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. Rntered ai Second Claaa Matter at the Poat Office of
La Grande, Oregon Under the Act of March 8. 181V
le East Development
.vThe, conviction appears, to be growing that any viable
political settlement in- the Middle East must belied in
with or even rest upon a broad regional develop
ment program there. U. S. dipom'ats., casting about
foil-a positive approach in the forthcoming, show-dpwn
with Soviet Kussia, are said to be studying such a plan,
though. Secretary of State Dulles has shown no great
enthusiasm for. the idea in the past. . ": ...
,.i"oi-,the basic , idea.,is not new. It keeps reappearing
from year to year in a variety of,,guiaesy Kormer .Iresi.
dent, Truman, has, long championed the. idea of area der
.velopmont for the Middle East. In, a. syndicated article
of Feb. 14, 1957,- for example, he wrote:, .. .
We must realize we cannot-achieve a durable peace
in the, Middle Kasy until we,caa bring- together ..into
close economic cooperation nil the nations of. that
area,; ,We, cannot ,be too soon .in tackling this problem.
AU thq, nations of the Middle East, Jiave, common wa
ter resources in the Euphrates, the .Jordan,, and. the
Nile.;. If these water resources , are fully develppTiJ,..a
'flourishing civilization such as existed in. ancient
days will, rise, again. , , ' , .,..,.,'., ( j
,As.,long ago. as, Decern tier -1951) the United -iener'al
Assembly voted $30 million to finance a reintegration
pvogrrm for Palestinian Arab refugees to , be adminis
tered by the .U.N. Belief and Works Agency. The two
most ambitious projects called for irrigating tfte north
western part-of the Sinai Peninsula , with, Nila River
witter piped from the Suez Canal and developing the
whoje Jordan. River system. , , , ; ... ?..'.
. ; The Sinai plan was shelved in 1956 when President
.Gamnl Abdel Nasser of Egypt decided that Nile, waters
could ,not ,be spared , uptilt, the Aswan High. Dam,, had
been: -built, ,'fo. promote ..the. Jordan, project,, Eric ,A
Johnstoiii -acting as a special presidential envoys made
several trips to the Middle East in the years 195S-i,955.
It foundered over the impossibility of-bringing Jordan,
Israel, and Syria together to agree. on -riparian rights-,.-,.
Thcn there , is the ''Italian Middle-Eastern .doctrine"
proposed by former. Foreign -Minister Giuseppe Pella.
when- hc, visited. Washington last December. The Itali
ans envisage 'a new. Middle : Eastern development fund
established, by the United States and Western Europ
ean countries, . with' the United States, contributing
the repayments. on -its Marshall, Plan loans.. . The -new
Premier," Amintore Fanfani, is reported to have brought
up the Pella plan again on his recent visit to this
country? v . . - ' .,; ,-x
The MiddlerEast ot'-course is divided, between "have"
and "have-not" nations, and what the "haves''' have
is oil.- Emile fv(. Bustani, a, member-of the Lebanese
iParliment, tmd an. oil pipeline builder last Oct., 22 pro
posed, the easing of tensions, by ,niaking,.funds, from oil
profits available to .countries that do not produce oil.
A. close friend of, Nasser, Bustani. reported that Egypt
was willing .to. have an oil pipeline built from one end
tof the Suez Canal to. the other. .. .. ' ' 'i -.
J ; Dr.' Alt- Amini, Iranian .Ambassador to' the ' United
iStates, jnftde a similar, proposal last Jan.; 31. Iran, un
Jlike -.Lebanon,., is. -an oil-have nation. Over-all Middle
'Eastern oil. .income flows in at the rate of about $1
'billion a year. ... .
Now Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R N.Y.) is propotjing
Jtlmt, the United States push a ".suitably- adapted and
adequately -financed regional .development plan" along
Marshall I. Plan lines for .the. Middle East. And , on the
Jollier side-of the aisle,. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D
Minn.) asks that we "take the initiative, in the. U.N.
Jjn -proposing a Middle East development Agency, as m
mdministering body for the mutual pooling of capital
land technical aid in the region."
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LONDON v VPl"r.,: SEATO.'ithc
Southeast Asia , Treaty . rganiza-i
tiori, has been .confronted wilh a
severe, challenge that j mayi seri
ously .hamper its-ireedom of ac
tion; against. Communist subver
sion, in. the treaty area. w,:i.
The cliallenge has -come from
SEATO's vseeretary , genoral. Nai
Pole - Sarasin, who declared' sub
versive activities the- responsibility
of , a momber country's own na-i
tional forces, ir-r .n-v .: f,.i ;.,iv... I
. Sarasin.-i-a ': formen;; provisional
prime minister of . Thailand who is
on ;aniofficlal-.-,vislt".-.of! Australia,
was reported from Canberra today
to have .termed political coups a
domestic- affair? ttof. the- country
in which- they; occur; jwhiEh:ould
not involve- other s members. r,-..a
ft- appears? this .interpretation
would limit SEATO's- right of in
tervention! .fori. jnatancu(...in.. the
ovent of a Communist-engineered
or iv backed coup .in a member
country, ,. .v, ' , ,
The issue has been spotlighted
by .the recent Baghdad coup : which
confronted the .Baghdad Pact na
tions with the cruciat question of
whether or -not- to intervene in
Iraq- when - a- rebel - regime over
threw the Fqisal government.
Tho, Baghdad nutions came to
the - conclusion at la meeting in
iondon a fortnight 'ago against in
tervention because the rebel re
gime, was considorcd to have the
support of the people of Iraq and
because it was held to be in full
control of ..the country. Also it at
once pledged itself to honor exist
ing international -commitments.
