Evening star., 1948-09-20

United Nations guard to 1oreStall
such acts as the assassination of
Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N.
mediator, and to maintain order in
disturbed areas. He will ask for a
U. N. constabulary of from 1000 to
5000 men backed by "the fun au-
thority of the United Nations"
A Well-informed source at U. N,
headquarters said Mr. Lie had al
ready made contact with a number
of national delegations and general
ly received favorable reply.
The assembly faces a long list of
harsh political problems growing out
of the cold war between East and
! West.
The opening session will be held
in the main auditorium of the Palais
de Chaiilot, the United Nations
home for the next three months.
Meanwhile, the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil has scheduled a meeting for this
afternoon to continue its hearings
on the India -Hyderabad conflict.
The fighting phase of the conflict
has ended with Hyderabad's sur
render.
The Indian delegation said 1t
would ask the Security Council to-
day to drop Hyderabad's request for
intervention. The Nizam of Hydera-
| bad said earlier that he had acted
| to withdraw his appeal to the U. N.
The most difficult problem before
the Assembly probably will be the
current situation in Berlin that the
United States, Britain and France
mad been attempting, so far in vain,
to settle through secret negotiations
with Russia.
Vishinsky Heads Reds.
The arrival of British Foreign
secretary Ernest Bevin by train
from a Channel port gave the three
major Western powers full repre-
ssntation at the U. N. The latest
word from Moscow, however, in
dicated that Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov would stay there. The
Russian delegation is headed by
Vice Foreign Minister Andrel Y.
Visninsky.
Envoys of the three Western ma
tions have been negotiating in Mos
COW with Mr.. Molotov for the past
several weeks. The report OF the
last meeting in the Kremlin
reached Western capitals late yes
! terday.
The impasse in Berlin, where
most Europeans profess to see the
seeds of warfare, is not on the
Assembly program now. Most re-
liable information here, however, IS
that the United States has decided
to place the problem before the
Assembly unless there is an unex-
pected, encouraging development
within the next 48 hours.
Colonies Problem to Come Up.
1t is known that French officials
are attempting to dissuade the
Americans from taking this step in
the hope that the four-power Mos
COW talks will be continued here by
the foreign ministers themselves
during the U. N. session. The Brit
ish also were reported hesitant.
Other problems which definitely
will come before the Assembly are
| the fate of Italy's former African
colonies, the Palestine situation, the
government guerrilla war in Greece
and the control of atomic energy.
The 80-odd items on the Assembly
agenda also include the future OF
Korea, an Argentine proposal to
eliminate the big power veto on new
members, the election of three
members to the Security Council
and the adoption of the U. N. bud
get.
Of them all, the three-month-old
Berlin blockade is by far the inter-
national issue of overshadowing i'm
portance in the opinion of most dip
lomats here.
It involves the fate of Germany
and the future of Europe and the
world. 1t involves control over the
resources and skills of an area
which. after the United States, Is
probably the worlds most indus
), trialized.
Currency Issue Pending.
/ Once the question of the block
ade is evoked in the Assembly, the
discussion inevitably will be ex-
! tended to the issue of Berlin's cur
rency, currency reforms in Western
Germany and the Western power
agreement to establish a West Ger
man government.
j This probably would bring up the
question of the United States
European Recovery Plan, which Is
based in part on the revival of