White House Press Release

IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 29, 1950 The President today sent the following telegram to President Otilio Ulate of Costa Rica: "I greatly appreciate your telegram of June 28. The support of all free men in these difficult hours is an affirmation of the high purposes of the United Nations and gives encouragement to the cause of justice." Following is the text of the message from President Ulate: "The effective support that Your Excellency has given to the Security Council in its decision relating to the conflict in Korea fosters the conviction and the hope of the free men and free nations of the world and demands recognition from the other democracies of this continent. I take this means to express to you these sentiments in behalf of Costa Rica. The decision of the Security Council besides tending to consolidate peace and safeguard freedom, as is incumbent upon it by virtue of its function, involves other aspects which profoundly interest Costa Ricans. That resolution was not taken for the benefit of great powers which have sufficient force to protect them- selves but was taken to safeguard the territorial integrity of a human group with a right to a peaceful existence which does not have at its disposal the indispensable material means for defending itself against aggression but which does have a legitimate government, the product of a free suffrage and therefore a real expression of the popular will, according to the investigation that was carried out by the Security Council itself. Costa Rica, which invariably defends the democratic principles of its life and jealously guards its institutions, which in the international field adheres to the principles of juridical equality of states and which in its internal life shows itself at all times disposed to make effective freedom of suffrage as one of the fundamentals of democracy and as one of the sources of liberty, must view with approval the attitude of the Security Council in protecting those same principles against an unutterable totalitarian aggression and likewise views with approval the moral and material backing that the United "tates through the lofty conduct of Your Excellency gives this attitude. Please accept the congratula tions which I express in the name of the government and the people of Costa Rica. "With highest consideration for Your Excellency. " ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (SERVICE" The President sent the following message to President Rafael L. Trujillo Milina of the Dominican Republic: "I wish to thank Your Excellency for your expression of solidarity in connection with the action taken by the Government of the United States in conformity with the decision of the Security Council of the United Nations concerning the unprovoked attack on the Republic of Korea. With energetic action I know the forces devoted to maintenance of peace and freedom in the world will be successful. The text of the message from President Trujillo Milina follows: "In acknowledgment of the presidential declarations made known at twelve noon today, I have the honor to express to Your Excellency that my Government is entirely in accord (identified) with the determined attitude taken by Your Excellency's Government, in de- ciding to back with the power of United States arms, which are arms of liberty, the decision of the Security Council of the United Nations, unrespected by the Communist Government of North Korea. The proposal of world domination by Communism can only be frustrated when the democracies take decisions bold and energetic as those which in these moments Your Excellency!s Government has taken. The sincerity of these words is confirmed by the firm conduct with which for a long time I have been adopting and proclaiming in my country to defend it from the aggressive action of communism. I take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration."