Evening star., 1946-11-11
Russia AssaiIs
Palestine Policy
In u. N. FIareup
Novikov Criticizes
Britain in Speech
On Trusteeships
BY the Associofed Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Nov. II.
The United Nations battle over
trusteeships fared in full force
today when Soviet Russia as
sailed British policies on Pales-
tine and the United States
countered with a charge that
Russia threatened to leopard
ize" the creation of a trusteeship
council.
Although Soviet Ambassador Mix
OLAF V. Novikov devoted most Of an
hour long speech to an Indictment
of Great Britain, the Union ct
South Africa, Australia and other
mandatory powers for what he
called violations of the U, N. char
ter, the most controversial issue to
emerge was the veto" question.
Mr.. Novikov denied that Russia
was seeking to inject the veto into
the trusteeship question, as charged
last week by John Foster Dulles,
United States representative. But
he insisted that the Assembly de-
termine Immediately a definition OF
the terms states directly CON-
cerned."
Discussions Prolonged.
This, Mr. Dulles said, would pro-
long the discussions indefinitely and
might result in failure to set up the
Council at the present Assembly
session.
Mr.. Dulles, in a corridor state
ment to newsmen after Mr.. Novikov
spoke, said:
THE Soviet Union constantly
complains that the trusteeship
council has not been set up. Ap-
parently it enjoys being able to
make this complaint and would
prolong that enjoyment for its atti-
tude constantly prevents the estab.
lishment of the council.
"At the London Assembly 1t was
the Soviet Union which prevented
the establishment of the trusteeship
council in provisional form. During
the nine months between the Lon
don Assembly and this assembly, it
did nothing in relation to the draft
trusteeship agreements submitted
to it, whereas the United States
worked actively and with much sue
cess on this matter.
Called Legal Morass.
Nov the Soviet delegation Is ap-
parently unwilling to join with the
United States and others in a prac-
| teal procedure designed to make
speed by waving, without prejudice,
possible claims to be formal parties
to the draft agreements to be sub
mitted to the Assembly. It prefers
to enter into what Congressman
Bloom and I described last Monday
as legal morass which will jeop-
ardize the establishment of the
trusteeship system"
Mr.. Novikov charged that Britain
had violated the charter by not SUBJ
mitting trusteeship agreement for
Palestine and declared that Amer
ican statements on trusteeship were
contradictory"
Without making any direct refer
ence to the United States proposal
to place the former Japanese man
dates under a strategic area trus-
tteeship,' Mr.. Novikov replied at
length to last weeks speech by Mr..
Dulles.
Criticizes Delay.
Mr.. Novikov singled out Great
Britain, Australia and the Union of
South Africa for the main part of his
criticism, asserting that they and
other powers holding former League
of Nations mandates were RESPONSE
BILE for the failure of the United Ma
tions to set up the Trusteeship Coun-
Gil before now.
He described the trusteeship
agreements filed with the U. N. so
far as mere declarations of inten-
tions" and declared that the manda-
tory powers have not yet SUBJ
mitted any draft agreements"
At the same time he called for
an end to "procrastination'' and
demanded that the Trusteeship
Council be created at this session
of the Assembly.
Taking up Mr.. Dulles plea that