Evening star., 1947-05-23
Balkans Probers
Blame Tito for
Guerrilla War
Conditions in Greece
Declared Contributing
To Border Conflicts
By the Assoeioisd Press


kans Investigating Commission
today held Yugoslavia primarily
to blame for support of guerrilla
warfare in Greece. The commits
sion sent a formal report to the
United Nations Security Council
recommending that the U. N
condemn as a threat to peace
the support of armed bands vio-
lating Balkan frontiers.
The section of the report critica3
OF Marshal Tito's government saio
Albania and Bulgaria were blame
worthy to, lesser degree in support
ing the guerrillas, and that condi-
tions in Greece were a contributing
factor. The vote on this section was
8 to 2, with Russia and Poland
lined up against the United States
Britain, China, Belgium, Australia
Colombia, Brazil and Syria. France
abstained.
9-to-2 Vote on Conclusion.
The commissions general conclu-
sion - that support of frontier
violating bands should be considered
menace to world peace, and SUBJ
ject to U. N. action-was reached on
a 9-to-2 division, with Russia and
Poland opposed.
Along with the 251-page final re-
port, terminating their four-month
investigation of Greek frontier in
the commission members
also ordered transmitted to the Sc
curity Council more than 10000
pages of records and documents re-
lating to the investigation.
The report to the Council said:
TN the light of the situation in
vestigated by it in the area of its
investigation, the commission believe
future cases of support of armed
bands formed on the territory of one
state crossing into territory of an
other state, or of the refusal by a
government, in spite of the demands
of the state concerned, to take all
possible measures on its own ter
ritory to deprive such bands of any
aid or protection, should be con-
sidered by the Security Council as
a threat to peace within the meaning
Of the Charter of the United
Nations"
Majority Proposals Listed.
The majority proposals were these:
l. That the governments of Greece,
Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
do their utmost to establish normal
good neighborly relations, to abstain
from all action likely to increase or
maintain tension and unrest in the
border areas, to vigorously refrain
from any support of elements in the
countries aiming at the
overthrow of lawful governments;
or, should this resource fail, to
appeal to the appropriate organ at
the United Nations.
2. That the countries concerned
should form frontier conventions
along the lines Of the Greek-Bul-
garian convention of 1881.
8. That the Security Council
should establish a commission or
commissioner in the frontier area
for a period of at least two years
to report to the Council every three
the functions of the COM
to investigate further from
tier violations, and to try to settle
controversies on frontier violation
and on the application of frontier
conventions.
Refugee Control Impossible.
Such a commission or commits
sioner, the majority proposed, should
have the right of access to Albania,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece,
Liaison officers of Greece's neigh
bors recently told the commission
their government would not guar
antee that the stand-in subsidiary
commission now in Greece would
be permitted to cross their frontiers
The majority report said it recog-
nized the physical impossibility OF
controlling the flow of refugees
frontiers. It urged, however
that the Security Council recon-
mend that the governments con-
cerned study the practicability OF
concluding agreements for the vol
untary transfer of minorities.
The report said the commission
believed political refugees and those
who fled their countries in panic
were "a serious contributing factor
to the present situation" and that
(See GREECE, Page A-4D