C Communist nation.
Several hours earlier, United
States joined Australia and New
Zealand in a declaration that there
is "need for immediate action" to
bring about early establishment of
collective defense in Southeast
Asia.
The three nations are signers of
mutual defense treaty. Dulles
met yesterday with Australians
Foreign Minister Richard G. Casey
and New Zealand's Ambassador
Leslie Knox Munro. Together they
form a council set up by the can
zus" pact, which takes it's name
from initials of the three coun-
tries.
Their declaration went beyond
the agreement on a Southeast
Asian collective defense announced
Monday by President Eisenhower
and British Prime Minister Church
i'll. The latter two said they would
press forward with plans to Sc
cure Southeast Asia against COM
munism whether the war in Indo-
china is ended or continues.
Diplomats agreed that the ANUS
statement expressed greater
sense of urgency and implied that
American consultation with the
British government on future plans
would be paralleled by talks with
Australia, New Zealand and other
nations having direct interest in
stemming the Communist tide.
1t was understood too that Amer
lean officials believe concrete
plans may be made shortly after
July 10, when armiStice negotia-
tons between the French and Com
muniSt forces are supposed to be
concluded. This would obviate wait
ing for the July 20 deadline for an
Indochina peace settlement which
was set by the new Mendes-
France government at Paris.
After he met with Casey and
Monroe, Dulles went on nationwide
radio and television networks to
make a statement on the Guate-
malan situation, which the Voice
of America also broadcast over the
world.
Dulles said international CON-
muniSm" had sought for years to
establish Red front in the West
ern Hemisphere by building up
power in Guatemala. He tied this
operation directly to Moscow, say
ing the dramatic events of recent
days - during which the prof. Com
munist government in Guatemala
was overthrow - have exposed
"the evil purpose of the Kremlin
to destroy the inter-American
system"
He also said this intrusion of
Soviet deSpotiSm was, of course, a
direct challenge to our Monroe
Doctrine - the first and most
fundamental of our foreign poll
cieS." (The doctrine laid down by
President Monroe in 1923 bars any
extension of foreign power in the
Western Hemisphere.)
"The need for vigilance is not
past" he said. Communism is
still menace everywhere. But the
people of the United States and of
the other American republics can
feel tonight that at least one grave
danger has been averted :"
Looking to the future, he said:
"The United States pledges itself
not merely to political opposition
to communism, but to help to al
leviate conditions in Guatemala
and elsewhere which might afford
communism an opportunity to
spread its tentacles throughout the