Evening star., 1950-08-24
:kaIik, Nearing End
AsU. n. Council Head ,
Still Stalls on Korea
BY the Assoeiated Press


/. LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 24.-Rus-
eia's Jacob A. Malik today headed
into the fourth and final week
OF his Security Council presidency,
apparently dedicated-and sue
cessfully-to stalling decisive
Council action on the Korean war.
In the three weeks since he
ended the Russian boycott of the
Council to head it, Mr.. Malik has
trumpeted the Soviet propaganda
line at length.
The West has replied with simi-
larly long speeches, but many OBJ
servers wonder which has had the
more telling effect on the Asian
mind-the ultimate prize in the
current U. N. war of words.
Mr.. Malik's delaying strategy
has consisted mainly of presenting
proposals to the Council that OBJ
viously would be knocked down,
or in stalling off action on West
eTn proposals.
= Malik Stalls on Delegate.
: The procedural wrangle has re-
volved mainly around the Coun-
CHS decision Of last June to invite
South Korea's representative to
Join in discussion of Korean ques-
tions.
Mr.. Malik has refused either
to seat the representative or to
make rule denying him a seat.
He has countered with two pro-
posals, one to order a cease-flre
and withdrawal of all foreign
troops meaning United States
forces-and to seat both North |
Korean and Red Chinese repre-
sentatives in the Council to dis
cusS peace settlement.
If that were done, Mr.. Malik
said, he would also admit the
South Korean.
The other Russian proposal
was to have the Council denounce
what both Mr.. Malik and North
Korean authorities called the
"barbarous. monstrous" bombing
Of North Korean towns by United
States planes.
Council members have indicated
clearly that the majority would
vote down both Mr., Malik'S pro-
poSals.
The first day he assumed the
presidency Mr.. Malik, by an 8-3
vote, lost an attempt to rule that
the Chinese Nationalists were not
the proper representatives of
China. Since then the delegates
have battled futilely, and spoken
at length, but with no concrete
action on the war.
Russian Threatens Veto.
Mr.. Malik, on his side, has stated
he would veto the American pro-
posal of last month calling for
the Council to follow up it's cease
fire and withdrawal order to the
Red Koreans by denouncing them
for continued U.aN. defiance, and
calling on all nations to refrain
from aiding them.
No one hopes for action on any
Of the three proposals until
Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb takes
the chair September and restores
the Council to. the normal pro-
cedure sAdrs Malik has Blocked. u.
Nor does any orle-outside the
Russian delegation-seem to know
If Mr.. Malik will be on hand for
Council meetings when Jebb takes ,
the chair. or if the Russian will
resume his boycott.
Stymied on achieving anything I
concrete over the past month, {
both Russia and the West have =
indulged in a propaganda duel c
involving the whole Asiatic ques-
ton. (
Each side has accused the other T
Of aggression in Korea and each r
side has denied the charges. t
The Council meets tomorrow v
and once or twice next week, but S
little is expected to be accom-
plished. t
If Mr.. Malik stays in the Coun- I
Gil after September /, he can beat 7
the American proposal with veto. r
If he pulls out, anything the group
orders will affect the North I
Koreans only as far as United {
States troops back up the council.
The Korean Communists have
been ignoring U. N. rulings for !.
three years.