FOLLOWING IS STATEMENT ISSUED TO PRESS BY CERTAIN DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS US DELEGATION NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS CONFERENCE PARIS AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 15.

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00357R000300050002-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 15, 1957
• Content Type: TRANS

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FOLLOWING IS STATEMENT ISSUED TO PRESS BY CERTAIN DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS US DELEGATION NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS CONFERENCE
PARI5 AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 15 ,.
QUOTE FROMk MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DELEGATION
WE CAME TO THIS CONFERENCE GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY THE STATEMENT
OF THE PRESIDENT CONTAINED IN A TELEGRAM SENT TO THE US DELEGA-
TION~ IN THIS TELEGRAM HE STRESSED HIS DEEP DEVOTION TO THE
CAUSE OF THE NATO ALLIANCE AND HIS OWN CLOSE TIES WITH THE NATO
ORGANJZ,~TION~ WE AGREED WITH THE FURTHER STATEMENT OF THE
PRESIDENT 91f1-1AT CONDITIONS !N THE WORLD HAVE COMBINED TO MAKE
THE POTENTfAL OF" NATO MORE ESSENTIAL TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE TO
MAINTAIN WORLD PEACE AND STABILITY;,~P
BUTTRESSING THE WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT WAS A LETTER FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE
DELEGATION, MRS DULI_ES POINTED UUT THE CONTINUED IMPORTANCE WHICH
THE US GOVERNMENT ATTACHED TO THE HEALTH AND STRENGTH OF THE
NATO ALLIANCE
WE HOPED TFIAT BY OUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONFERENCE WE MIGHT
FUR"l-HER THE OBJECTIVES STATED BY THE PRESIDENT AND MRS DULLES,
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WAS GIVEN A RUDE SHOCK BY
THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN ARMS WERE
BEING DELIVERED TO TUNISIA, THIS DELIVERY OF ARM5 TO TUNISIA
CONSTITUTES A DANGER TO THE UNITY OF NATO AND WHATEVER POSSIBLE
GAIN MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISI-IED IS MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE LOSS OF
CONFIDENCE; BY THE FCARS AND SUSPICIONS WHICH -T HAS CREATED IN
THE MINDS OF MEMBERS OF NATO
IF THE DELIVERY OF 500 RIFLES TO TUNISIA WAS VITAL TO THE
UNLESS "UNCLASSIFIED"
UNCLASS i F I ED REPRODUCTION.-FROM THIS
- COPY IS PROHIBITED.
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UNCLASSIFIED
POLTO CIRCULAR 1~~ NOV~!~BER X59 FROM PARIS
SUCCESS OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY THEN CERTAINLY THE ACTION COULD HAVE
BEEN TIMED MORE APPROPRIATELY"
(SIGNED) THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN
WAYNE LW HAYS (OHIO)
ARMISTEAD i? SELDEN (AL.A~)
FRANK E? SMITH (MISS)
JAMES C,., HEALEY (NY)
EUGENE J,y MCCARTHY (MINN) UNQUOTE
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