Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

mittee. and Senator Knowland,
Republican leader of the Senate,
over the publication of the Yalta
papers.
Senator George deplored their
publication at this time. declar-
Significance Of Volta Report; See Review
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ing he believed it had done real
harm to efforts to reach some
peaceful settlement with Russia.
Senator Knowland supported
publication of the papers and
urged future publication of the
records of the Potsdam, Teheran
and other international con-
ferences. He said he believed
there would be discussion of
possible steps to cancel or wash
out the Yalta agreements, latter
there has been a thorough in
yeStigation of the Yalta papers. F."
Other Releases Gin Works"
At the same time, Secretary
of State Dulles announced on
his arrival here from Canada
that the release of papers on
other international conferences
is lin the works." He set no
time for publication, however.
Senator George, who is the
spokesman for the Democrats on
foreign policy. said he thought
the publication of the Yalta pa
pers was unfortunate.
1T will make it difficult to
have conferences with those ma
tions with whom conferences
must be had if we are to make
progress toward world peace and
stability" Senator George said.
1--WE have to have conferences
with Russia. The only final alter
native is war, if diplomacy
doesn't work."
Approving the publication Of
the papers. Senator Knowland
said that If it discourages in the
future the representatives of two
or three nations from sitting
down in secret and parceling out
territories and populations, the
publication will have served a
useful purpose.
Cites Wilson Policy
President Woodrow Wilson,"
Senator Knowland continued,
advocated open covenants,
openly arrived at. The antithesis
is secret covenants, secretly
arrived at. 1t is a wise thing to
let officials of Democratic gov
ernments know that their acts
and conversations must stand the
light of history.
Am erican representatives
must be accountable to the Con-
gress and to the American peo-
pie. So I would be strongly OPP
posed to any cover up. That goes
for the Potsdam, Teheran, Gene
va or any other international
conference in which the United
States has part"
Senator Knowland was refer
ring to the present intention OF
the State Department to publish
the whole series of international
conference papers, including
Potsdam and Teheran. He was
asked if he thought the papers
of the Geneva Conference, deal
ing with Indo-China and the
partition of that area between
the Communists and the anti
Communists, should be made
public in all its details. This
conference was held last year,
during the Eisenhower admins
tration.
Would Include Geneva
Senator Knowland recalled
that the United States attended
that conference only as an OBJ
server, and that the principals
were the British, the French and
the Communists. He added, how
ever, that he included the Geneva
Conference in his general state
ment favoring publication. How
ever. he suggested there should
be a time lag between the in
ternational conference and the
publication of all the papers. He
did not say how long the lag"
should be. But he said that so
far as the Yalta, Potsdam and
other treaties are concerned, 1t
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