Evening star., 1946-08-25
Turkey Places Faith
In United Nations for
Defense Of Straits
BY the Assoeio.ed Press


ANKARA. Aug. 24.-Turkey, re-
jecting Soviet proposals to estab-
lish joint Russian Turkish defense
of the Dardanelles and to limit con-
troll Of the waterway, told it's DOW
erful neighbor that the United Ma
tions would be sufficient guarantee
of the straits security.
1t expressed hope the United
States would attend any revision
OF the Montreux Convention gov
erning the Dardanelles, and said
Russia should seek Black Sea Sc
curity by strengthening friendly re-
lations with Turkey rather than
seeking "a privileged strategical po-
sition on the straits.
Russia. besides asking joint de-
Tense, had proposed narrowing con-
troll OF the Dardanelles to only the
Black Sea powers. The Turkish
note rejected Soviet charges that
Turkey had permitted wartime pas
sage through the straits to vessels
OF Axis powers, but admitted some
may have slipped through.
Follows U. S.-British French Line.
The reply to the Soviet note of
August was made public here last
night and followed a line similar to
that of the United States, British
and French notes rejecting the So
Wet proposals. 1t expressed a will
lingness for an international con-
ference for revision of the 1896
Montreux Convention governing
control of the straits.
Turkey said that to suggest
changing the present form of de-
tense of the straits now would be
ito deny the existence and aims OF
the United Nations Charter" and
show the United Nations a distrust
which "the Turkish government
does not understand"
1t said If Russia feared aggression
from the straits, lit can refer to the
efficacy of the United Nations, tt
which Turkey remains firmly at.
tached"
"A copy of the present note ha.
been sent to the signatories of ths
Montreux convention, as well as tt
the United States Government
which Turkey would be happy to SET
participate in an international con.
ference for revision of the Mon.
treux convention" the note said.
Participation by the United State,
was considered by the Turkish gov.
ernment mot only as the realization
of warm hope. but also as an i'm.
perative international necessity"
Limitation Proposal Opposed.
The United States was not a sig.
natory to the 1886 pact signed b,
Russia, Turkey. Britain, France
Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugo
slavia and Japan. The Black Sc,
powers, to which Russian proposal
would limit control of the straits
are Russia. Turkey, Romania ane
Bulgaria.
The proposal to shut off the othe,
nations, the Turkish note said
seems to bar in the first place tn,
duration on Montreux, which is de
stined to live at least until 1856.
The proposal also seemed, the not,
continued, to want to ignore tn,
powers, which have an equal righ
TO participate in the negotiations. )"
1n Moscow, an article in the
Soviet government newspaper
Izvestia said international con-
ventions in the past were Who'll
ly directed against Russia and
served as a policy for turning
Turkey into a moose for strangl-
ing Russia" 1t said Turko-Rus.
sian control would strengthen
Black Sea security for both ma
tions and remove the interfer-
ence of non-Black Sea powers
in the regime of the straits,
which during their age-old his
tory have made it impossible to
establish peace and security on
the Black Sea-"
View of Defense Proposal.
Commenting on the Soviet pro
poSal for joint Russian Turkish de
fenSe of the straits. the note sal