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Marines, Fleet
Shifted in East
Washington in Security Clampdown
As 7th Fleet Heads for Indochina
BANGKOK, Thailand (/P)—U. S. Marines and units of the
7th Fleet were on the move in the Far East yesterday, raising
the belief they are on alert in event of an East-West show
down over Laos.
Military strategists of the anti-Communist Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization held a
secret six-hour conference and
reportedly heard U.S. Adm. Haf
ry D. Felt once again urge them
to "get tough."
Washington imposed one of the
strictest security clai_pdowns on
military movements since the. K
orean War but it was obvious
something was up.
The aircraft carrier Midway
and two destroyers steamed out
of Hong Kong 'with a few hours'
notice just after dawn. Other 7th
Fleet units in the South China Sea
with 1,400 Marines aboard
were reported moving toward thC
Indochina coast. •
Two thousand Marines taking
part in a movie being filmed in
Tokyo were suddenly shipped
out, leaving the film company
without troops for a big com
bat scene.
There was no official word on
the destination of the Marines,
who arc based •on Okinawa, and
officials said only that their de
parture was a "routine operation
al readiness test to see how fast
they could get from one location
to anoth • nn short notice."
A responsible source at the
SEATO meeting said a U.S. Ma
rine maintenance unit of 100-
150 men is being sent to Udorn.
Thailand, 50 miles south of the
T an administrative capital
of Vientiane, to service helicop
ters supplying the royal army.
There were reports the pro-
Communist Pathet Lao offensive
in central Laos continued to B,,in
ground even though the govern
ment commander, Gen. Phoumi
Nosavan, publicly assured King
Saving Vathana the royal army
"uncontestably now is the master
of the situation."
Thailand's defense minister,
Gen. Thanom Kittikachorn, said
he learned the rebels captured the
government stronghold of Muong
Kassy and attacked north toward
the royal capital of Luang Pra
bang.
Me rebels, carrying Soviet
arms under the guidance of
Communist "advisers," have
cut Laos nearly in half.
The defense minister said as
many as 14 Communist North
Vietnamese battalions are in reb
el-held areas of Laos. He did not
reveal the source of this informa
tion or siiy how many men 14 bat
talions represented.
How far the United States goes,
In matching the Communist build-'
up appeared to hinge on Soviet
Premier Khrushchev's reaction toy
an urgent appeal for an imme-,
diate cease-fire.
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Soviet Warned
By Kennedy
About Attacks
WASHINGTON (A')—Presi
dent Kennedy warned the So
viet Union last night against
continuing the crisis in Laos.
His tones were moderate but,
as U.S. warships left port, his
message was firm and clear.
In a statement at his news con
ference, the President said if So
viet-supported attacks do not stop,
"those who support a truly neu
tral Laos will have to consider
their response."
Kennedy never detailed exact
ly what that response would
be. But as he spoke, Secretary
of State Dean Rusk was pre
paring to leave Washington for
a conference of the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Some foreign diplomats said
that if the U.S.S.R. rejects a Brit
ish proposal for a cease-fire in
the Asian kingdom, Rusk would
ask SEATO to honor a provision
of its treaty and support Laos.
Despite questions from news
men, Kennedy would not com
ment on reports of U.S. Navy
warships leaving ports in the Pa
cific and heading toward the
crisis -stricken area.
"I think that my statement is
clear and represents the views I
wish to express at the present
time," Kennedy said when asked
about the naval movements.
Thus, while affirming the U.S.
commitment to a neutral Laos.
Kennedy did not proclaim any
threat of American force. No
one doubted, however, that the
potential was there.
This seemed to be an example
of Kennedy's attempt to model his
own foreign policy on the policy
of President Theodore Roosevelt:
"Speak softly but carry a big
stick."
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U.S., Britain
Set Peaceful
Power Plan
Soviet Shows Apathy
When Asked to Join
In Nuclear Explosions
GENEVA (AP) The United
States and Britain asked the
Soviet Union yesterday to join
them in a program of peaceful
nuclear explosions designed to
give the world more safe har
bors and make deserts bloom.
The Soviet delegate took a dim
view of the idea.
The proposal was advanced by
the American delegate, Arthur H.
Dean, at a 17-minute meeting of
the nuclear weapons test suspen
sion conference.
Dean declared nuclear power
deployed for peaceful uses would
provided great benefit 2 for all
mankind not just for the three
atomic powers.
He suggested that the world's
newly emerging nations in Asia
and Africa were being penalized
by failure to get such projects
started.
"This program represents a
New Frontier in applying basic
science which our scientists are
eager to explore," Dean de
clared.
For the second day, the So
viet delegate, Semyon K. Ta
sarapkin, kept mum in the con
ference. Talking to newsmen
after the meeting adjourned, he
expressed doubt about the
whole concept of peaceful ex
plosions.
Presumably he is awaiting de
tailed instructions from Moscow
before reacting officially to the
new Western drive to get a nu-
I clear test suspension treaty com
, pleted.
Under the American - British
plan such a pact would prohibit
the testing of atomic and hydro
gen devices for military develop
ment purposes. But it would al
low safeguarded nuclear explo
sions for scientific research and
to carry out great engineering
projects.
Polaris Fired
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (.P)
—The nuclear submarine Theo
dore Roosevelt successfully
launched a Polaris missile from
beneath the Atlantic yesterday,
nearly three hours after another
rocket was destroyed following
an underwater firing.
The Navy announced the sec
ond missile achieved all test ob
jectives in striking a target more
than 1250 miles away.
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Stevenson Advocates
African Aid Initiative
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (4))—Adlai E. Stevenson yes
terday called on the new African nations to seize the initiative
in developing a broad aid program "by, of, and for Africa."
He said it should be divorced from the cold war, and pledged
support of the Kennedy admi
But the chief U.S. delegate
clashed immediately with Jaja
Wachuku, Nigerian economics
minister, who demanded concrete
'proposals "that are not intended
to hoodwink anybody, that are not
intended to mesmerize us."
Wachuku said he was disap
pointed because Stevenson failed
to say just how many dollars the
United States is willing to put up.
The two spoke
the U.N. Gen
al Assembly's
'olitical Com
littee, vt here
!bate opened on
help - to - Af
a plan origin-
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le United Ra
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•esident Eisen
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Obviously net
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Stevenson said the Nigerian was
suggesting that "Africans demand
an American proposal for Afri
ca."
The U.S. delegate said he wouldi
brush aside reference to tricks,'
mesmerizing and disappointment.'
He declared that African nations
with whom' the United States has
been consulting had accepted his
request for showing initiative in
developing an aid program.
"We sincerely desire to be
associated with it, and, if they
so desire, would be prepared to
extend assistance in the formu
lation of such plans and pro
grams," he asserted.
Wachuku spake after Steven-
Hson, who then took the floor to
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nistration to it.
comment on the Nigerian's state
ment. Wachuku told a reporter
he felt Stevenson's later comment
amounted to assurance that "the
United States means busines and
that's all we wanted to know."
Stevenson made clear it was
not his purpose at this stage
to advance a detailed, rigid pro
gram. He said it was for the
Africans themselves to deter
mine its content.
"It is also our hope," he added,
"that the various African nations,
individually and jointly, will
want to assume the responsibil
ity for developing a long-range
program for their continent so
that it will be clear to all of the
world that it is by, of, and for
Africa.
"Only the Africans can develop
Africa, in the last analysis."
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