Evening star., 1948-09-05
II. ms Lie Has
TwoBigGoals
Wants Special Force of
Police and Harmony
Among Big Five
By Froneis w. Carpenter,

LAKE SUCCESS. - Trygve Lie
will put two pet ideas to the United
Nations Assembly in Paris. The
chances are strong that neither will
go far now.
The secretary general OF the
United Nations wants these two
things at this falls session:
/. Harmony among the five grea:
powers.
2. Authority to recruit an elite
guard of 1000 to 5000 men for q
real u. N. police force.
Associates of Lie know these two
things have been topmost in his
mind for weeks.
Really Means Russia and y. 5.
They say Lie feels that if the Big
Five can get along the U. N. Will
have no trouble.
Although he takes in the Big Five
Britain, China, France, the United
States and RuSsia-it Is said Lie
really feels the big conflict is be-
tween the United States and the
Soviet Union.
Friends of Lie said he feels if some
basis for agreement can be foune
between those two powers, the world
could settle down to normal living
without tension.
For a time Lie considered calling
the attention of the Security Council
to the Berlin dispute. He put out
secret and tentative feelers in June
to the United States. France and
Britain.
The reaction was fast. All three.
let it be known that they would
prefer to try to settle the issue with
out taking it to the U. N.
AS the Berlin crisis grew, there
were strong hints that the western
powers might put Berlin before the
U. N. Assembly as court Of last
resort
Bitter Session Predicted
If that Is done in Paris, U. N.
officials predict the session will run
perhaps into 1949 and will be ex-
tremely bitter.
The delegates are hoping to con-
clude their work in two months. De-
cember / is a fair target date for
adjournment, however, unless Berlin
does come up In that event, all
beis on adjournment are off.
Lie kept group of his closest
aides working on all angles of the
elite guard idea before springing 1t
June 10 in q speech at Harvard
University's commencement.
The U. N. Charter provides that
member countries contribute enough
troops and equipment for an inter-
national force to back up Security
Council decisions. The Charter per-
mits the Council to take actual
armed measures against any nation
convicted of aggression-provided
the Big Five agree on such step
So far the military staff commit
tee of the Big Five has not agreed
on any major point about the U. N.
army.
Meanwhile, the need for some kind
of force to protect U. N. commissions
and groups and to put some teeth
in the U. N. has bothered Lie.
Will Present Details
In the early days of the Palestine
truce Lie recruited volunteers from
U. N. guards at Lake Success and
sent them to the Holy Land for
duty until regular observers arrived.
In his Harvard speech, Lie urged
guard force to function until the
international army is formed. He
said this force could be comparative
ly small.
He said such a small guard would
have been adequate to handle any
case that has come before the U.sN..
even including Palestine.
u N. members have been some
what lukewarm to the suggestion
but no one has come out fatty
against it.
( Lies detailed plan is expected to
be presented in the opening days
Of The Assembly.
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