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Show TRIPARTITE DECLARATION . Page 4. 5.- Mr. Morton's Statement ftf 11 August 1954. In reply to a letter addressed by Representative Celler to Secretary of State Dulles on August 4, 1954, Mr. Thruston B, Morton, Assistant Secretary, said, on 11 October 1954, on behalf of the State Department: "The United States continues to be a firm supporter of the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 and would not hesitate to take action under this declaration, should the necessity arise." (Source: Department of State Bulletin. 30 August 1954.) 6.- Mr. Lodge's Statement before the United Nations Security Council on 29 March 1955. At the 695th meeting of the United Nations Security Council, held on 29 March 1955, Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, re-affirmed the intention of the United States to stand fully behind the Tripartite Declaration. According to the Official Records of the Security Council (U.N. Document S/PV.695, p. 8, para. 32), his words were paraphrased as follows: "Referring to the Declaration of 25 May 1950 by the United States, the United Kingdom and France, he stated that, should those states find that any of the States of the Near East 'was preparing to violate frontiers or armistice lines, (they) would, consistently with (their) obligations as Members of the United Nations, immediately take action, both within and outside the United Nations, to prevent such violation.' The Secretary of State added that it must be made clear to all that the United States stood fully behind that declaration." ?•- President Eisenhower's Statement of 9 November 1955. A statement made by President Eisenhower on 9 November 1955, and issued in a press release from the White House Office at Denver, Colorado, on the same date, asserted: "The policy which we believed would best promote the interests and the security of the peoples of the area was expressed in the Tripartite Declaration of May 25, 1950. This still remains our policy." (Source; Department o£Stajj:e__BuIle1;iii. 21 November 1955.) |
