C.I.A. HEAD WARNS OF SOVIET'S AIMS

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C.I.A. HEAD WARNS
OF~SOVIET'S AIMS
A. W. Dulles Says New Plan
is to 'Conquer' 3 Nations
C entary Gains
liFa
By C. P. TRUSSELL
Special to The Nesq York Times.
WASHINGTOIC, Sept. 1--So-
viet peace smiles brought a
warning today from Allen W.
Dulles, director of the Central
Intel,'igehce Agency.
Mr. Dulles said free people
should watch and combat a n w
Kremlin strategy of "parlia-
t.ary conquest." The principal
targets, he stated, are Italy,
Prance, and Indonesia. He cited
situatidns indicating important
Soviet gains in these fields.
,p At the same time, Mr. Dulles
CPYRGHT
eplored an apparent free-world publishes the full findings it will' ever again obtaining allies
ndifference to a fact that the call in experts on communism among any non-Communist par-
ussians could attain controls from Europe, the_.Far East and
Africa. The panel is headed by ties. Today, however, the dan-
ven with minority conquests in Representative Francis E. Wal- ger of parliamentary compro-
arliamentary bodies. ter, Democrat of Pennsylvania. mises with the Communists,
"Today 5- * * the danger of Follow Lenin Pattern even in Europe, is not to be
arliamentary compromises with ignored."
he Communists, even in Europe," The findings of the C. I. A. , A e __ __ T4r-
e stated, "is not to be ignored." were made public this afternoon.
Mr. Dulles spoke frankly in an Mr. Dulles had concentrated
nalysis of Soviet cold-war tech- upon the dangers of the Soviet's
iques that surprised many in "parliamentary" approach to
ashington. The C. I. A. Is per- conquest. This approach, he said
aps a most o - Pattern ai own by
zation in the Government. Even Lenin in the Nineteen Twenties.
ongressional investigating c'om- Communist' penetrations into
ittees have not yet pried into free parliaments to date, he held,
is secrets where American se- were far more serious than sta-
CLIFILY IS IJIVUI "U.
However, Mr. Dulles respond-
ed to a request from the House
Un-'4merican Activities Commit-
tee to analyze current Com-
munist tactics. Such a request
had been made to more than 100
other prominent Government of-
ficials, military, leaders, educa-
tors, journalists, labor officials,
business executives and political
scientists. Before the committee
LISLICS WUUICL imply.
In no country, Mr. Dulles
brought out, have Communists
attained a majority in an parlia-
mentary body. This fact, he
contended, has created a com-
plaisance that is highly, dan-
gerous.
"A few years ago," he report-
ed. "I would have thought that
Communist parties in. Europe
would have great difficulty inlare now 143 Communist men-
;hers. ? To these must be added
j ven'Erfve? Nenni fellow-trav-
Icling left-wing Socialists, or a
sistently
q2A
total __of ! 218 who
vote kn&aet yvith a Commu-
nists. Together, in ij last elec
Lions in 1953, their total popular
vote was. 9,500,000, orl'135.6 per
is-rrt of the total. '
"'lne French Chamber of
I)ep'ities presents another situ-
rtio,l which the Kremlin may
be tLudyiing. 't'here are today
i~ou is 150 Communist membe, s
Chamber out of a present
of about 600.
1n [ndonesia, the Communist
received 6,000,000 votes, o
-
).' per cent of the total elector
the elections of Septenx-
ber 1955, and they have a
rcpre,sentation of thirty-nini
Members, or fifteen per cent c
the total of the ,donesian As
;rrnbly."
lite these o :cial ininorit,.
M '0JLal; ii sas;l
t li' I1 `BPa !uv 140t~
Mr. Dulles then reported on
the target spots he cited.
"In Asia," he stated, "this
threat is even greater because
is generally less well un er-
stood. A recent Indonesian Gov-
ernment permitted Communist
influence to reach far into the
Ministry of Defense. More than
n rope a Communist par-
ties have managed in many
countries to acquire a danger.
ous degree of 'respectability'
and of acceptance as just an-
other political party."
In the "target countries," Mr.
Dulles stated, the Soviet pene-
trations had become "serious."
"In the Italian Parliament of
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