Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today made known in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Administration is asking $179, 000, 000 in non-military funds for Mutual Security assistance for the Middle East in the new fiscal year. Mr. Dulles did not break down this amount by countries.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey, questioned Mr. Dulles on his attitude toward the recent Bandung conference of Asian and African nations. Mr. Dulles said the United States takes a “sympathetic” attitude and expressed the view that it served a “useful purpose” in allowing Asian people to get together. He said he was not afraid of Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai’s influence on Asiatics. He did not mention Chinese Communist collaboration with the Arab League against Israel at Bandung.
Lebanese Ambassador Charles Malik discussed with Secretary Dulles today the Arab view of subjects which will emerge at the Paris meeting of Foreign Ministers for which the Secretary leaves tomorrow. Mr. Malik said the Paris meeting would take up topics of interest to Lebanon. He said he talked with the Secretary about the Bandung conference, the Far East, and the Middle East. He indicated that he discussed the Turkish-Iraqi pact. Iraqi Charge d’ Affaires Hashim Khalil also met today with the Secretary to present Iraq’s views on questions that are likely to emerge when Mr. Dulles meets in Paris with the British and French Foreign Ministers.
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