Evening star., 1946-10-28
Egypt Asks i. n.
For Guarantees
In nMiddIeE East
Protests Retention
Of Gurrisons There
By Great Powers
B; the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-Egypt,
long a contender against British
forces within her boundaries,
called on the United Nations to-
day to guarantee the countries
of the strategic Middle East
against domination by the great
powers. j..
In a speech before the U. N. As
sembly as the fourth day of general
debate opened, Mohamed Hussein
Heykal Pasha also called for con-
demnation of "the maintenance of
military forces on the territory of
any country without the specific
consent of the government in
volved"
Egypt has been involved in an old
dispute with Britain over the pres
ence of British soldiers in that land,
but some diplomatic officials hoped
that with tentative agreement on
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan which
was announced last night at Cairo
a solution of the Anglo-Egyptian
row might be close at hand. How
ever, they conceded this was made
highly uncertain by Prime Minis
ter Attlee's denial to Commons to-
day that Britain had pledged a
withdrawal from the Sudan.
Austin to State Policy.
Before today's session opened,
Chief American Delegate Warren
r. Austin told the United States
delegation that he intended to make
a policy speech to the General As
sembly before the debate closes
Wednesday.
He is expected to declare officially |
the United States opposition-along
with that of Russia-to any change |
in sthe U. N. charter veto provisions
at 2his time but to couple with that
the hope that use of the veto by
the great powers in the Security
Council would be restricted.
Heykel Pasha, the Egyptian Sen
ate president, urged that world
police force might be created and
disarmament begun soon and that
an international refugee organiza-
ton might be set up. He did not |
specifically mention the Palestine
issue.
On the question of military forces
on foreign soil, Heykal Pasha said
Il request the Assembly to condemn
the maintenance of military forces |
on the territory of any country with
out the specific consent of the gov
ernment involved"
Vast Resources Cited.
The Middle East, he said. Is an
area of vast resources and vital
communications and the United Ma
tions must see that its countries
are not interfered with by the big
powers. Sometimes, he said. treaties
are signed by smaller countries un-
der pressure. In this connection he
mentioned the Soviet-Iranian agree
ment for development of Iranian oil
signed last May.
The American decision to have
Mr.. Austin speak reverses an earlier
delegation conclusion that no speech
would be necessary in addition to
that made at the opening session by
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the veto issue has assumed major
proportions
Whether Mr.. Austin would touch
on any issues other than the veto
to disclose American policy on
Franco Spain, for instance-was not
officially stated, but informants said
it was highly unlikely.
Ambassador v. K. Wellington
Koo, speaking for China, lined up
with Britain, the United States and
Russia in oppsing any change in
the veto provisions of the charter
at this time but declared that the
veto should be invoked sparingly.
Rule of Moderation Urged.
1t would be well, he said, to adopt
a rule of moderation" to guide the
Big Five in the use of the power by
which any one of them can COM
pletely block action by the Security
Council
The Chinese spokesman called for
more rapid progress by United Ma
tions military chiefs on the organi-
zation of collective security forces
under the Security Council.
The British delegation, 1t was
learned meanwhile, is committed to
try to swing the power of the As
sembly behind efforts to speed up
(See U. NJ, Page A-5)