Evening star., 1947-05-04
Russia Dissents
On GIobaI Police
Plans for U. n.
Long-Awoited Report
Reveals Reds Oppose
Ia Of al Principles
BY fhe Assoeiassd Press

Five Military Staff Committee OF
the United Nations disclosed to-
night that the Soviet Union OPP
posed more than a third of Al
general principles laid down for
organization of global police
force.
The long-awaited summary, COW
ering 80 typewriter pages and
drafted after Is months of secret
meetings of the admirals and gen.
erals of the five nations. said the
Russians dissented on IA of the
committees articles.
France Joined with Russia in
three instances. The United States,
Britain and China were agreed on
most points.
The report now goes to the parent
Security Council for full debate.
Far Apart On Many Issues.
The major issues where Russia
and the western powers still stood
far apart after long deliberations
included these:
Operational bases-Russia says
there is nothing In the U. N. charter
requiring any country to make bases
available for U. N. force. The
United States says it would be use
less to set up a force without guar
anteeing rights to bases.
Withdrawal Russia demands
that all forces contributed to the
u. N. be withdrawn "to their own
territories and territorial waters"
within 80 to 80 days after complet-
ing mission. The others say only
that the forces shall be pulled back
to general locations" covered by
agreement as soon as possible after
an emergency.
Contributions-the Soviet Union
insists that every member of the
Big Five make identical contribu-
tions to the U. NJ forces (same num-
ber of troops, battleships, pinnes,
etc. with the others maintaining
that because of varied strength in
the different services in the differ
ent nations that the contributions
should be comparable.
agreed on Broad leTmS.
With an eye on the pending pro-
posals for slasfling down the worlds
arms. the committees did agree that
no nation would be asked to in
crease its forces in order to create
a particular component for the
U. N.
The rs principles on which the
committee was able to get unani-
nous agreement were largely
copied out of the charter or stated
in broad, general terms. The COM
mittee stressed that this was only
the first stage in its task of laying
down plans for a global force which
founders of the U. N. hoped would
give the agency the power to keep
peace.
The report did not dip into the
difficult question of the eventual
size of the force.
"The moral weight and the po-I
tential power behind any decision to
employ the armed forces made avail
able to the Security Council by MEM
ber nations of the United Nations in
enforcement action viii be very
great, and this fact will directly in
f1uence the size O. the armed forces
required" one paragraph said.
Veto Power Not Mentioned.
The report did not mention the
veto power held by the Big Five in
the Security Council, which would
enable any one of these nations to
block the use of the International
army.
On the question of general loca-
ton of armed forces, the Russians
insisted that all forces held in readi-
ness for the U. N. should be gar
risoned within home territory, ex-
cept for occupation troops in Axis
countries. The United States said
the forces could be based "at the
discretion of member nations in any
territories or waters to which they
have legal right or access"
Included in the report signed by
1t. Gen. A. P. Vasiliev of Russia,
current committee chairman, were
chapters ON purposes of the armed
forces, composition, overall strength,
contributions, employment of forces,
degree of readiness, provisions for
assistance and facilities including
rights of passage, logistical support,
general location, and strategic direc-
ton and command.
The committee was able to agree
fully on only the first two chapters,
setting forth that the forces would
be used for the maintenance of in
ternational peace of security in
cases of threat to peace, a breach
OF peace, or an act of aggression.
International Army.
The military men, sitting as rep
resentatives of the chiefs of staff
of their respective countries, also
wrote in the charter provision that
(Sea GLOBAI, POLICE. Page A-6.)