Evening star., 1946-12-08
British Troop Census
Plan Put Off by Debate
On Indian Complaint
BY the Associated Press :

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NEW YORK, Dec. IA renewed
British attempt to win United Ma
tions Assembly approval of inter-
national inspections to double check
national troop census reports was
deferred tonight by prolonged and
inconclusiye debate on India's COM
plant of maltreatment of Indian
citizens by South Africa.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.
after a hard day at the Big -Four
conference at the Waldorf Astoria
on preliminary German peace plans,
arrived late in the evening with his
three principal deputies at the
Flushing Meadow Park assembly
hall after the new British move was
announced.
However, the Unexpectedly long
debate oil India's complaint put the
British proposal over until Sundays
plenary sessions scheduled for 4 pm.
and pm.
Court of Justice Ruling Sought.
Mr.. Molotov left an antechamber
when it became apparent that the
debate on a committee approved
resolution on the Indian complaint
could not be completed tonight.
During the debate, South Africa
submitted an amendment request
ing that the issue be sent to the
International Court of Justice for
an advisory opinion.
Mr.. Molotov had arrived ap-
parently in the belief that the
Indian-Sout African issue would
be disposed of and that the CON-
mittee-approved troop census plan
would be submitted tonight to the
81 nations for approval.
Smuts Asks Rejection of Plan.
Carrying his fight for yindication
into the plenary session, South
African Premier Jan Christian
Smuts asked the Assembly to reject
a committee-approved resolution
calling on South Africa and India
to settle their differences over In
dian charges that South Africa is
discriminating against Indians in
the Union.
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, chief.
of the Indian delegation, rose to
demand "a verdict of this Assembly
on a proven violation" of the U. N.
Charter. ss
She declared that this is an issue
which has led to acute dispute be-
tween two member states, an issue
which is not confined to India or
South Africa"
This, Mrs. Pandit added, is an
issue "the decision on which must
make or mar the loyalty and conf
dence which the common people of
the world have placed on us"
Arms Debate Stalemated.
Earlier tonight, the U. N. debate
on arms reduction begged down over
the issue of Security Council super
vision of two proposed inspection
and control commissions and the
question was sent to drafting sub
committee.
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet dele
gate, insisted before a. donation
political SUBJ committee that the two
bodies, which would check on arms
reduction and atom bombs, operate
directly under the Security Council
with ITS veto provisions.
Senator Connally, Democrat of
Texas, United States representative,
was equally firm in his declaration
that the commissions should be In
dependent of the Council.
Veto Issue is Focal Point.
This latest difference boiled down
to the old issue of the veto, with
the United States apparently feel
ing that Council supervision eventu-
ally would make any decisions on
inspections subject to the special
voting right. Russia has agreed that
the veto would not apply within the
commissions themselves but has
steadfastly maintained its position
that any matter being considered
or reviewed by the Council was
liable to veto.
After four hours of debate, the
question was given to a drafting
committee of eight nations for re-
porting Monday. Those named were
Russia, United States, Great Britain,
France, China, Canada, Belgium
and Czechoslovakia.
The troop census was complicated
by British insistance on a vertlflca-
ton agency, a plan previously de-
feated in the 54-nation Political
Committee. The renewed British
amendment would have the Security
Council set up an inspection agency
by January Is to verify troop re-
ports and make "on-the-spot'
checks on all data submitted by the
member states.
u. S., Russia Oppose Plan.
Both the United States and RUS
sia opposed the original British
proposal.
Also before the plenary session
was the.matter of electing two more
members to the Economic and So
cial Council. Last month the vot-
ing was halted after a deadlock
developed over Soviet attempts to
win seats for Yugoslavia and White
Russia. The other two candidates
were Turkey and the Netherlands.
The U. N. Secretariat meanwhile
intensified its speedup in efforts
to meet the adjournment deadline
of next Friday. Meetings were
scheduled all through Sunday, start
ing with sessions of the Political
and Trusteeship Committees here
tomorrow morning and winding up
with plenary gatherings at Flush
ing Meadows tomorrow afternoon