Evening star., 1947-10-07
British Speed Talks
To Decide Date for
Quitting Palestine
BY the Associated Press

now was Delng COnSlQeTeQ urgently
by British officials in London and
British administrative and military
leaders in Palestine.
The actual date of withdrawal
may be announced before the end
Of the present session of the United
Nations Assembly, 1t was said.
The same sources, explaining that
complete British withdrawal would
be contingent on failure of the
Assembly to find solution accept
able to both Arabs and Jews, said
Britain had not completely aban-
doned hope that agreement could
be reached.
The British informant said Britain
planned no further statement Of
policy on the Palestine problem
beyond the announcement of the
withdrawal date. He said Britain
would not take an official stand on
the plan to partition the Holy Land.
These disclosures came as the As
sembly's 57-nation Palestine Com
mittee was called into session at II
I'm. to resume the first round OF
national policy statements.
Force Is Question.
The main interest still centered
on the expected declarations by the
United States and Russia later
in the week. probably Thursday. The
delegates were generally agreed
that the success of any plan would
depend largely on whether the big
powers, particularly the United
States, were prepared to provide
force to implement it.
Meanwhile, the Assemblys fight
over the Greek-Balkan question
broadened into what some dele
gates saw as the beginning of wide
open theological struggle In the
United Nations between Russia and
the western powers.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vishinsky brought the
fight into the open late yesterday
with bitter attack on the capitalist
system. His attack was linked i'm
mediately with the new Communist
manifesto issued Sunday night In
Poland following secret conference
of leading Communists from nine
nations.
Although Mr.. Vishinsky made no
direct reference to the new world
Communist campaign against dollar
imperialism" the general theme OF
his attack was similar to that IN the
manifesto.
Mr.. Vishinsky said capitalism now
was entering it's highest stage
the period of imperialism" which
he said involves tendencies aiming
at domination, annexation and
hegemony" and results in the
growth of resistance among the
peoples"
Mr.. Vishinsky, turning to the
Balkan question, charged the United
States already had destroyed the
independence of Greece and was
Transforming that country into "a
military base of the U. S. A."
He called on the Assembly to de-
mand immediate withdrawal not
only of all foreign troops in Greece,
but of all instructors, advisers and
"so-called experts" as well. This
would affect all American personnel
in Greece in connection with the
American aid program.
The United States was reported
to be finally whipping up proposal
that Korea-under the watchful eye
of the United Nations-proceed with
creation of its own independent gov
ernment within the next few months.
An American resolution embody-
ing the proposal and aimed at
breaking a tWo-year deadlock with
Soviet Russia over Korea's future
will be ready for submission to the
United Nations probably this week,
sources close to the American dele
cation said.
Its effect would be to place on
the United Nations and Korea it
self part of the responsibility for
timing the withdrawal of Russian
and American occupation forces.
Russia has proposed that Ameri-
can and Soviet troops be pulled out
of Korea by the years end, in a
gesture which American officials &C
cepted as designed more for propa-
ganda purposes than as a serious
move to solve the problem Of restor-
ing Korean independence on firm
basis.
The American resolution has been
in process of drafting since Secre-
tary of State Marshall told the Gen.
eral Assembly last month that the
United States could wait no longer
for agreement with Russia and would
submit concrete proposals that the
United Nations take direct hand.
1t faces almost certain Soviet op-
position. Russia already has turned
down an American proposal direct
to Moscow that the Big -Four Pacific
powers, which include Britain and
China, take over supervision of a
STEP -by-step Korean independence
program.
Subject to final phrasing and de-
cisions on some details, the new pro-
posal has shaped up along these
lines:
/. Election of a Korean national
assembly with a U. N. commission
on the scene as observes to insure
democratic balloting in both the
Soviet and American occupation
zones. American official sentiment
favors calling the election within
the next six months.
2. Selection by the General As
sembly of a provisional national
government, which could call on the
commission for aid and support.
8. The date for actual withdraw
ing of occupation forces to be by
agreement among Korea, Russia and
the United States, with United Ma
tions concurrence.
Union to Present Lost