Evening star., 1955-11-19
Text of Dulles address. pose A.


Text Of Dulles address. Page Al
in a report last night on the
Geneva conference deadlock.
Il know that no setback. no
obstacle to progress viii ever
deter this Government and our
people from the great effort to
establish a just and durable
peace" the President said In
statement relayed by Mr.. Dulles.
Never Admit Defeat.
Success may be long in COM
ing, but there is no temporal
force so capable Of helping
achieve It as the strength, the
might, the spirit of l65 million
free Americans. In striving
toward this shining goal. this
country viii never admit defeat" !"
Mr.. Dulles put the blame for
the frustrating failure of the
conference squarely on the Rus
slams and emphasized that Mr..
Eisenhower fully shares his
view.
The Secretary frankly ac-
Iknowledged that the meeting Of
the Foreign Ministers of the Uni
ted States, Great Britain and
France with Soviet Foreign Min
lister v. NJ. Molotov had been un-
able to reach any agreements.
I'm fact" he said in a remark
lad libbed in his prepared re-
port, ''it didn't get US anywhere
at ALL"
The conference deadlock. Mr..
Dulles said. left "many Ques-
Etions up in the air" In the
Ihighlight Of the report the Sec
retary listed five Of these ques-
tions and undertook to answer
them.
Threats and Invective
The questions and his answers
were:
! /. Did the conference end the
Iso-called spirit Of Geneva2" Not
entirely for the Soviet leaders
seem not to want TO revert to
THE earlier reliance on threats
and invective." I"
2. Has the risk Of q general
war increased7 No. nothing that
happened at the conference to
Ichange Mr.. Eisenhower's esti-
mate. after the Big -Four 'sum-
INIT" meeting In July. that war is
less likely"
3. viii the cold war be re-
sumed in full vigor? Yes. in the
sense Of peaceful competition"
but Mr.. Dulles hoped 1t would
be without "the same hostility
and animosity which so defiled"
East-West relations in the past.
| 4. VIII the United States have
to revise its defense and mutual
security programs? No. because
THE Government never lowered
our guard" as a result of Soviet
promises at the summit" con-
ference.
| End to Future Talks
5. Does the failure at Geneva
mean an end to future negotia-
Itions with the Russians? No. but
1T would Of course be foolish to
attempt new negotiations" un-
der present conditions.
Mr.. Dulles said the Russians
lare not yet willing to create "the
indispensable conditions for q
secure peace" and have seri-
ously set back the growth Of any
confidence the free world can
justifiably place in Soviet prom
ises."
The Secretary spelled out in
detail the reasons for failure to
Iagree on the main purposes Of
the Geneva Conference-Euro-
tpean security and a unified Ger
many. limitation OF armament.
and development of contacts be-
tween the East and West.
Despite having agreed at the
July meeting to consider reuni-
Ification of Germany, the Rus
slams refused to discuss this
problem seriously because, Mr..
Dulles, said. reunification would
mean the end of their East Ger
imam puppet regime.
On disarmament. Mr.. Dulles
said the Russians wanted the
benefits Of reducing arms but
were unwilling to submit to safe
guards that would make this
possible.
The conference failed to reach
any agreement on freer contacts
between the East and West, Mr..
Dulles said. because "the Soviet
rulers can hardly bring them
selves to loosen existing thought
controls"
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