Evening star., 1947-04-24
Experts on Palestine
Converge on i. n. for
Session Start Monday
By shs A,soeicssd Press

| LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, April "A.
Top experts on Palestine prob
lens conyerged on United Nations
headquarters today as the fast
working secretariat completed plans
for opening the first u. N. special
session on Palestine next Monday.
Secretary-general Trygve lie fixed
II am. today as the deadline for the
nations to turn in proposals to be
heard by the Assembly.
Two major questions have been
put on the provisional agenda on
which the Assembly must decide by
a tWo-thirds vote. They are:
1. A British request for appoint
ment of special committee to pre-
pare for consideration of the Pales-
tine question at the regular session
/ in September.
/ 2. Identical requests by the five
members of the Arab League who
are U. N. states for the special ses-
4 sion to consider termination of the
British mandate over Palestine and
the declaration of Palestines inde-
| pendence.
Second Item Opposed.
The United States. Britain and
several other delegations have indi-
Gated opposition to the second item.
They insist that the special session
must not go into the question itself
beyond appointing the investigating
committee.
The United Kingdom delegation
expected the arrival today OF two
key men in its Palestine corsidera-
tions-John Martin, Assistant Un-
dersecretary of State in the Colonial
Office, and Harold Beeley, chief
Foreign Office expert on Palestine.
Mr.. Beeley was adviser to the Brit
ish section of the Anglo-American
Palestine Commission which car
ried out exhaustive hearings last
year. Mr.. Martin was private Sec
retary to Winston Churchill when
he was Prime Minister.
4 Other delegations were shaping
up. The names of all chief delegates
except those of White Russia, the
Ukraine, Ell Salvador, Liberia and
Nicaragua have been announced.
The chief Russian delegate will
be Andrei A. Gromyko, deputy for
eign minister and permanent dele
gate to the U. N.
That nomination completed the
ranks of the Big Five delegations.
The others, all regular delegates to
the U. N. permanently stationed
here, are Warren A. Austin, United
States; Sir Alexander Cadogan,
Britain; Alexandrei Parodi, France,
and DR.. QUO Tai-cli, China.
The Assembly rules specify that
the members must submit subjects
for consideration by the meeting
four days before it opens. Since
the secretariat hopes to plunge i'm
mediately into business next Mon
day morning without formalities,
the II am. deadline was fixed late
yesterday.
Council Not Meeting.
The Security Council has taken a
back seat for the opening. No
meetings are scheduled in the i'm
mediate future.
The Atomic Energy Commission
has two committees at work, but
their sessions next week are tena-
tive. The Political Committee of
the commission was called to meet
today to continue work on the def
milton and terms of a proposed
atomic authority.
The Trusteeship Council is near
the end OF its agenda and Is striving
to complete its session before the
end of the week. Its main task
now is to decide on the membership
of special commission which will
go to Western Samoa this summer
to investigate a plea for self-gov-
ernment. That territory now is man
dated to New Zealand.
Frederick H. Osborn, deputy