Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
3 Nations Plan
Southeast Asia
Security Farley
Meeting Sept. 6 in
Philippines to Seek
Unity Against Reds
By james E. Roper

The United States and seven
other countries today announced
plans to meet in Baguio, in the
Philippine Islands, September s
to establish a collective security
arrangement for Southeast Asia
and the Southwest Pacific.
The conference will mark the
climax Of Secretary Of State
Dulles drive for united action"
to halt communism in Asia.
Mr.. Dulles and other foreign
ministers will attend the ses-
sion, which is expected to write
a treaty pledging member ma
lions to regard any Red agrees
sion in the area as a threat to
their own security.
Countries that have agreed in
principle to such a plan and who
will attend the Baguio con-
ference are: the United States,
Great Britain, France, Australia,
New Zealand, Thailand, the
Philippines and Pakistan.
Revealed in Eight Capitals.
Details Of the Baguio confer
ence were disclosed in simulta-
neous announcements in capitals
Of the eight countries. The
United States announcement
said:
"The Government of the
United States has agreed with
other like-minded governments
that the situation in Southeast
Asia calls for the establishments
Of a collective security arrange
ment, in accordance with the
purposes and principles OF the
Charter Of the United Nations,
to strengthen the fabric of peace
in the general area of Southeast
Asia and the Southwest Pacific,
Accordingly. the government
OF the Philippines having offered
facilities at Baguio, the foreign
ministers Of the governments
concerned have agreed to meet
there on September to con-
slider measures to further their
common detectives in the area.
sThis meeting follows consul
tatioMS kWeen the United
States Government and other
governments over the past four
months"
Council viii Meet.
The State Department an
nounced simultaneously that the
Philippines United States Coun-
Gil. which was set up June % to
help coordinate defense policies
Of the two countries, will meet
in the Philippines September 4.
Attending the council meeting
will be Secretary Dulles and
Philippine Foreign Minister Car
los Garcia.
Matters Of mutual concern in
respect to the defense of the
Philippines will be discussed, -
the State Department said.
High military officials will &C.
company Secretary Dulles to the
Philippines meetings. The eight
power conference, the State De-
partment hopes. win be limited
to four or five days as most Of
the foreign ministers will want
to go to New York for the Sep
TENDER meeting of the United
Nations General Assembly.
In order to keep the confer
ence brief, the United States is
trying to get as much advance
agreement as possible. There also
may be multi-nation staff meet
ings in Baguio before the for
eign ministers arrive.
Pakistan Is Cautious.
In London, a Foreign Office
spokesman said Pakistan was the
only one of the five Colombo
powers to accept Britain's in
vitation to attend the conference
But he added that Pakistan has
qualified its acceptance by de-
/ claring:
'The Pakistan government
win be represented at this meet
ing without having accepted any
commitment in advance to par
ticipate in any scheme what
might emerge out of these de-
nberations."
Britain still hopes that the
other Colombo powers - India
Indonesia, Burma and Ceylon-
win alter their so-called neutral
list stand and associate them
selves with the pact expected
to come out of the Philippines
conference.