U THANT BACKS FULBRIGHT BID TO THINK ANEW

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920127-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 127
• Publication Date: April 22, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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NE Y YORK
DA LY NEWS
APR 2 2 1964
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UN Secretary General U Thapti
said yesterday that he was in 1
agreement with Sen. J. William
?By PETER WALLENRf;RG
Of THJ NEWS UN Bureau
Americans, Russians and Chi-
nese."
'"A thorough- reappraisal of
our attitudes towards war and
peace is imperative," Thant told
V UN press conference. Although
lie called the Arkansas Demo- ,
crat's appeal "a very wise dic-
um, Thant said that his agree-.',
went with the basic philosophy
't; e h i n d Fulbright's approach,
"does not necessarily mean that
I am in full agreement with all
his observations and conclusions
on specific issues."
Will Meet With de Gaulle
Thant will travel to Paris next }
?tveek to attend a meeting of UN
?: agency heads. While there, lie will
meet with President de Gaulle.
Thant also said that he was
hopeful of achieving a peaceful
solution of the Cyprus problem.
His request to Greece and Turkey
to place their Cyprus units under
UN command has been granted.!
by Greece, but no, reply has yet''
been received from Turkey.
Thant said that talks among:
the big powers on the UN's finan-
cial plight were still being held.
Out of Congo By July
As for the Congo, he said that
the UN force there will be com-
j-letely withdrawn by June 30.
Ile regretted that few contribu-
`-tinns had come in to finance tech
nical assistance to the Congo
after'that time.
Thant hailed U.S. and Soviet
'moves to cut production of fis-
j sionable materials and he hoped
this would lead to further agree-
;cents "that will cut: off the pro-,:
diuction of atomic weapons ,them-
selves."-
Fulbright's-
basic plea to
start t h inking
about "unthink-
able thoughts."
But Thant ex-
tended Ful-
bright's theme,
saying i t.
"should be the
guiding princi-
ple for all of 1
t:: .. ! Americans, but
U also Asians, Af-
Thant ricans, Latin
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