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Slav government declaring that the
activities of the Polish Army were
hostile" to Yugoslavia.
The memorandum added that "ex-
tremely numerous propaganda pub
lications issued by these units are
aggressive and ostensibly threat
ening."
Mr.. Vishinsky asked that the docu-
ment be passed on to all members
of the Council. Attached to it was
letter from DR.. Ales Bebler, Yugo-
slav deputy foreign minister, who
said the charges contained facts
which are of considerable gravity" ;"
Polish Note to Britain.
The charges followed yesterdays
long Polish note to Britain de-
manding immediate rehabilitation
and return to Poland of the
Polish troops Of Gen. Wladyslaw
Anders' I'd Corps in Italy and ap-
proximately 10000 other Polish
troops under British command.
The British Foreign ONCE said
the Polish note was brusque and
that 1t was somewhat surprising to
officials who had thought that the
four-month repatriation talks with
Poland were about to end success
fully.
Today's action by Russia followed
also Foreign Ofice spokesman's
speculation that maybe" there was
some connection between the Rus
sian-supported Polish governments
note and Russia's rebuff by the
Council on complaints Of British
military activities in Greece and
Indonesia.
"M0ve Closer to Frontier"
The memorandum charged that
Gen. Anders' army had been moving
closer to the Yugoslav frontier for
several months, that it has replaced
all British units along the northern
coast of the Adriatic" and that one
detachment of about TOO Poles ar
rived in December at disputed
Trieste, which Yugoslavia claims for
Italy.
Quite recently" tn, memorandum
charged, "the Polish emigrants' army
in Italy invited efforts to increase
its contingents by embodying Yugo-
slavs who, having formed part of
the Quisling troops, had fed to
italian territory"
THE recruiting of these troops Is
conducted under the slogan fight
against Communists in Yugoslavia, y"
it declared.
The Polish emigrant's army is in
close touch with the groups of Yugo-
slav Quisling formations at present
in Italy, in particular the Ustashi
(Croat organization)." the mem
orandum said.
I'm italy these Quisling groups
enjoy the material support of Gen.
AnderS' army" it charged.
Six Favor Direct Negotiations.
Meanwhile, six members of the
Council were reliably reported to
have lined up in favor of direct
negotiations among Britain, France,
Syria and Lebanon to fix a specific
date for withdrawal of French and
British troops from the Levant.
A split developed, however, be-
tween the Syrian and Lebanese
delegations. Hamid Bey Frangie of
Lebanon said his government would
accept direct negotiations, but asked
the council to establish a basis for
the talks. The Syrian spokesman,
Faris Bey Ell Khoury, objected that
there "is no need for negotiations
and we fear it would complicate the
situation"
Padilla Nervo Of Mexico had sub
mitted a proposal to uphold the
Levant claim, fix specific date for
the early withdrawal OF British and
French troops through direct nego-
tiations and request the parties to
inform the Council when this had
been done.
Thus, Mexico lined up with the
United States, The Netherlands,
China, Brazil and Australia for di-
rect negotiations. Russia, Poland
and Egypt are in opposition, arguing
that British and French troops
should be withdrawn Immediately,
without any further talks.