Evening star., 1948-03-18
Russia 10 Fight Probe
By u. n. Of Red Grab
In CzechosIovakia
BY the Assoeioied Press

Is SASStuS1tvTO
BY the Assoeioied Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Mar. 18.-
Russia seemed grimly determined
today to fight on against a
United Nations inquiry into the
Communist grab of Czechoslo-
vakia.
A decisive East West clash over
Soviet expansion in Europe is in
prospect.
The U. N. Security Council voted
yesterday. over strenuous Soviet OBJ
jections, to hear all that can be
turned up on the Czechoslovak
crisis.
The decision was taken against
a backdrop Of bitter name-calling
by Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister. Applause
for speakers answering Mr.. Gro
myko's thrusts echoed three times
In the packed, usually. staid council
chamber.
Debate Set for Monday.
The Council set next Monday fol
the start of debate on the case
filed last Friday by the government
Of Chile against Russia.
Mr.. Gromyko called the Chilean
complaint a dirty and slanderous
document; he said Chile was 8
lackey of influential foreign circles
and he called DR.. Jan Papanek
U. N. delegate fired by the new
Prague Communist regime, a traitor
Twice Mr.. Gromyko emphasized
that he was acting on direct in
structions from the Kremlin. But
he did not walk out-as he did two
years ago in the Iranian case.
The Council voted twice-to put
the case on its official agenda and
to give a nonvoting seat to Herman
Santa Cruz, delegate of Chile. Both
times Mr.. Gromyko got only the
support of the Soviet Ukraine;
the other nine members voted SOL
idly against him. Seven affirma-
tive votes were needed to adopt
the case for consideration. The
veto did not apply.
Refers to Truman Speech.
Mr.. Gromyko appeared to be try
ing to tie the Chilean complaint
to President Truman's speech, de-
livered to Congress two hours be-
fore yesterdays Council meeting
Before entering, he told newsmen
the Presidents speech was "propa-
ganda mainly for internal consump-
ton" Inside, he told the delegates
the campaign against the Soviet
Union was being heated up by
statements of certain officials, in
Guiding very highly placed persons
The most prolonged applause from
the crowded spectator section broke
out when DR.. Alfonso Lopez o1
Columbia looked at Mr.. Gromykc
and said slowly:
IT believe 1t is high time that
somebody should question the pro-
priety of using this kind Of Language
when referring to some Of the non.
permanent members of the Security
Council or to other members o1
this GU. NJ organization, and I. fol
one, should like to register my pro.
test against that kind of language
| in the Security Council"
T. F. Tsiang of China, this months
president of the Council, spoke in 9
similar vein, but Mr.. Gromykc
quickly replied that he was not pre-.
pared ito take lessons in language.
Called Internal Matter.
Mr.. Gromyko produced only one
direct argument. against hearing the
case. He said the U. N. Charter pro-
hibited interference in the interna
affairs of q nation and that this was
strictly a Czechoslovak affair. The
remainder of his speech was mainly
an attack on the United States, its
newspapers. its high officials and or
the now familiar 'warmongers."
He said the charges were being
used to strengthen war fever af-
ficting the United States. Mr.
Santa Cruz laid the case before the
Council with speech repeating
the accusations made against
Russia by DR.. Papanek. The orig
inal Papanek complaint had beer
ruled out by Secretary General
Trygve Lie on legal grounds last
week.
The charges are that Russia sent
high officials into Prague to en-
gineer the February coup and sta
toned Red Army troops on the
Czech borders as a threat.
Mr.. Santa Cruz made it clear that
the Chilean case was being built on
DR.. Papanek's accusations. He asked
the council to seat DR.. Papanek fol
the debate.
DR.. Papanek sat somber- faced
through the three-hour meeting
only few feet from DR.. Vladamil
Houdek, the new delegate named
by the Communist government.