Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-11

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pending these tests.
He said the United States
wants to stay in the forefront in
this field unless and untfl some
dependable form of controlled
and inspected disarmament made
it safe for us to halt the tests.
which, he said, are designed to
enable the United States to pro-
tect itself from others.
In this statement. Mr.. Dulles
did not necessarily counter the
views of the Pope. who also
favored regulated disarmament.
Asks Greater Safeguards
Mr.. Dulles. however, still in
sisted on greater control and in
spection in any disarmament
scheme than has been accepted
by Soviet or Indian diplomats
who talk of stopping atomic tests
as a humanitarian measure.
Reporters asked Mr.. Dulles
whether his statement indicated
that the United States remained
ahead of the Soviet Union in H
bomb developments. Mr.. Dulles
replied that he believed so. al
though this was a subject OF
speculation.
| A reporter asked didn't the
United States know about every
H-bomb the Soviet exploded
Mr.. Dulles said he thought so,
but he added with a laugh that
lit was very difficult to say we
know about bombs that we don't
know about.
Quizzed on Interview
The question of atomic bombs
came into a series of inquiries
about an interview with Mr.
Dulles which Life Magazine is
publishing this week. In the
interview Mr.. Dulles traces
American foreign policy under
ibis leadership.
Mr.. Dulles said today that a
proposed allied condensation
in the Orient had been worked
out for use in case of the failure
of the Geneva Conference
which, in fact, ended the Indo-
China war.
! A reporter asked whether the
program in any way implied the
possible use Of atomic lombard
ment of South China in the
event that the Red Chinese
moved into Indo-C China with
their troops.
Mr.. Dulles replied that it in
volyed, If necessary. a common
military effort there with what
ever weapons would be appro-
pirate.
/ A reporter challenged Mr.
Dulles on the thesis, expressed
in the Life magazine interview
that the Indo-China settlement
reached at Geneva was q victory
for the American policy of de-
terrence.
/ United Action Program
/ Mr.. Dulles said there was a
program for united action in that
area. He recalled he went to
London and Paris and reached
what he thought was an agree
ment on united action.
! He said he also had the agree
ment of the Philippines and
i Thailand to united action at that
time. He had hoped, Mr.. Dulles
said, to get the united action
into force promptly and before
the Geneva conference was held
However. he related, it devel-
oped that the British and the
French preferred to wait and see
what came out of the Geneva
talks before agreeing to the
united action proposal.
+ Mr.. Dulles said that, there
fore, it was matter of common
knowledge-all the world knew
that If there should be a break
down of the Geneva talks, then
the British and the French were
prepared to go ahead with US on
the program of united action
which we had announced in ad-
vance.
! Other Subjects
+ On ether subjects. Mr.. Dulles:
/. Said the United States will
make no decision on Israels re-
quest for arms until the United
Nations Security Council acts on
the present complaint that Is
raeli forces attacked Syria.
/ 2. Expressed hope that polit-
ical conditions in the Middle East
would make it possible for Eric
Johnston, a special Ambassador