U.S. Satisfied But Not Jubilant

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29235, 20 June 1960, Page 11

U.S. Satisfied But Not Jubilant

(Rec. 10 p.m.) , NEW YORK, June 19. The United States State and Defence Departments greeted with satisfaction but no jubilation, yesterday’s automatic ratification in Japan of the United States-Japanese Security Treaty.

The United States is expected to ratify the treaty this week.

The State Department, in a brief statement, expressed “gratification” and emphasised the “mutual benefits of the treaty.” The Secretary of Defence, Mr ’’’homas Gates, at a military policy meeting at Quantico, Virginia, expressed hope that the treaty would contribute to an alliance “of lasting duration.” - But he predicted a Moscowdirected “period of harrassment” short of war and promised to consider “very carefully” use of the extra defence money voted by the United States Congress. While he doubted that the Soviet Union would push any East-West issue to the point of war in the months just ahead, Mr Gates re-emphasised Communist China’s “unchanged policy of using force to achieve its ends." He predicted that in the next six to eight months, “we will live with a period of more emphasis on cold war, more harrassments from Mr Khrushchev in an atmosphere that should cause us to be very aware, very alert and all that goes with it.” He added: “I would not believe we would live in a period in which he (Mr Khrushchev) would force any major issue.” Mr Gates said he believed Mr Khrushchev’s objective in life” is to destroy United States collective security arrangements, break up the overseas base system, and “push us back to what has been called a fortress America strategy. The United

States must keep forces deployed abroad,” he said. Yesterday’s States Department statement said: “We are naturally gratified. We share Mr Kishi’s gratification and we view this as another demonstration of United States-Japanese friendship.

“The United States has made clear that it firmly believes that the security treaty will be mutually beneficial to both countries.”