Evening star., 1945-06-13
Quoted Soviet Stand
On Veto Right Called
Fiction by Gromyko

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13-Am-
bassador Andrei Gromyko, chairman
of the Russian delegation, yesterday
labeled as fiction a United Press
report quoted by Assistant Secretary
of State MacLeish in a broadcast
Saturday which purported to express
the attitude of the Soviet delegation
toward the United Nations Con-
ference
The Gromyko statement was is
sued through the press secretariat
of the conference. He said the
delegation cannot be responsible"
for the report distributed by the
United Press.
In his broadcast, Mr.. MacLeish
said Big Five differences over inter-
preting their veto power in a world
organization had been resolved by
the initiative of Secretary of State
Stettinius and the open -mindedness
and sincerity of the Soviet govern
ment." He added:
The character of the whole Incl
dent was put very we'll by
spokesman for the Soviet delega-
ton, who gave the United Press
statement Thursday evening which
deserves more attention than it has
received.
Beginning with the declaration
that it is time the world should
realize that the Soviet Union wishes
this conference to be a success,
the Soviet spokesman continued
with refreshing and reassuring
frankness in these words: Our pol
icy has never been inflexible; we
know this to be favorite opinion,
but it is completely without foun-
datlon. If point is proved to us,
with which We disagree, and we see
and feel that it is based upon good
will and justified desires, we agree
to it. Exactly this has happened
now. You have convinced us and
we agreed. We shall find solutions
to all the remaining problems in the
same spirit of good will and mutual
understanding
And the statement ended with a
sound good sense that leaves the
weeks emotion looking a little thin
and foolish. Pointing out that it is
better to air differences when they
exist than to suppress them, the
Soviet spokesman went on: We
have often been accused of delay
ing this conference But, he asked,
is conference really being delayed
when time is taken to discuss and
ponder questions which have to be
solved to permit the drafting of a
charter destined to become the
foundation of lasting peace? ="
Mr.. Gromyko said, The state
ment' released by the United Press,
in this instance, purports to express
the attitude of the Soviet Unions
delegation toward the result of the
discussion among the four sponsor
ing powers and France on the voting
| formula.
Il wish to state that the delega-
ton has not issued any statement
of the kind. Hence the public
should know that the purported
statement is fiction and that the
delegation cannot be responsible
for it,"
The United Press reported the
text of Mr.. Gromykos statement
and added:
THE United Press on June 7 and 8
carried dispatches quoting Soviet
delegate as explaining that Russian
policy on the Yalta voting formula
has never been inf1exible" and that
IF a point is proved to us, with
which we disagree, and we see and
feel that it is based on good will
and justified desires we agree to it,
Exactly this happened now: You
have convinced us and we agreed"
The UP presented the views of
the individual delegate who was
quoted and did not designate them
as constituting an official statement
by the Russian DELEGATION