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Just back from SEATO. Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to Palm Beach to discuss the Soviet note with President Kennedy. "The Soviet note contains certain observations with which we cannot agree.'' said Kennedy dryly. But. he added, it "offers hope that a way can be found to establish a neutral and independent Laos through negotiations. The first need is to bring the present fighting in Laos...
Compromise Communiqué. The U.S. opened its diplomatic drive on the SEATO front when Secretary of State Rusk touched down in the steaming heat of Bangkok for a conference of member foreign ministers. Rusk was determined to get SEATO to declare that, if the Soviets did not respond favorably by midweek to the Anglo-U.S. truce offer, then SEATO "will take military measures to check further aggression." SEATO's Asian members-the Thais, Pakistanis and Filipinos, who live in the shadow of Communism-strongly endorsed such a stand. But Rusk learned on his very first night in Bangkok...
Rusk argued publicly and privately for a firm and unified free-world stand, finally agreed to a cautiously worded communique that left room for maneuver. It declared that SEATO member states "are prepared to take whatever action may be appropriate." "It contains all that is necessary," said Rusk later. "One of the purposes of foreign policy is not to produce drama but to work hard at problems and solve them." This sort of approach had the support of Britain, and U.S. diplomats felt that they had at least won France's implicit pledge not to veto...
...called on India's Nehru, and while in New Delhi, had a long talk with roving U.S. Ambassador Averell Harriman, who said later: "He thinks he is the man of the hour." Souvanna may be right. Last week British Foreign Secretary Lord Home rushed back from the SEATO meeting in Bangkok to have dinner with him in London. In Paris, Souvanna conferred with De Gaulle and awaited a call to Moscow-even as Khrushchev was grumpily wondering aloud to U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson why "Souvanna doesn't go home where he can do some good," a thought that...
...famed for their ability to speak at great length without saying anything at all.* In sharp departure from this cherished British diplomatic tradition. Lord Home, 57, is addicted to clear and candid statements that sometimes border on indiscretion. Last week, just before flying off to Bangkok for the critical SEATO meeting on Laos, Lord Home confided to a Tory meeting some of his thoughts on British foreign policy. Items...