Evening star., 1946-11-14
Atomic Commission
speeding Report 10
U. n. by Dec. 81
D. Inc Asssslesei pr..s

--TAk1ng c0knlxAnce. OF what one
delegate termed 1 Few public ex-
pressions Of impatience." the, United
Nations Atomic Energy Commission
plunged today into intensive work on
. report to be delivered to the u. N.
Security Council by December 81.
A member Of the French delega-
ton whose chief, Alexandra Parodi,
became president Of the commission
today In the monthly rotation, said
the report at least would announce
s'progress" on the work Of the COM
mission so far.
He indicated the exact recon-
mendation to be made would depend
on the nature OF developments be-
tween now and the date of the
report.
It was authoritatively revealed
that the Political Committee Of the
commission has virtually completed
informal discussions on the first
phase Of a three-fold mission en-
trusted to it in September.
Work on Controls Near Finish.
The delegates have practically fin-
ished work on consideration of con-
trolls to prevent diversion of atomic
energy. Next they will tackle the
problem Of clandestine operations.
The third phase they were asked to
discuss is that Of arbitrary seizure Of
Z plant producing atomic energy by
q nation which might be intent on
war.
Il was predicted in informed cir
cles that consideration Of these matt
tres would be stepped up now that
the diversion problem has been ex-
plored. 1t was pointed out that
much technical groundwork has
been laid and it would not be neces-
sary to repeat that technical mat
ter in discussing the other two
phases.
Members of the United States
delegation viewed the commission
action yesterday by 4 distinct ad-
vance.
The commission by vote Of 10 to
0. with Russia and Poland abstain
ing, decided to make the. report to
the Security Council by December
81 on "its proceedings, findings and
recommendations, based upon its
deliberations to date" The Rus
sian delegate, DR.. S. p. Alexandrov,
said he had not seen the proposal
until the commission met and he
was not prepared to vote.
The commission also decided that
committee No. 2, which Is the tech
nical name Of the political group,
should submit q draft Of such a
report. or q part Of It, to the COM
mission by December 40. Commit
tee No. is really the working COM
mittee of the commission, since the
principal delegates usually sit on the
Political Committee.
Khalifa Presents Proposals.
Col. Mohamed Bey Khalifa of
Egypt. retiring chairman, presented
the proposals for the reports in a
brief speech and Bernard NJ.
Baruch. American delegate, formally
moved that they be adopted.
Col. Khalifa said that "there have
been few public expressions Of inn
patience from time to time at the
failure Of our commission to have
arrived at Anal and unanimous
conclusion"
He said that no member Of the
commission had urged undue haste
and he would not do 30 hut that
the commission could not fd6Eet the.
Assemblys mAnd4te last winter In
London to proceed oneS saArch for
atomic control with the utmost
"
I .At the end OF This year. he said,
'sthree members of this commission
viii retire and three new members
viii take Once. BY the lsts of Dee
cember, we will have reviewed in
general outline at least, II not In
detail, the major aspects Of our
problem. The year end seems a
most appropriate time for us to
report on our work"
The commission stilAis confronted
with the conflicting United States
and Russia plans which were ad-
vanced last June. There has been
no indication In the commission that
the Americans and Russians are any
nearer an agreement.
The commission meeting yester-
day was the first in four months,
but the delegates have met fre-
quently in informal committee dis
cussions.
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