for aa iadividurrl or for a cotautry. 'Wus, the first ec; tfve

of the llaited States i8, sbply, snwival. The second basic

abjactive of aux foreign policy today i s the extcssion and

-re rra two caapcllimg aptivsr for this demoeratie objectira; ,#

F i r s t , L t hrr bccaac quite rppareat that o dgaocratio mrlA

.&s a safer world for ghe United States. We brva itritatiq

disputes with other demcwnatic crermtries, but the really

arms, critical problem artre w t t h tlra dictatorshipa, 0

puticillarly w i t h the totalitarian dictstorshipr of C

d Fas~im. Sarely the hilltory o f thc pmC t h e decades

ptovides ample evidence of t5ae accuracy of tlris statement. . "-

Therefore, for entirely pr tSe reaa-8 sf self-interest

i t i~ advisrble for the Daitad State8 t o seek tha developmest

of a lrora daamratfc aunrld. The s e e d reason far a9r

demcratic objectives i 8 thrr we believe that a d-cratic

world i s not only a safer world, but a better world. Ia

other werds, the United States Govemnt i s motivated by

a clear and positive democratic ideology.

A t this point it should be eaphsclizad that the ure of

the !"dcntacracyfl hare is not restricted to a narrow

f s d political defiaitim. Democracy iavolvas ilmch w r a

thaa j n ~ t accasional political elactioas, a d the value of

such alectiane, even whea they are haaast, can be very

l a t a d if the great aaes of the people atre poor, explaitad

and i8]~10~aat, .ad without adequate opporhaaity t o improve

their let. True dcrociary labans acmmaic mad racial dtmcmr~cy

as wall as pslitical depocracy. Zt rhmld also be sttc~sed

that ~ d ~ r a c y ~ is rot being wed here as sy~cmyxms w i t h

ricu way of l i fe , or wtth capitalism. We arc aot

tryiag to rule or caatral tha werld. Qor dwSwe accept tErc

old, disereditcd khrxist-teainigt eliclrecr which still ;;d:m~ A interpret the basic Id ~traggle today as aae of capital iar

vs socialism. Tha Uaitad S t a t a s d s not trying to impose a

way of life, o political dictrtsrclhip, or am c c o a d c

blueprint on

bltlapriat on othercouatriss. That i s rtr. avmed historic

z l l l o h af the C istcl .ad Fascists, From the viewpoint of

tha United States, i t i r ly preferable

camC$3r and cwty pcapls t o have an apporfxmity to develop

its e*. way of UP&, ud the actmanic aad e k i a l syrEem of

5 , erfect .nd daageraus worlda.- : 4 7 0

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A qtur mry ago '

fhrabt t o United States survival md t&~rorld dea&racy -.-..

*e ~ada~aaokatrrt ki~. AS a ra=wif, ra 6.wr -

,

ha# aver. existed the hirtory sf tB. human -race, the

dictae~rrbip o f Joseph GPalin. . Aad, with aur help, tha t

Sta l ir irg dictatorship soccaaded i a defeat&= tbe EIazi

invasioa. Today C i s t dietatorship ir unquasticmably IM ,e t m;* ,9- L.,.$ ,%=

the gsaatcst d-er to U.ifed States s~uvivrl aad t o . "*,

of the world 25 y e a r ago, today we are trying t o help prevent

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ist . dictate~hip, This includes - , -

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halpiag t a r prevent the grave illi which s t i l l afflict many '

$& Fa &4& o f the world (politicsf oppression, economic axploitatioa, 1 4.%

race prejadice, etc.) frcm being explotted by the C i e t a , .. -V8*

in such a way as t o justify and achieve the cstabliahapent

of new Cossnnist dictartorshipr . Ttr 6, i s the negative, -

day-to-day policy. But those who

tates policy i s iisitei3 to sterile m i -

The positive aspect of the United States Gooemmaeat's w w s

""plicy consiste of our efforts to hegp the develapsaent o f E:m *

democracy, both at haame and abroad. These efforts make the RF?

