Evening star., 1954-06-13
U. 5. Must Support
Asia Causes 10 Beat
Reds, Nixon Asserts
BY the Assoeiaisd Press


The United States must support
Asian causes, including inde-
pendence, to overcome the new
Communist techniques Of aggres-
sion shown in Indo- China, Vice
President Nixon declared today.
The United States as leader Of
the free world can win "only If
we associate ourselves vigorously
and unequivocally with the aspir-
atoms of the peoples for economic
progress, independence, peace
and equality" he said.
independence. he told gradu-
ating class of 270 and a crowd
of about 5000 at an outdoor COM
mencement at his alma mater
Whittier College-"means inde-
pendence from any foreign DOM
nation"
Natives Do Fighting.
The new Communist tech
niques, the Vice President said,
involve foreign-controlled. di-
rect and inspired revolutions. He
continued: The natives of the
country they desire to dominate
do the fighting for them. And
they accomplish this by winning
the leaders over to the Com
munist cause"
"The record clearly shows that
thre is only one treat to the
pace of the world-the one which
is presented by the international
communist conspiracy with its
power center in the Soviet Un-
ion," Mr.. Nixon said. Except for
the Communists, every nation in
the world has rejected war as an
instrument of national policy"
He said that because Of the
United States policy OF peace
without surrender" cooperating
with the United Nations. main
tanning military strength and
streSsing retaliatory power,
chances for overt Communist
aggression have been reduced to
q minimum.
But, he said, the Communists
have developed their revolution
ary techniqueS.
In Indo-China we see one OF
the most effective of those tech
niuues," he said. Here is the
greatest present danger to the
free world. No soldier has
marched across the border and
none landed on the shore. Yet
Indo-China is in grave peril and
if it falls, the consequences to
the free world could be desper-
ately serious"
Mr.. Nixon said limiting Of our
reaction to an attempt to aid
existing governments in putting
down revolutions once they be-
gin is to head for disaster "be-
cause we will be confronted with
one Indo-China situation after
another all over the world"
Push Asian Causes.
The Vice President said Com
muniSts have been successful IN
appealing to the people OF Asia
because they have associated
themselves with certain causes
the Asians deeply believe in.
Mr.. Nixon said economic pro-
gress in Asia is important but
the people there also desire in
dependence, equality and peace.
And in the case of conflict the
Asian, he said. wants to be on
the winning side.
"If Indo-China is lost by ne
gotiation at the conference table
or by defeat on the battle field"
said Mr.. Nixon, "the Commu-
nists will use that fact in a subtle
and devastating way to con-
vince those on the fence in Asia
that the Communist side is the
winning side"
In outlining what he termed
Americas policy of peace with
out surrender" Mr.. Nixon said:
In dealing with the Commu-
mist threat, we cannot accom-
plish this objective by a policy
of weakness. Such a policy will
lead to war. The history of die
tatorships bears out that con-
clusion. For that reason, our
policy is one of strength. :"
I'VE must recognize that we
can't do the job alone" he de-
clared. I'VE need allies all over
the world. We, therefore, CO.
operated with the United Nations
in resisting aggression in Ko-
rea. We have called for united
action to resist aggression in
Southeast Asia. We are develop
ing alliances in South America,
in Asia, and in Europe to resist
Communist aggression.
I'VE are maintaining our mill
tary strength at home and the
military strength of our allies at
a high level, not because we want
war, but because we believe that
is the only way to get peace in