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a over. there Is every prospect
that the List Of those who want
20 contribute their bit win be
greatly extended.
Dulles Due 10 Speak
When or n the United States
will reply 10 the charges Of ag-
gression hurled at yesterdays
opening session by Russian For
eign Minister Andref Gromyko
still Is undecided. But 1t Is un-
likely that as the debate warns
up Secretary 4of State Dulles
viii remain on the sidelines as
q wholly silent observer.
Now that the two most
directly opposing cases have
been stated - by President
Eisenhower for the United
States and by Mr.. Gromyko for
Russia-the real business OF
the emergency session can
begin. Essentially. as in all
business conducted by the Gen.
eral Assembly, It will be a
process OF slowly feeling out a
possible compromise course be-
tween the conflicting points
Of view.
The obvious rubbing points
were made clear at yesterdays
session. President Eisenhower's
speech which opened the debate
was divided about equally be-
tween defense and offense. The
first portion was the juStifica-
ton for sending American
and implicitly also British
troops into the Middle Eastern
area at the request Of the
governments Of Lebanon and
Jordan, who felt themselves
threatened.
At some length. Mr.. Eisen-
hover developed the American
thesis Of the danger of Elm
direct aggression" contending
that inflammatory propaganda
played a vital role in the Md
die Eastern crisis and urging
the U. N. do something to curb
It.
He also called for the estab-
lishment of a United Nations
peace force" Of unspecified size
and function.
Once again. the President
offered to withdraw the troops
from Lebanon whenever their
hosts ask them to leave or
whenever their presence is no
longer required.
+ The second part Of the Presi-
dents speech contained most
Of the constructive proposals"
which had received prominent
billing in advance notices of
the speech. While still unspe-
cific in many details. Mr.. Eisen-
bower declared the United
States was willing to join in a
regional economic development
program for the Middle East to
be worked out by the Arab
states themselves with assist
Ance from international none
tary organizations and the U. N.
z In contrast to President
Eisenhower, Mr.. Gromyko's APP
proach to the problem was as
direct and unambiguous as a
pile-driver. The only problem
IN the Middle East in the view
Of the Soviet foreign minister
vas the "colonialist conspiracy"
between the United States and
Britain.
In Mr.. Gromyko's view, at
The time of the Suez incident
the United States had been
content to sit on the sidelines
and let others do the dirty
work. But now it has actively
Joined in open aggression
against the peace-loving states
OF the Middle East, intent on
re-establishing Western power
positions and grinding recently
liberated peoples into their
former state Of slavery and
exploitation.
This. Mr.. Gromyko indicated,
was disturbing to the Soviet
Union which for its part had
no selfish interest whatever in
the Middle East except a wish
to save the world from the
horrors Of universal war.
Sternly, he warned the AS
sembly against permitting it.
self to be beguiled or distracted
from the primary business at
hand - the immediate with
drawal of British and Ameri-I
can troops from Jordan and
Lebanon. The rest Of the fine
talk about promoting stability
and getting economic develop
ment programs under way
could come later.
Hope for Some Agreement
In any other arena but the
U. N. this exchange might be
taken as an exceedingly UNI
promising start toward any
constructive solution. But since
the U. N. operates according to
rules peculiar to itself, there
still is considerable hope that
something-even if it is a very
unspectacular something-may
result.
This is because decisions in
the General Assembly are sell
dom merely a matter of stating
two extreme positions and then
voting between them. In this
case neither side would reason
ably hope to rally the required |
two-thirds majority needed for
any important decision.
Process of Simplification
Neither is it a process of
rounding up votes" among So
called "uncommitted delega-
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