Evening star., 1946-09-04
Case Against Greece
Set for Debate Today
By Security Council
BY the Assoeiafed Press


LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. Sept
4.-The Soviet Ukraine's charges
in behalf of Albania against
Greece were set down for hear
ing today in the United Nations
Security Council as the result of
f1rm American insistence that
the Council must examine the
merits of any case submitted to
1t under the U. N. Charter pro-
visions.
The case was certified for official
debate this afternoon after the
United States last night joined
Soviet Russia in a bare seven-note
affirmative majority to place 1t on
the agenda over the bitter opposi-
tion of Great Britain and the
Netherlands.
American Delegate Herschel "
johnson, in voting for immediate
discussion of the case, made it clear
that the United States was making
no commitment on the merits of
the charges. which had been as
sailed by Britain as wild accusa-
tions."
Two Nations Abstain.
After hot four hour debate yes
terday the United States, Russia,
Poland, China. France, Egypt and
Mexico gave the minimum majority
vote of seven out of the eleven for
hearing the case. Great Britain and
the Netherlands voted against it.
Australia and Brazil abstained.
AS the Council prepared for the
possibility of long wrangle over
the charges that Greece is foment-
ing frontier incidents with Albania
and threatening the peace of the
world. interested parties from the
Balkans stood by to offer their tes-
timony.
They included Greek Ambassador
VaSSili Dendramis, Ukrainian For
elgn Minister Dmitri Manuilsky who
filed the charges more than a week
ago and then flew here from the
Paris Peace Conference to prosecute
them; Col. Tux Jakova of Albania,
whose country was denied member
ship in the u N. last week, and
Pavle Lukin, acting chief of the
Yugoslav delegation to the U. N.
Greeks Request Delay.
Among the items first up for con-
sideration today was a Greek memo
randum filed last week requesting a
Today postponement and advising
the Council that Greece intended to
file reply to the Ukraine in the
interim.
Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko
told the Council last night that
the presence of British troops in
Greece had deprived the Greek
people of the opportunity of de-
Gliding freely on their form of
government and demanded to know
why it was necessary to have foreign
armies in the country of a U. N.
member at election time.
Mr. Gromyko previously had pre-
sented a request, now pending on
the Councils provisional agenda,
for information within two weeks on
the August disposition of all
foreign troops all over the world
in the sovereign territories of alien
non-enemy countries.
Mr. johnson, who had opposed
Albania's membership bid and had
reserved his position last week on
the Ukraine charges, came out fatty
for hearing them but added that he
would make no comment on the
validity of the charges and said he
thought the Council should study
them very effectively"
johnson Explains Attitude.
The American delegate went on
to say that the Council must not
deny any state an opportunity to
present complaint.
He added, however:
I'VE have no right to use
this Council, or allow it to be used,
for furthering any sort of propa-
ganda of national nature or to
bring into an issue before the Coun-
Gil any elements which are not
properly there"
At the outset of yesterdays long
debate, Mr.. Manuilsky filed a bitter
protest with the Council over its
refusal to seat him at the table
along with Mr.. Dendramis-while
the delegates debated the question
OF admitting the Ukraine charges
to full-dress hearing. Both were
In the gallery.
Observers studying the timetable
aspects Of the Ukrainian charges
noted that they were filed with the
Council week before last Sundays
Greek plebiscite and were pressed
by the Soviet Union through the
latter half of last week. when only
the hot membership debates were
given priority in order that the
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