Sarasin now - reportedly holds
the view that a political coup in
SEATO. member ' country, in
principlo, would not Involve other
members; ; ..' .
Other-member nations could not
tako. action . . unless N the - were
nsked by. the . threatened govern
ment. Even then,, they would not
be obliged to go to its aid under
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TULSA, OMa. ..UPI - A per
colator lid disappeared in a Tulsa
department -store Wednesday and
store officials nlorted police.
A full search of the large store
us planned, but just before po-
ico were ready to start the inch-
- inch . hunt they . arrested
Charles Westi 18, -on employe-of
the store, and charged him with
taking the lid.
West confessed.; ,. '
Store ' officials whisked Hie lid
away from him and put it in a
atilt for 'safekeeping.
Today.tho lid. vm back on its
percolator, on display in the
store. !-- '- -'
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lid? : , : ' " ., .
It's valued ( at ; $30,000 and is
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and diamonds. - (
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Int. .
the treatyi arrangements, he stat
ed,, according to the reports today.
. Some., observers .argued that if,
for. example, . a Communist coup
should remove the ruling regime
in a SEATO country by- a light
ning stroke, the "threatened gov
ernment" would no longer have a
chance to invoke SEATO assist
ance. -., -..(There1
would be, in this interpre
tation no room for SEATO. inter
vention, even if the ousted regime
could have invoked it.
- These views have been received
with' considerable interest in gov
ernment quarters. . ..i
;) Britain appears to agree with
tho, broad outlines of this interpre
tation, of SEATO's Thai secretary
general.' ...
A Foreign, Office spokesman let
it be; understood that he had "no
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But views within the treaty or
ganization were expected to be di
vided. ..
Some of the Western SEATO na
tions were expected to accept the
interpretation only with considera
ble reservations. '
The text of the treaty itself is
hazy on this point, . according to
expert opinion. '
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Military Aspects Of Crisis Rented
By KiNGSBURY SMITH .
United Press International.
LONDON I UPI I , Reliable
sources disclosed today that , ii
Russia had precipitated a major
war with the West over the re
cent Middle East crisis, t h e
American and British strategit
air forces would have attempted
to wipe out 20 Russian cities with
one massive retaliation nuclear
attack.
Those 20 Russian cities, in
cluding Moscow and Leningrad,
are the primary targets for the
U.; S. and; British . H-bombers in
the event- the Soviets should .re
sort to war against the Western
Allied powers, ,,, : :
Now that the United States and
Britain have . relaxed, their, war
possible alerts and t Moscow has
announced ttie end of the Russian
army maneuvers on the Turkish
frontier, the danger of -a world
war developing over - the- Middle
East, situation isi considered in
diplomatic and military circles to
have, passed. ..-, .. -.. i:
However, it is now apparent
thaUone of the greatest, calculated
risks of-the cold war was involved
in the-American and British mili
tary intervention. in the; Lebanon.
That risk was based- on the
assumption of. Anglo..- American
diplomacy that Russia would not
precipitate a. nuclear. war with
the West; over the. Middle East.
Nevertheless, those responsible
for: the defense of ' thsv" United
Stales- and 'Great Britain could
not be sure how . Russia -would
react- They had ' to be prepared
for any eventuality 'in those first
few day.1. after the American Ma
rines landed' in the Lebanon and
British' paratroopers were flown
to Jordan.
That was the reason why the
American and British air. and
naval forces were placed on a
war-possible alert basis. It was
why the Anglo - American H
bombers were poised' to put into
instant effect the Strategic Air
Command plan that calls for nu
clear destruction of Russia's main
cities if the rulers of the Kremlin
should order any "Pearl Har
bor" - type sneak attack on the
West.
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simultaneous nuclear attack j 20
Russian cities is known in Anglo
American military circles as 4he
"great detqrrent." i -
It is on Soviet knowledge of the
existence of this plan that Ameri
can and British military men
base their hopes that Russia will
not risk war with the West. The
more aware the Soviet leaders
are of what would happen if-they
did precipitate war with the West,
the : better , some of the -Allied
military men think will be tho
chances for peace.,, . . - "' n
" Moscow's announcement " that
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the Soviet army ihuhcuvuis on
the Turkish frontier had ended
was interpreted in Britain as the
Kremlin's way of saying that it
considered the, Middle East crisis
ended. 1
T h e Manchester Guardian's
Russian expert, Victor Zorza.
wrote that' the announcement
must "be intended to convey that
the Kremlin 'is ho longer anxious
if , it ever Was about the im
mediate danger to general peace
and its own security." ,- -..
. iA I lied- military, . intelligence
sources . wore 1 inclined to- ,agree
that.- Russia: never was worried
about its own security : in the
recent Middle East, crisis., and
never did havo any intention .of
intervening. Moscow s original an--nouncemet
a ll out the Soviet
T..i.;nu.
army, -maneuvL-rs i ti mc. iumian
frontier, was regarded as a propaganda-move:
to frighten -the
United States and. Britain- away
from allowing King Hussein of
Jordan . to move into Iraq to re
store a pro Western, regime
there. There is now. some doubt
as to. whether there i were - any
unusual Soviet military maneu
vers. .-'Ml .'-!' "'" 'vt' ' '
.. Of considerable interest' to. dip
lomatic observers in .London: to
day was the theory advanced in
one British paper that Communist
China- may try to plunge Russia
into -war with- the United Slates
inthe hope both: countries would
destroy - one another -and "leave
China tho dominant power. f the
ivnrM. That was. what Stalin . sus
pected, the British of wanting, to
do with respect to Germany and
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