A report on their trip to the Middle East and other countries will be made tomorrow morning by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Mutual Security Director Harold Stassen at a special meeting of the National Security Council called by President Eisenhower. Mr. Dulles will also make a report to the nation in a radio address tomorrow evening. Finally, he will report to Congress.
Upon his return from his fact-finding tour this weekend, Secretary Dallas issued a statement emphasizing that “the uneasy armistice and economic warfare between Israel and the Arab states” as well as the problem of the Arab refugees are among the “typical conditions which create fear, bitterness and weakness. ” He said that his trip “laid a new foundation for friendship” between the United States and the countries which he visited.
“That, ” he added, “is because we gave new hope that the United States, while standing firmly against any breach in the ranks of the Western powers, and without in anywise undermining the State of Israel, is determined to find a way toward a broader unity. This would be to the advantage of all concerned. We could then, in desired ways, help the nations of the Near East and South Asia to live together in amity and peace and allay their initial pains. Thus they may move on to a healthy national life which will accept the responsibilities, and add to the strength of the free community.”
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