Evening star., 1955-03-09
Tolloaotng 70 the tert OF Sec
retdrr of State Dulles TGdio-
TV saHerh Inst ni0hf.

retdry of State Dulles rGdto-
~ speech last night:
I return from two weeks In
Southeast Asia and the West
Pacific. I visited the forward
positions against which the
waves Of communism are beating
and where the issues Of war and
peace, of freedom and captivity.
hang in precarious balance.
There q gallant band Of inde-
pendent and freedom-loving ma
tions stand between 800 million
Communist = dominated Chinese
and the broad reaches Of the
Pacific Ocean.
I visited seven Asian and
Pacific countries, and met with
the foreign ministers Of three
others. I saw Bangkok and Ran
COON with their splendid monu-
ments of ancient civilizations. I
visited simple agricultural coun-
tries such as Laos, where the
landing of our plane had to be
delayed until water buffalo were
driven from the runway.
Everywhere I found ominous
evidence of the Communist ef-
forts to terrorize, to beguile, to
subvert. But also I found the
passionate desire of the free
peoples to remain free.
That desire will not prevail
unless those who love liberty
unite to help each other. So, the
United States. acting within the
framework of the United Nations
Charter, has joined in mutual
security treaties which cover the
freedom loving countries Of Ko-
rea, Japan, Formosa, the Philip
pines, South Wet Nam. Laos.
Cambodia, Thailand, Malaga,
Pakistan. Australia and New
Zealand.
Met With Council. >
One of these treaties. the
eight-nation Manila Pact for
Southeast Asia, has just come
into force, and I went to Bang
kok for the first meeting Of the
treaty's council.
It was fitting that this first
meeting should have been held
In the capital Of Thailand. for
the word '"Thailand" means
Land Of the Free" Also 1t dra-
matized the new role Of Asia
when, for the first time in his
tory, Foreign Secretary Of the
United Kingdom and a Secretary
of State of the United States
Travelled half way around the
world to come to Thailand.
The Manila pact has three
main purposes: First, defense
against open armed aggression;
second, defense against subver-
sion; and third, the improve
ment of economic and social
conditions.
For military defense we shall
rely largely upon mobile allied
power which can strike an ag-
gressor wherever the occasion
may demand. That capacity will.
we believe, deter aggression. We
shall not need to build up large
static forces at all points and
the United States contribution
will be primarily in terms OF sea
and air power.
/ pointed out at Bangkok that,
for military purposes, the Chi
nese Communist front should be
regarded as an entirety because
If the Chinese Communists en-
gage in open armed aggression
this would probably mean that
they have decided on general
war in Asia. They would then
have to take into account the
mutual defense treaties of the
United States with the Republic
of Korea and the Republic OF
China, and the forces maintained
under them. Thus general war
would confront the Chinese
Communists with tasks at the
south, center and north, tasks
which would strain their made
uuate means of transportation.
Allied Power.
The allied nations possess
together plenty Of power in the
area. The United States in par
ticular has sea and air forces
now equipped with new and
powerful weapons Of precision.
which can utterly destroy mill
tary targets without endanger-
ing unrelated civilian centers.
Our treaty council. after
appraising the military factors,
concluded that the available
military power offered solid hope
of deterring open armed agrees
sion against the treaty area.
In order to bring our power
to a concerted pitch, our military
advisers at Bangkok started their
work together. 1t is expected
that another military meeting
will be held at Manila next