Evening star., 1947-11-05
Soviet Bloc Announces
Boycott of Commission
To Oversee Election
By the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 5.-The
Political Committee of the United
Nations Assembly today ap-
proved the American plan for
Korea despite a Soviet bloc an
nouncement that it would boy
colt the commission created to
supervise general elections in
Korea next spring.
The committee voted 46 to 0, with
four abstentions, for Secretary of
State Marshall's plan for Korean
independence. The Soviet bloc re-
fused to take part in the vote, even
to the extent of recording absten-
tions.
The Soviet boycott declaration
was made by Dmitri T. Manuilsky,
foreign minister of the Ukraine,
after American Delegate John
Foster Dulles nominated that Soviet
republic as member of the pro-
jected 9-nation election commission
for Korea.
The name of the Ukraine was in
cluded, however, in the member
ship of the commission along with
Australia, Canada, China, Ell Saliva
dor, France, India, the Philippines
and Syria. Both the United States
and Russia were omitted from men,
bership.
Goes to Assembly Next Week.
The Korean question now goes to
the same 81 nations in plenary full
General Assembly session for final
action, probably some time next
week.
The Political Committee launched
Immediately into debate on another
of Gen. Marshalps major proposals
"a year-'round sitting of the 81 ma
tions as an interim committee or
Little Assembly"
The refusal of the Ukraine to
serve on the Korean commission
was seen as an indication that the
Soviet Union would refuse to CO.
operate in arranging U. N.-super~
vised elections and might bar the
U. N. observers from the Russian
occupied zone of Northern Korea.
The Soviet boycott followed sim
liar action with regard to two other
Marshall proposals during the cur
rent Assembly session-the Balkan
watchdog commission and a SUBJ
committee on the year around Lit
tie Assembly,
Russia boycotted the U. N. Trus-
teeship Council at all it's sessions
here last spring.
The four countries, which alb
stained on the final vote on Gen.
Marshall's proposal for Korea were
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Bo-
livia.
Soviet Resolution Beaten.
The American plan was adopted
after the Political Committee had
rejected by vote Of 20 to s a
Soviet resolution demanding COM
plete withdrawal of all United
States and Russian troops from
Korea by next January l..
The boycott of the Korean COM
mission was foreshadowed when
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko announced that
he would not take part in voting
on the Marshall proposal.
In addition to calling for national
elections before next March 81 and
providing that these elections be
supervised by the special U. N. COM
mission, the American resolution
also provided that:
/. A national assembly and a ma
tional government be set up in
Korea as soon as possible after the
elections.
2. The national government should
establish Immediately ''its own ma
tional security forces and dissolve
all military or semimilitary forma-
tions" such as those organized by
Russia in Northern Korea.
3. All Soviet and American forces
should be withdrawn from Korea
within 80 days "if possible" after
establishment of the national gov
ernment.
Other Developments.
other U. N. developments:
l. A foEr-nation subcommittee
continued private discussions on