Evening star., 1946-08-27
Greece Seeking
Council Table
Seat in j. n.
Wants Place While
Albanian PIeu Is
Being Heard
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Greece
today asked the United Nations
Security Council for a seat at the
Council table during discussions
of Albania's application for
membership.
The Greek government, which has
strongly opposed the admission OF
its northern neighbor, made the
formal request thl ough Ambassador
Vassili Dendramis. Greek represen-
tative to the u N. The letter was
sent to Secretary General Trygve
Lie and circulated to council dele
gates.
A spokesman for the Ambassador
said he had been informed that
the. council would discuss the request
at its session tomorrow.
The bid for a seat was expected
to touch off heated debate on the
procedure of hearing directly from
noncouncil members on the applica-
tionS.
Ukraine's Complaint.
Another item on the agenda is
the Soviet Ukraine's complaint that
the Greeks are fomenting war il,
the Balkans and the presence of
British troops in the country is q
principal factor" in the unrest.
The tug O. war for power in the
Balkans is wrapped up in the many
sided controversial issues confront
ing the council, and it promises to
keep the delegates in debate through
several sessions.
First on the agenda Is the report
of the Membership Committee,
which has approved only Sweden,
Afghanistan and Iceland and has
handed up big dossier of con-
trovery arising from the applica-
tions OF six other nations-all OF
them opposed in some degree by
one or more members of the Veto
powered Big Five.
May Delay Grecian Dispute.
The second item, which is likely
to be deferred by debate on mem
berships, is the Soviet Ukraine's
charge that Greece is fomenting
frontier incidents with Albania and
disturbing peace in the Balkans.
The tense Balkan situation has
a bearing on the membership dis
cussions.
With the biggest sort of standby
support from Greece-which is not
a member of the Security Council
Britain is questioning Albania's ap-
banla's application, at least until
the London government deems that
Albania's profession of faith in the
U. n is valid.
British Delegate Sir Alexander
Cadogan has gone on record with
the statement that his government
is not opposed to any applicant ma
tion but wants more information
about two of them-Russian-sup-
ported Albania and outer Mongolia
The United States also has withheld
support Of Albania and Outer Mon
golia, and China opposes the entry
of the latter for at least year.
France Opposes Siam.
France opposes Slams application
and is backed by Russia, which also
opposes Portugal, Ireland and
Transjordan-none of whom has
diplomatic relations with Moscow.
The French announcement came
in the midst of efforts by the State
Department to bring the French and
Siamese into parleys which might
lead to settlement of their Indo-
China frontier dispute and recently
reported border incidents.
France also will attempt to block
Security Council consideration of
Slams request for Council arbitra-
ton of the border dispute. The
French. who contend they are in a
technical state of war with Siam,
have withdrawn proposal that the
border dispute be submitted to the
International Court of Justice, in
The Hague