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Congress Hope Stirred
For Iroqi Settlement
By ths Assoeiated Prem

By the Associated Press
Conciliatory gestures by the
revolutionary regime Of Iraq
famed hope in Congress yes
terday that a way may be OPEN |
ing for moves which could lead |
to some settlement Of the Mid |
die East crisis.
Senator Mansfield. Democrat
Of Montana, a Foreign Rela-
tons Committee member, said |
q series Of gestures by repre-
sentatives Of the Baghdad reb-
els indicates to him there is
some possibility Of dealing di-
rectly with the situation If the |
United Nations does not act.
Saleh Mahdi. ranking diplo-
mat at the Iraqi Embassy. re-
ported to the State Department |
yesterday the new regime is
ready to cooperate with the
United States fer the evacua-
ton Of 1854 Americans in Iraq
II the department believes this
is necessary. He said he saw
no need for the Americans to
leave, however.
The State Department is
sending in four chartered COM
mercial planes for the removal
of any Americans who may
wish to leave Iraq.
Adherence TO Pacts
Previously the Baghdad radio
had said the new regime would
honor existing agreements with
Western oil companies. The
Iraqi Embassy reiterated this.
Spokesman had announced also
the new regime would adhere
to the anti Communist Bagh-
dad Pact.
II don't think we ought to
shunt these gestures aside"
Senator Mansfield said in an
interview. Perhaps some way
can be found to reach q basis
Of understanding which could
lead toward a settlement. Some
of the leaders have said they
have no use for communism
and have denied their revolt
was Communist-inspired.
I'm any settlement we are
going to have to recognize the
nationalist spirit which is surg
ing up in the Middle East. We
are going to have to take into
account the Arab Israeli rela-
tons and all of the other press
ing problems Of the area"
Israel Aid Cited
Senator Ellender. Democrat
of Louisiana, a member Of the
Appropriations Committee, said
in a radio broadcast recorded
for Louisiana stations that one
of the difficulties in the Middle |
East lies in a "deep-rooted be-
lief on the part Of the Arabs
that the United States is to-
tally committed to support any
move taken by Israel" He
added:
There will be no peace in
the Middle East until the con-
flict between Israel and its Arab
neighbors is settled.
THE fact that there are now
United States troops in Leb-
anon, in my judgment, simply
creates more difficulties and
makes the solution to this
problem more difficult"
Senator Ellender said the sit
uation in Iraq has graphically
illustrated the fallacy Of our
foreign aid program and its
emphasis on the creation Of
armies in underdeveloped coun-
tries that are not economically |
strong enough to support them"
Although the full story in
Iraq is far from being COM
pletely known, it nowappears |
that at least some Segments OF
the army that we created and
armed in Iraq were largely re-
sponsible for the overthrow Of
the government" he said. Nov |
we see the same military equip |
ment furnished by us being |
used against the free world"
Secretary of State Dulles was
reported to have told members
of the Senate Appropriations
Committee in a closed session
Friday that this country would
never intervene in any revolu-
ton 1t was convinced was in
digenous and not inspired by
outside influences.
Information Lacking
While there was no indica-
ton Mr.. Dulles felt these con-
ditions applied to the Iraqi
revolt. committee members said
this Government still lacks de-
tailed information on what is
going on in that country.
Senator Mansfield said he
thinks the Iraq regimes with
Grawal from the Arab Union