Uaited States Oo~e-nt aa 'active oppoaent of the status qaa. Bm

r stat-at is aot mere theory, or Bcmtiffil. wards,

ivorced from reality aad actual practice. It i a relevaat y4i

to point out that a prsfouad social revolution is being

conducted throtz$hmts the United States today in the f i e ld * $ '?

of race relatioar, a rcvolutisa which mix 6 0 v e m n t i a +hw"*+* 4: jg%&fd

hsxpiag t o carry aut successfully, democratically and with

'*I ' relatively little violence.

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' Of coarse the develslpsmnt of dslnocrrcy inside \4he

United States, vary imperfect as it still is, has rot beerr

'sn easy task. And &e Ullifed Stater Gov 1: feces lmch

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caaat:"rl$. libmy o f d i f f icultias uce under

m r l s e k e d , aPd it is j u s t at this poirrt that

a i s d z s t a ~ d i i r g arirer rcgardiag Ehited States 6bj~tivimand

tactics. Therefore, it is useful ts spell out a few of these

d%ff ica3t icss

For olaa thing, it is mive to rastma *at thalllee ia,

rlwaylr a papular mad affective derocratic alternative t o am

all too clearly that often tharc i s so dawcxatic alternative

(from tlrc damcratia left, rigkt Or center) ready md able pB t o rule effectively. And ajtzea mdeaocratic or unpopular

g o v ~ ~ a t s fall, ot ara voted aut sf ptnmz, tkey ara freqoaatly

extremely weaka it is also naive to acls- that

they can be bailt xs a far mare civilized

and sopbirrticated fona of society thaa is d&ctstorship, an '3

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it is nmch simpler aad eaaiar t a dictatorship s 3 %

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4' * J $ i t md mmetfia~ tlat. For example9 OIL occosioa tha United @pa, .Q$- - "@?h-

k: Seatea caa excut tha kind of iaflucu?a or8 persuasicnr vhich

d l 1 stimulate and encourage m~fhar camtry toisplemtsae

Baore democratic policies and t o pursue store de~oczatic

k Xd jectives. Often the can help in the wa establiabment aad cxpaasian of the lcind of educational

Bid aqg ystmq which will praabta tha growth a'f dmmcracy. S m t i r e s

we caa bring fo

which we hepe w i l l increase their contribution to daaocracy

they re am, at the stme that they help rrro to I Fq

uxadeccrtaad better the life of tbeirlpeaple. And very often

we supply other comatries with large amounts of ecaOBPic aid. . *

Ia this canaection, however, aaa point shmld be eaphasized.

The mere fact that thc Uaited States Gove-at extends

e c a n d c assistance t o a eountry does not necesclotily maan

that we endorse all the policies and aeasures of the

gme-nt of that couatry, ar even that we necessarily gJ@pd

7.z4" believe that it is a democratic governmeat. St might be

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*% =poiatad aut that the United States has ptavided cansiderable ?is

e c o a d c assistance to C-ist coatrolled countries, g4gi "2 #

(I We do,aot intend e c a n d c help as an exadorseaeat of statti18 C mp PWB quo QZ @of ~athar, we hapa gtn. aid

cantribute directly or iadirac t l y to the democratic

develqmea,t as we1I as the e c o n d c prdgress of the

recipient camtry. I f the United States extended econcmtc *@At;

, . a id only to those areas of the world i a r which democracy i s * w e l l established and flourishing, we would be helpieg precisely

those areas PmFch need our ass i s t aye least,

It goes without saying that these are ext re~aly

eign policy decisions require not . " * e .

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a l l critic&= of thb mite4 State8 is of tlai~ ~ d d . Oarse & $,; $ .-: "

i s aelicims, ond tiom a d c":$A.l #?$

prejudic& "' But regardle.8 of pohQther it i s well-iratentioaed S b

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