Evening star., 1947-01-11
U. N, Seeks Governor
For Trieste After
Taking Over Area
BY the Associated Press

| bT11AEI 0OSSG0o, IN. L., po1A.
1.-THE Security Council was on
/ the lookout today for a man to
run the Adriatic port of Trieste
and guide it in the ways of peace
and democracy as a free terri
tory under United Nations super
vision.
The Council, after a long proceed
ural argument yesterday, finally
agreed to take over Trieste at the
bidding of the Big -Four Foreign
Ministers Council, which estab-
lished the free territory as part of
the italian peace settlement.
| AT about the same time, the Coun-
Gil received another Adriatic prob
lena British complaint charging
Albania with mining the Corfu
Straits where two British destroyers
were damaged last October with a
loss of A lives.
Direct Talks Fruitless.
The British seek an apology and
compensation for damages and loss
of life. The complaint, the first ever
filed by Britain with the Council,
was offered after fruitless direct ne
gotiations with the Albanian gov
ernment.
Only Australia abstained in the
100 vote on Trieste, maintaining to
the end that the Council was not
specifically authorized to undertake
such an administration as that ar
ranged for the Adriatic port area by
the United States, Britain, Russia
and France.
The other 10 nations concurred
in the decision of the foreign min
listers that they were empowered to
adopt Trieste as ward of the U. N.
under the broad charter provisions
giving the Council general RESPONSE
bility for the maintenance of peace
and security. ..... .
The Council was in recess until
II am. Wednesday when debate on
. arms reduction proposals will be
resumed.
Tie next step for the formation
of a Trieste administration, after
1 the signing of the Italian peace
treaty at Paris February 10 and its
ratification, may lead to squabbling
over the selection of a territorial
governor.
He must be acceptable to at least
of the II Security Council nations
including all the veto-holding Big
Five permanent members, and he
must also pass muster with both
the italian and Yugoslav govern
ments. This means that any nom
inee can be vetoed by any one OF
seven nations.
/ $4,000 Yearly for Governor.
The governor will get $4,000 a
year plus expenses. He must be able
to speak one of the two official Ian
guages of the free territory, Slovene
or italian. He probably win be a
man who can speak both and
probably also Croat, which may be
adopted as a third official tongue
when the government begins func-
tioning with council, popular
assembly, a judiciary, ETC., which
will govern unmolested so long as
they can run the show themselves
The council will direct any armed
forces, besides police and security
elements, operating in the free terri
tory.
The governor will report directly
to the chairman of the Security
Council. His term is for five years
but he can be removed for cause
The territory will have a customs
free port where goods may be pro-
cessed and trans-shipped and will
have a special registry open te
Czechoslovak and Swiss ships and
later to the shipping of Hungary
and Austria when those countries
have concluded their treaties fol-
peace and independence.
For 80 days after he assumes Of
flee the Governor, will have at his
disposal not more than 5000 troops
each from the United States, Brit.
ain and Yugoslavia, which will there
after be withdrawn within As days
unless he calls on the Security
Council to retain them to maintain
order.
Ethridge Sails January 16.
The United Nations Secretariat
said yesterday that Mark Ethridge
American representative on the Sc
curity Councils Balkan Inquiry
Commission, and his staff would sal
from New York on the United States
liner America January Is.
The commission, representing the
II nations on the Security Council
is scheduled to hold its first meet
| ing at Athens January 30 before
starting its on-the-spot inquiry in
Northern Greece, Yugoslavia, Al
bania and Bulgaria. The investiga-
ton was authorized by the Council
on a complaint of Greece that her
northern neighbors were supporting
guerrilla activities inside Greece.