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Show TRIPARTITE DECLARATION - Page 2. 2»- Statement bv former President Truman on 25 May 1950. "During the recent meeting in London, the foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France had an opportunity to review the security and armaments situation in the Near East and to consider what action their Governments might take to provide greater stability in the area. As a result of this consultation, a three-power declaration is being issued. This is another of the many valuable results of the London meeting. "The participation of the United States Government in the declaration emphasizes this country's desire to promote the maintenance of peace in the Near East. It is the belief of the United States Government that the declaration will stimulate, in the Arab states and Israel, increased confidence in future security, thus accelerating the progress now being made in the Near East and contributing toward the well-being of the peoples there." (Source: Current History. July, 1950) 3.- Mr. Dulles * Statement of 1 June 1953. The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Fester Dulles, proceeded on 10 May 1953 with Mr. Harold E0 Stassen, the Director for Mutual Security, to the Middle East for a twenty-day fact finding mission. Upon his return, he said in a report to the nation made on 1 June 1953: "Today the Arab peoples are afraid that the United States will back the new state of Israel in aggressive expansion. They are more fearful of Zionism than they are of communism and they fear the United States, lest we become the backer of expansionist Zionism. "And on the other hand, the Israeli fear that ultimately the Arabs may try to push them in the sea. nIn an effort to calm these contradictory fears the United States joined with France and Britain in a declaration of May 25, 1950, which stated that ethe three Governments, should they find that any of these states of the Near East was preparing to violate frontiers or armistice lines, would, consistent with their obligations as members of the United f&tions, immediately take action, both within and outside the United Nations, to prevent such violation*9 That declaration, when it was made in 1950, did not serve to reassure the Arabs. It must be made clear that the present U„S, Administration stands fully behind that declaration. We cannot afford to be distrusted by millions who should be sturdy friends cf freedom. They must not further swell the ranks of the Communist dictators, |
