Dulles Leaves Geneva (1954)

Geneva, Switzerland. Documentation on file. MS. John Foster Dulles Republican Secretary of State speaking into microphone (nat. snd.) “I was happy to be able to be here during the first days of the Conference; In my place General Bedell-Smith, United States Under Secretary of State will carry on as head of the United States Delegation General Smith’s experience on both military and diplomatic affairs enables him to deal with authority with the type of questions which will come before the Geneva Conference. I believe that the Korean phase of the conference has made a good start, it could lead to formulating the decisive issues. It is my is my hope and expectation that the Indo-China phase of the Conference was perfectly organized. I hope that it may lead to peace which will be compatible with the independence and freedom of the peoples of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. In my opinion, the South-East Asian areas of which Indo-China is, part is an area where the princi