' NO REASON' TO FEAR ANY NATION SEEN GENERAL BELIEVES THIS COUNTRY HAS STRENGTH TO DETER ATTACK

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BAI-:TIMOR,E SUN
N0 REASON'.
10 FEAR ANY
NATION SEEN
General Believes This
Country Has Strength
To Deter Attache
sly RODNEY CROWTra6R?
ttt?n ,,ngton Bureau of The Sunl
W:,? hington, Feb. 9 - Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, chairman, of
thwa Joint Chiefs of Staff, today
19x,k ;trong issue with those raW-
tar% men and other citizens who
1?ave been loudly Insisting that
the United States Is growing
weaker as Russia grows strangerr.
lk told the combined Senate
T'rc tiredness and Space coc'aanlt-
ter that it is his "personal view"
that this nation has, the strength
to deter a Russian attack now
and it, the "foreseeable future."
I just do n . believe that any
nation possesses today or in th^
foreseeable future the capability
to attack us or destroy is with-
out suffering .unacceptable dais}
ogd to themselves," he said.
"No Reason To Year"
"We . have no reason to, fear
any nation. I son not. afraid of
Russia."
Later the General told thee?com-
m-ttee that he doesn't, be"
Russia, Is preparing "to jump on
us."
As to whether the 1961 budget
is based on a proper.lnterpreta?
tian of this country's bttellfgetce
with respect to Russla''and her
existing missile 'strength, Twin
ing said he believes It is soundly
based.
But Senator Symington (D.,
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parative sfrengths two a-l1 He said pr"s?.:nth 6,antl~ers kill;.,,
and on launching sites. half dozen years at which Ume ~aehk replied.
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"L?believe in our national in.
the B-;o. would be very import Later Senator Dirkin { R Ill. ?.
telligence. estimates." Twining ,ant. He said the Joint Chiefs the GOP Senate leader, also ,aid
told the committee. He said he is were divided over- the necessItV he is "pretty disturbed" over pub-,
briefed 'on them daily "and not fdr the supersonic plans. lication of Russia's missile figuresl
just ogee a year; it is a continu- 2. Disagreed with the recom- which were given in secret ses?
ors process " '.meudation of Gen. Thoitleis S. sion by, Dulles. ff
Symington asked . Twining Power, , commander of the Stra Dirkssu acted a Washington;.
whether the Joint Chiefs did not tegic Air Command, that a full- -~ntweman who wrote in his col-1i
know at the timi Dulles testified, time air alert be launched by a unit -Friday that "the hard-11
January' 29. the comparative fig- :?$AC bombers as quickly as pos. ;.diiturbi%tracts and figures in the
1 testimony of the director, of the
urea of Russian long-range mis- h,
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sties' and United States long Twining favors developing the . ~, - ' r . ?. ; ... ?, _
range missiles for last year 4nd capability for-an air alert on a ntral' Intelligence Agencv, Al-
?this year. moments notice but not ;tor a 24- en W. Dulles, before-tie Scnatq
The chairman of the Joint ?bour.blart year in and year Out, pace Committee, can now be rQ;
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tee the impresgion that certain the three already -'provided for The question of leaking, informa-
,intelligence information had not in the i9oi budget. tion, meanwnile, had engaged the
been given to the defense es- 4. Disagreed with Gen. Lymark attention of the. Space and Pre-
tahRisfsaosnt. L. Lemnitser that the airlift "ia' a paredness Committee member.-.
Closed g ko one of the weakest links In the Who said they too, were worried
-We ean't straightest it out natieR's defense chain." " : about secret information getting
here," be insisted and the com- Its not as good as we would out.
mittee.lateir went IMo closed sm- like. u to be, but I would not
aim to try to findiout,wbeU,er call-It a weak link. There are ? Symington said he had tao:
?~.. t...e. is #haj Rat e1i has less no weak links," tltivwng said.. n given out the information and toe
11 than r nti S. Dbagreed emphatically and "'seen. four separate lists - all sr
than ass erigitasiiq tbMtd t A el with the criticisms and
w Y derstatittg the Russian, canac?tt%
whether propounded by the for and our oyv..I am sorry figutcN
whether* 0* dap. botwesat the ? mar-'. y Cold of 13W; Gene
e became public."
try iitnd ttuasiet has been] rear ittatrtetell D. Tallot (rit.) =hav
X7,4 Se be Bush said that 'too,
rowed. said be had great respect for much critical information is t,c .
Late In the day It ;was an Taylor as a fine soldier but "f 1-
d` dotted An real mserIt in his Peo? "'.1119 disclosed to our enemies.
nounced that the committe
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defet?red'festimony by T comas S.? " ,:,'and he asked General Twining
Gates,' Jr., Secretary' ef'Ikfettsc lDta'Mlg the ~ - bdw~O San-'' . ..and
his?views, on the matter,
pending further .test1m ony by, t g9~4 ~ Tv-Lming as to ,fA-Iwey^s -Seem To fat Out"
~lft' - e estinates V=~[ - "it Is' extremely difficult to'
The tiecisiOn was made after {Alan micg(te the
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GEneral Twining tesmtitle4 In closed pubucatn MOWOM e U cum'
nliitee. Sestatom' Z;erltattEfatII (Mass.) -tee general` replied.. ' "The puc
se!>isiod dsm intelligence estimm-attes. 'and Selsator Bash tConn.I ; . needs and Is entitled to certain
According.to Chairman Johnson. stmt dee~k)rsil Wes frequency information. Ile then said tb.f:
tD., ,Texas), the determent was ,wise iAfoivesattion it is not only things told to Con-
has at the a+egtiest o[ trniswrity 4,4ress that leak.
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"k was felt," Johgson'e ? office leader, said, aftes' GOP leader;
;said in a short statement, ' that, bad met with the Preiddent in
'eonfudon arising from Dultes's" the ?Wlmltt ;that sokte lent.
T recent = testimony and today's j: 3 oerti*te al . baiindldates
teatlmoay by.. General Twining swtt ",lore " - mIkIn
:should be elaHfked before SeCre-~ basdltss'thtta nos d ray.-
taryGates': appearance. , J4 said. be; fin t %b* they
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Gates ; had beets tentatively could
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the
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scheduled to testify tomorrow. peotple ,that.;W VJnita4 States is
During his appearance, before a
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Mo.). holding In his bands al .the senators today, the chairman ` ? Nausea _eatt__
piece of paper on which he said of the Joint Chiefs: Ral sek watt asked.wbetler he
were written intelligence esti- i I. Disagreed with the Adman- 'was referring to Senators John-
in:rtes provided the committee in ,istraton decision to postpone der icon ID., Texa") and
secret session by Allen W. Dulles, of the IPA a both named as tial
head of the Central Intelligence -~1 tins and. both+iyeteitA tl~lics of
percale are .telling a different t?to,.y. about Russia's strength froml.
that told by Dulles.
tlte'world, things always seem, to
get out,'4fs said. "`'
.that have not leaked out yet." he
told the committee and everybody-.
WhWhile-the senators were ,inter:
States 'military ,strength, the
' ' H o u s e 'Housie Spatz Committee heard
`o Vlce Adm. John T. Hayward. the
;',development, describe as '-di,-
-any attempts to "dm+ n-
menus ?
He' denied. 'that there is an.
"mi tie mess," but he adnuzte,'
that funds for, his special at-
tivities had been cut in the :iin:
budget from $1,359,000.000
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