Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

this country's leading EXPERTS
on Communist affairs and IN
I'll recently Ambassador TO Yu-
goslavia. charged yesterday
that congressional politics had
played havoc with United
States foreign policy.
Rejecting on his tour of duty
In Belgrade, Mr.. KEENAN, said
that domestic-political consid-
erations had led Congress tol
act against Yugoslavia last
year Gin the face Of the most.
solemn and formal warnings
and objections on my part
conveyed to congressional lead
ers on many occasions and in
many ways"
Mr.. KEENAN, was referring to
the decision. taken suddenly
BY the last Congress, to forbid /
any Communist country from |
being entitled to most-favored- /
nation treatment in this coun- |
try. Such treatment grants
: normal tariff reductions to a /
country and allows it an equal
opportunity to trade in the
United States market.
Had Political Effect
The removal of such treat
ment to Communist countries
had an immediate political
effect. since it clashed with
administration policy to en- |
courage Communist nations to
seek closer ties with the West. |
Yugoslayia and Poland are
the two Communist countries
which presently receive most |
characterization treatement. The
administration has attached to
the foreign aid authorization
bill now before the Senate a
provision restoring the Presi-
Dental discretion the right to |
make such concessions to any |
nation II 1t Is in the national |
interest to do so
Mr.. Remnants views were re-
leased In q memorandum he
sent to the Subcommittee on
National Security Stating and
Operations, at the request of
the Chairman, Senator jackson,
Democrat Of Washington.
A former A m b assa dor to
Russia and author Of many
books on Soviet policy, Mr..
KEENAN, said that If he had
known 'how little value the
Congress would assign to my
own Judgment, in the light of
nearly 30 years in the affairs of
the Eastern European area" he
would not have accepted the
Yugoslav assignment.
Many in State Agree
Mr.. Remnants views are quite
similar t. those expressed pri-
vately by many State Depart
ment specialists in Communist
affairs. They believe that there
is so much diversity in the Red
world today that 1t often is in
this country's interest to trade
or otherwise improve relations
with different unist
countries.
The officials often assert
that CongreSsmen and Sena-
tors. in an effort to win politi-
cal support in their home
areas. vote on certain foreign
policy measures. without due
consideration to the national
good.
Mr.. KEENAN, suggested that
foreign policy be removed from
domestic politics. He advocated
raising the Secretary Of States
office to something Gin the ma
ture Of o prime minister"
Such o change he said, would
mean acceptance by all parties
Of "the principle that the ex-
ternal problems Of the country
should be given precedence
over the internal ones, and
that foreign policy should not
be permitted to become a func-
ton Of domestic political con-
venience."
Interference Charged
Mr.. KEENAN, also c charged
that State Department policy
was hampered by interference
from other governmental agen-
cies. He singled out the Immi-
grafton Service and the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation for
special criticism in the matter |
Of passports, visas, and re-en-
try permits.
According to Mr.. KEENAN,,