Evening star., 1947-09-08
Korean Talks DELAYED
By Russian Rejection.
Issue May Go 10 U. N.

Issue May Go 10 U. n.
Russian rejection of an Amer
lean bid to a four-power con-
ference on uniflcation of Korea
called to open here today, has
forced postponement of such
talks and made it likely that the
issue will be aired before the
United Nations General Assem-
bly, session opening in New York
next week.
Refusal to take part in the pro-
posed talks here, to which Great
Britain and China already had
agreed, was disclosed by Moscow
yesterday.
The Moscow statement said the
United States-Soviet joint commits
sion, which has been deadlocked
for nearly two years in efforts to
agree on basis for unifyine
Korea, has far from exhausted
It's pOSSlDlllIleS.
Officials Skeptical of Break.
This raised some faint hope for
a new Russian proposal to break
commissions stalemate, but officials
here were extremely skeptical OF
such move.
Apparent hopelessness of efforts
to reach a bilateral agreement with
Russia led this country on August
20 to propose four-power meeting
here today to seek new approach
to the problem.
The Soviet-American commission
in Korea was set up under a 1945
agreement between the United
States. Russia, Britain and China
It's task is to work out a detailed
basis for establishing a provincial
government over all Korea, now split
into American and Russian occupa-
tion zones. Agreement has been
blocked by a Russian stand which
would in effect exclude all Korean
political parties except Communists
from consultation with the COM
mission.
| u. S. Delegate Attacks Reds.
Maj. Gen. Albert E. Brown, chief
American delegate to the joint COM
mission, accused Russia today of
seeking to Obscure basic disagree
ments" with the United States over
Korea. the Associated Press reported
from Seoul.
| He said this Russian effort was
responsible for the commission s
failure to prepare report on its
efforts to help form a Korean pro-
visional government. The report
was scheduled to have been COM
pleted last Friday.
Of1cials here have not decided
definitely what this Governments S
next move will be, it was said. 1t
was indicated, however, that the
most likely course of action is to
submit the whole issue to the United
Nations, listing the prolonged efforts
to get agreement with the Russians
and Soviet moves block such agree
ment.
VSUuu ACtS.
The least this could accomplish, 1t
was admitted, would be to make
the facts clear before other govern
ments and the people of the world
An alternative might be to &c
ahead at later date with q con-
ference with Britain and China
but officials pointed out that such
a conference would have little point
without Russia because the issues
are between Russia and the United
States.
In order to make these issues
clear, Secretary of State Marshall
had obtained agreement from So
Wet Foreign Minister Molotov for
the Anglo commission in
Korea to submit a report on its
work.
Gen. Browns statement in Seoul
today, explaining why this report
had not been completed, declared !:
THE Soviet delegation attempted
to remove from the United States
statement of its position all factual
statemens which accurately por-
trayed the United States position
and explain the essential points of
difference between the American
and Soviet positions.
"" To have acceded to these
proposals would have meant the
report would not contain true
statement of the United States po-
Sition.'
Gen. Brown referred to stalemated
efforts to determine which political
groups in both the American and
Russian occupation zones would be
consulted to aid in establishing the
unified government.
Willing to Consider Offer.
He said the Russians proposed
to delete from the report reference
to their own consultation plan which
he declared earlier would eliminate
Is 100000 rightists from participa-
ton and assure an Overwhelming
unrealistic leftist majority in the
government.
In connection with Moscow's hint
in turning down the American pro-
posal for four-power conference
on Korea that it might propose some
new solution, Gen. Brown said he
was willing to consider anything
the Russians have to offer"
Moscow's rejection of the Big -Four
conference occasioned no surprise in
Seoul. Syngman Rhee, right-wing
political leader in the American
zone, asking What did you expect?"
said he hoped the Korean issue
would be brought before the United
Nations.
1t was just two years ago that
the first American occupation troops
landed in Korea. Reviewing it's ac-
complishments since then, the
Army's oath Corps said today much
more still remains to be accom-
plished. Our command in Korea re-
quires added industry, perseverance