Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
London, Paris
SeeU.S. PIedue
On SuezP Policy
Also Believe Slap
Given to Nusser
At NATO PorIey
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
European Correspondent of The sta

PARIS. Dec. 15.-The Big
Three Of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization believe the
annual conference here was a
great succesS-but for somewhat
different reasons.
The American delegation, led
by Secretary Of State Dulles,
Defense Secretary Wilson and
Treasury Secretary Humphrey,
seems to have put the Western
alliance back on the old har-
moniouS track. But the British
and French are happy mostly be-
cause they believe they now have
all of NATO. and particularly
America firmly behind their
policy in the Suez and the Mid
east.
It is doubtful that that is
precisely what Mr.. Dulles had in
mind when he signed the final
conference communique, but the
British and French now think
they have a solid pledge from
the United States to pressure
Egyptian President Nasser and
the United Nations on behalf of
their plan to clear the canal and
guarantee its future politics-free
operation.
Final COmmunique
In their final communioue the
ministers contrasted the brutal
suppression of the heroic Hun
garian people" with Soviet pub
lie professions. They called on
the U. N. through the pressure
of public opinion to induce the
Soviets to withdraw their forces
from Hungary and to right the
wrongs done to the Hungarian
people,"
The communique declared that
1.-THE peoples of Eastern Europe
should have the right to choose
their own governments freely.
unaffected by external pressure
and the use or threat of force.
and to decide for themselves the
political and social order they
prefer"
In American eyes, the con-
ference achieved all that rea-
sonably could be expected. It
reached three goals:
First and most important. It
restored good working relations
between America, Britain and
France. Not all differences were
forgotten. but as the delegates
worked out their future plans in
private intimate talks, the past
began to recede.
Second, ways to achieve al
greater scope of intimacy in flu
ture consultations were agreed
to. The American delegates felt
these close relations could be
maintained without making other
American friends believe some
Iof their affairs were being settled
privately by NATO.
Third. military leaders were (
directed by the conference to get i
greater effectiveness out of their |
forces without spending more /
money-mostly by greater en-
phasiS on new atomic or dual
purpose weapons and on greater
mobility.
Most Pleased by Pledge
The British and French were /
happy about all those things.
but were pleased most about the |
nnal communique which pledged
NATO members to push for
rapid clearance of the Suez
Canal. for full and free future
use Of the canal and for settle /
Aielt OF AraD-ISraell differences \
all through cooperation with
the United Nations.
A British source said last
night that Secretary Dulles
wanted the conference to drop
all mention Of the Middle East
from the communiuue. Mr.
Dulles said passages about the
Mideast might do harm in the
United States and the Afro
Asian countries" according to /
this source. The conference |
went on to agree on the COM /
munique. however, after max
ing only minor insubstantive
changes.
The British we're even happier
about assurances they said they
secured from Mr.. Dulles which \
were not mentioned in the COM
munique. Secretary Dulles. they
said. agreed to urge Col. Nasser ,
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