Evening star., 1946-12-09
|oIoIO| Refuse, I|'||
u 'ensus Of
Troops dlho

Jnexpecte a Move
hreotens ~ & eoperl
hole Military Issue
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LAKE SUCCESS, n. X, Dec. 9.
ussia Unexpectedly refused
early today to accept ! proposal
Tor y United Nations inventory
|of armed troops BIT home.
M IA y surprise move, Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov demanded deletion
sof ! home troop census from i reso-
Iutton already approved ~ the pow
Eerful 54-meFnber y. N. Political
COMMITTEES.
His action. taken st an Assembly
EplenAry session 1T Flsiahjng Meadow
Park threatened to reopen the
whole question " troop dispositions.
Previously. ct the committee staee,
M. lGOlotod had agreed to taking
census of both domestic forces and
those On foreign vol.
Dalesates SURPRISED.
M 1lolotov tossed todayss verbal
bomhsise1I into the Assembly 7 feW
seconds after Sir Hartley Hl1aNcru6s
of Great Britain asked the world
peace-keeptng body to establish ai1
international inspection board "a
verify figures submitted hy member
nstiuns ii the troop inventory.
UeleGates who had come TO the
session prepared to debate the Brit
iall plan werc 20 SURPRISED and lin-
prepared for MI. Moiotovss action
that the plenary session was re-
ce1sed until tomorrow m 4 pm.
Egypt Hubmits Proposal.
Egypt today subnnit itted u j pcliti-
caI sl1bc0rnmittee session \ proposal
Al tne arms reduction debate calling
Tor member governments to CONE
rnence balanced WithkiraWal Of
IN troops stationed outside home
territory and to institute I general
disqualification Of forces.
The proposal offered q an amend
naetst y s United states resolution.
also caIled f0r Immediate NithdraNal
of any forces stationed 0p alicn soil
without the free consent of the
government concerned.
II The new proposal was = revised
yersion az an earlier draft, bitterly
attacked By the United States and
Great Britain, which called Tor With
draNd Of al troops stationed os1t-
side home borders except s.in cases
spectfied By the charter. The opp0-
Eftfon then contended that the work
Ing Wes too vague and such ! resolta-
ton could mean the United States
would hAye ~ palll pllt ~ ~ lan1zaa
lt tl1lIs. e
eDzlIf lzts
n$S Q "a col1afnif
4dup4ed Au ,1i1ccnto pafaSf1015
III ~ unttc6 States anna slashtn3|
H. ~ calling % Al E6vernnent1
ssto r1ef very possible aasistAnce
~ the Gect1y1ty Council and the
Atomic Kz1ergy comn,is ,isston ID order
to pfon0ke the estab blfshinent q IN
ternational peace and collective -
c1rtty With the diVerxina FOR az1aa-
ments of the worlds human and
ecoklonic r0sources,
HeEid6s the Egypttan axnendite INT,
thd subcomrnittee still had before
~ the problem d rectifying conllct-
ing Russia and United States vieWs
~ % Whetlaer proposed control cos1l-
missions over arms cuts and the
Eatun1ic bomb should operat0 under
the security Council o. independent
|of It and thus outside the veto.
rastl- Henri Spaak, General As
|sen1bly PRECEDENT who Is presiding
over the subconnnlitte deliberations,
intervened after more than an hour
0f fruitless argument To scOld dele
rates for marking time. after 1
rood start.
Spaak Rebukes Group.
We are now trying to introduce
new elements, he said. AWe have
~ S<A3A1bs ~ IN X ak4eA&t4 kkkGHGtA1lt
topics We should leave these issues
to the Security Council where they
belong
Mr.. Speaks sharp rebnke to the
10-nation group came after Andrel
=. vishinsky Of the Soviet Union
held that the Egyptian resolutioa
generally had nothing to do with
arms reduction.
The Soviet refusal ia the All
sembly 10 60 along with M IN
vent0ry Of home troops high lighted
= 0ye-hour plenary session which
began at 8:15 last night. Just Be.
f0re midnight the Assembly had. u
eject cens1red South Africa fol
rscial elimination aaainst III.
dlAu s. xl1e union attex ro5ectiul
= EoN ticen dezz1nd that t1sl
ts56e turned over the Intefna-
ttcGaaa Court Of Justice IN m 0fl..
|yisory opinion
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