Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Security at Chilean Conference
frightened After Hot EXCHANGES

SANTIAGO. Chile, Aug, IA
AP).-Security measures we're
frightened today at the Inter-
American Foreign Ministers
Conference after hot ex-
change between delegates of
the Dominican Republic and
Cuba.
Chilean police and security
officers Of the Organization OF
American States checked all
credentials carefully when dele
gates, aides and newsmen
showed up for the morning
session. No one was admitted
without official documents.
GAS officials explained the
tight security was aimed at
promoting decorum. But it
seemed evident that it was
prompted by last nights tu-
multuous session.
Before that, almost anyone
could go in and out OF the
conference room just by fash
ing an official badge.
Herter Sees Oficials
The conference got back to
work, meanwhile. The general
committee met to assign the
"a proposed resolutions to var
ious study groups.
Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter, lunched with the
foreign ministers of Mexico,
Brazil and Argentina to dis
cuss conference affairs. He al
ready has met with several
others informally.
The ministers of the 81 Amer
lean republics were turning
their attention to a three-point
program suggested by Mr.. Her
ter for dealing with the current
tension in the Caribbean.
Groups of ministers began
discussing the language for a
resolution setting up a tempo
rary f1re-prevention committee
proposed by Mr.. Herter. At the
present time the Organization
Of American States intervenes
only at the request of a mem
Der involved in a dispute. Mr..
Herter's plan would establish a
regular watchdog committee to
keep an eye on tensions and
respond Immediately to a crisis
or the threat of one. Mr.. Herter
believes the committee, though
lacking police powers, would
have a calming effect.
Compromise Prospects
Both Cuba and Venezuela
have shown some opposition to
this idea. But there were pros
poets of a compromise plan de-
signed to keep the lid on the
Caribbean until the 18th Inter-
American Conference in Quito,
Ecuador, next year.
The United States Secretary
also urged an investigation of
"viciously hostile propaganda"
in the area which he said was
playing into the hands of the
Communists.
The Caribbean tension ex-
ploded within the conference
last night when Cuban Foreign |
Minister Raul Roa accused the |
Dominican Republic of violat-
ing the principle of non-inter-
vention by waging a radio cam
paign against Fidel Castro's |
revolutionary regime and by |
training anti-Castro expedi- |
tionaries to invade Cuba. Mr.. !
Roa declared the counter-revo-
lutionary plot which his gov
eminent says 1t recently I'M
covered in Cuba was organized |
and financed in Ciudad Tru-
jillo, the Dominican capital.
Antagonists Gained
Dominican Foreign Minister
Porfrio Herrara Baes jumped
up and demanded an oppor-
tunity to reply, shouting:
Somebody here wants to
muddy American waters like
squids. But in this case it is
not black ink but red ink that
is used according to the new
est, dirtiest ideology."
Several foreign ministers in
tervened privately to calm
down the antagonists after the
session adjourned. They re-
portedly got promises from
both that they would use more
moderate language in future
meetings of the conference.
But after the session the
Cuban Ambassador to Chile,
Carlos Lechuga, issued a state
ment charging that a Domin-
lean representative had threat
ened Mr.. Roa with death before
a number of witnesses. Mr.
Herrera termed the Cuban
charge absolutely false"
The bad blood between Gu
ban Premier Castro and the
Dominican strongman, Gener-
alisSimo Rafael L. Trujillo, was
one OF the main reasons for
converting the foreign minis
tiers to cool off the crisis in the