Evening star., 1957-04-07
Offers Plan
To Bolster
u. S. Aims
BY WILLIAM HINES

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day laid before President Eisen-
hover a nine-point program for
bolstering American influence in
Africa, where he visited for
three weeks last month.
Although he said there is no
area in the world today in which
the prestige of the United States
is more uniformly high" Mr..
Nixon pointed out that commu-
nism has assigned top priority to
the new nations Of Africa and
that this country must resist
these inroads.
Mr.. Nixon urged careful selec-
ton of diplomatic, consular and
information representatives in
those areas and indicated his
belief that our representation
should be beefed up in quantity
as well as quality.
g Confidential Recommendations
In addition to the report made
public at the White House, Mr..
Nixon turned over to the Presi.
dent three confidential :ecom-
mendations. dealing with:
l. Effects OF the French-Aige-
rian crisis OH the minds of people
in countries visited.
2. Relations with Middle East
ern nations. which he did not
visit. especially in connection
with the Palestine refugee prob
lem.
| 8. Questions Of what we might
give in aid to Africa as well as
specific recommendations on per-
Isonnel.
| 1t was understood at the White
House that changes in aid to
Africa would be more in the ma
ture OF shifting ALLEGATION of
funds rather than of large in
crease. There might be some adj
ditions. it was understood.
Communist Threat Stressed
/ Mr.. Nixon, in his published re-
port, bore down heavily on COM
munism, which he obviously re-
garded as a major danger to the
Iarea. He said Africa seemed to
be today in Communist plans
about where China was Is years
ago.
Here is the full text of his
remarks on the subject of COM
munism:
Africa is priority target for
he international Communist
movement. gathered the dis.
tlnct impression that the Com
Imunist leaders considered Africa
today to be as important in their
designs for world conquest as
they considered China to be 25
years ago. Consequently. they
are mounting a diplomatic prop
iaganda and economic offensive
IN all parts of the continent.
They are trying desperately to
convince the peoples of Africa
that they support more strongly
than We do their national aspi-
lrations for independence. equal
ity. and economic progress.
Fortunately, their efforts thus
far have not been generally sue
IceSsful, and for the present
Communist domination in the
states of the area is not a present
danger. All of the African lead
Iers to whom l talked are de.
termined to maintain their in
dependence against communism
or any other form of foreign
domination. They have taken
steps to bring under control the
problem of Communist subver-
sion on their political. economic
and social life. 1t would be a
great mistake. however. to be
complacent about this situation.
for the Communists arc without
question putting their. top men
in the fields of diplomacy. m
trigue, and subversion into the
African area to probe for OPEN
ings which they can exploit for
their own selfish and disruptive
ends.
Assistance Held Vital
Recommendation: The Com.
munist threat underlies the wis.
dom and necessity of assisting
the countries Of Africa to MAIN
tain their independence and to
alleviate the conditions of want
and instability on which COM
munism breeds. The Importance
of Africa to the strength and
stability of the free world is
too great for us to underestimate
or become complacent about this
danger without taking every step
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