Evening star., 1955-05-18
Partial Text Of Dulles
N Report to Nation

A partial tert of Secretary OF
State John Foster Dulles re-
port by TV and radio to the
Nation on the European talks,
and the Introductory remarks
OF President Eisenhower
JolloW:
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures, it is
good to have you here to tell
us something of the significant
events that took place during
your recent visit to Europe.
Mr.. Dulles-Well, Mr.. Presi-
dent, I am delighted to have q
chance to report to you and to
my cabinet associates, and as
you say. the American people on
what took place, particularly
during this last week, the week
so crowded with events that I
hardly know how to start, but
you might
Mr.. Eisenhower-Well, I will
tell you, Foster. I think that it
might be well to go clear back
to two years ago. Then you will
remember, with our colleagues
In the legislative branch on
both parties, the administration
was developing a policy it in
tended to pursue. And basic to
that policy was the belief, the
conviction that only through CO.
operative strength developed in
the free world could we really
face up to this threat, that the
Communist dictatorship posed
to all free men.
1853 Statement Recalled
We believed, as you know,
that until Western Europe had
been united, until there were
some German forces Joining the
NATO organization and until we
had some confidence in the Rus
sian word through deeds rather
than mere protestation, that it
would do little good to have talks
with them. And you will recall |
that you and ] finally decided |
that I should make some pro-
nouncement along this line, and
did so in April 16 of 1858. i
Mr.. Dulles-What happened
last week is to a very large ex-
tent, a coming true Of the things
that we hoped for and planned
at that time. And, indeed,
think now one can say that what
happened may really mark q
turning in the tide Of history.
Treaties Signed
The first thing, the thing that
you talked about at that time
as of utmost importance was
this consolidation of Western
Europe and the bringing into
NATO of the Federal Republic
Of Germany as a free and inde-
pendent sovereign state.
1t was a hard battle because
the Soviet Union went all-out
with every thing it had to
prevent those ratifications, and
we had to get ratification
in Is countries. Many of
them had to act through two
legislative bodies. And If any
one had slipped up, the whole
scheme would have collapsed.
And the Soviet Union threat
ened, and it promised, and it
used the Communist Party ma
chinery in these different coun-
tries to threaten anybody who
voted for these things-they
would never be reelected again;
and that was a pretty tough
battle, which was won by the
forces of freedom and it in
volved the greatest diplomatic
defeat that the Soviet Union
has suffered, I would say, GER
tainly since the war. -.
This Western civilization, you
know, almost committed suicide
with its incessant wars of the
last hundred years and more
and it bled itself in man and
treasure. But I think now the
thing has been put together in
such q way that Western civili-
zation took a new lease on life
and is going to add strength and
vigor for itself and for the oene-
fit Of all humanity. -.
Now I was in Europe and we
dealt mostly with European prob
lens. but I never forget the fact
that we have got Asian problems
as we'll as European problems.
and I took advantage of this
NATO Council to talk a bit to
them about our Asian problems.
because there is a considerable
failure to understand the mott
vation of ou1 Asian policies. And
I said to these Ministers there,
I said to them, if you like the
United States and you see it
in Europe, you should
what we are doing in