Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Reds Warn on Usinq
Troops in Mid-East
U. S. and Britain
Told Area Is
Soviet Orbit

tonight against use of any for
eign troops in the Middle East
without a prior agreement and
United Nations approval.
The Soviet Union said any ex-
pansion of aggressive activities"
in the area will fall within the
Soviet orbit of interest.
A statement handed to for
eign correspondents at the For
eign Ministry said:
ANY act such as the entry of
foreign troops on the territory
of nations of the Middle and
Near East, without the prior
agreement of interested govern
ments and without the sanction
Iof the Security Council of the
United Nations. would be a rude
disruption of the principles Of
the United Nations and the SOW
ereignty of a number of ma.
tons"
Reply to West
The Foreign Ministry said the
statement was issued as a result
of the Eisenhower-Eden decla-
ration in Washington. This ex-
pressed willingness to support
any U. N. action to preserve
peace in the Middle East. There
has been talk Of an international
army to guard the frontiers be-
tween Israel and Arab countries.
"As far as the Soviet Union is
concerned the statement said,
the Soviet Union will defend
the freedom, independence and
principle of noninterference in
the internal affairs of countries
of the Middle and Near East.
Together with other interested
governments, it will support the
security of this area"
The Soviet Union held the dec
lsration issued by President
Eisenhower and Prime Minister
Eden after their Washington
conversations cannot but dis
turb the peace of the Near and
Middle East and cannot but dis
rupt the independence and SOW
ereignty of nations of that area"
The Eisenhower Eden declara-
ton had declared the Soviet
bloc's supply of arms to the
Middle East added to the ten
Isions in the area and increased
the risk of war"
1t reiterated United States and
British determination to guar
tee agreed frontiers in the area,
and recalled the 1850 agreement
of the United States, Britain and
France to act in the event of
the use of force or threat of
force or of preparations to vio-
late the frontier or armistice
lines"
PactS Attacked
Tonight's Soviet statement at
tackled the Baghdad pact and
other aggressive military blocs"
and continued:
The Washington declaration
said specifically that the signers
claimed they wanted the settle
ment of the controversy between
Israel and her Arab neighbors.
That would be fine if it were so.
But in that case why are these
decisions taken without the par
ticipation of interested nations.
behind their back?"
This paragraph of criticism
echoed the tune taken by the
Arab nations toward the same
declaration. 1t was another in
dication of RusSia's rapid moves
to align herself with Arab coun-
tries and to lundercut Western
influence in that region.
Contradiction Charged
Referring again to the Eden
Eisenhower declaration, the
statement said:
"Well-known facts prove that;
there is a contradiction between.
such declarations and some of
the activities of the Western
powers in relation to the coun-
tries of the Near and Middle
East.
I'm addition. recent press re-
ports have said that certain
powers are planning to send
their troops into this area.
These reports have not been con-
tradicted,
1T must be said that this
question necessarily involves the
interest of the nations of the
Near and Middle East-and not
only those nations connected