Evening star., 1947-06-30
Soviet Ban Reported
AGAINST Estimate
On u. n. Police Force
kx the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
LAKE SUCCESS, June 30-A re-
liable informant said the Soviet
delegation had declined to submit
an estimate to the United Nations
military staff committee today on
the size of the proposed global police
force.
It was understood that the United
States, Britain and France had Of
fered individual estimates calling
for a force ranging from 100000
TO 100000 men.
The informant said China sub
mitted no figures of her own but
was expected to support one of
these estimates or Big Five major
ity view on the question.
The generals and admirals on the
Big Five power military commit
tee met here this morning with the
Soviet delegation in attendance. The
Russians had walked out OF the
last Military Staff Committee meet
ing here June 20 in disagreement
over a question of procedure and
majority -supportde ruling OF
United States Gen. Joseph T. Nc
Narney. committee chairman.
Report to Be Made to Council.
The estimates were being drafted
into a report for presentation later
today at a meeting of the Security
Council. which would command the
force.
A Council request for a least
tentative figure by today was handed
to the Big Five generals and
admirals last Wednesday following
an argument between Russia and
the United States as to the best way
of supplying men for the world
force.
But the American. British, Rus
sian, French and Chinese officers
who compose the U. N. Military
Staff Committee were reported to
have been unable to reach unanl-
nous agreement on the tentative
size of the global force.
Russia has suggested that the
global police be kept comparatively
small. She insists that detachments
be provided on a basis of strict
equality.
The United States contends that
since some nations are stronger
than others the best yardstick would
be "comparable" forces from each
Nation.
France Will Supply Division.
AS vet there is no indication how
many planes or WarshipS the various
governments will estimate should be
placed at the disposal OF the Secur-
ity Council for enforcing world
peace.
An authoritative source said re-
Gently that France had Informed
the United Nations military group
she could only contribute at this
time one infantry division to the
proposed global force.
Thus. if the other Big Five nations
made contributions identical to that
suggested by France as her maxi
mum al this time. the international
army contemplated in the world
charter would consist of a force
of only about 10000 men. one
French infantry division totals ap-
proxir ately $4,000.
There have been suggestions by
other members of the Security
Council who are not represented
on the Military Staff Committee
that the United Nations force be
of considerable size
Farls Ell Khoury of Syria de-
clared the U. N. force should be
greater in size than the armed might
of the biggest country in the world.
Would Isolate Incidents.
But Gen. McNarneY told news
men recently there was no neces-
sity for the United Nations to have
an armed force powerful enough TO
defeat a major power.
He said that if the need for
fighting a major power arose II
would mean war and nothing but
war"
Explaining his argument against
a force large enough to defeat
major power, Gen. McNarney said
that the United Nations force
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rent and as a great moral force II
properly organized.
Gen McNarney added that the
security forces would be very valu-
able for isolating a hot spot and
expressed belief that World War l
could have been averted if there had
been an international security force
to isolate the hot spot in Serbia,
where the assassination of Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand touched
off that conflict. Also, he asserted,
there would have been no war if the
German invasion of Austria in 1888
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