Evening star., 1950-08-25
ka|ik Likely 10 Raise
Formosa Issue at
u. N. Council Today
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 25.-
Russia's Jacob A. Malik is ex-
pected to throw the explosive For
mosan question into Security
Council discussions today.
However, the anti-Communist
countries, led by the United
States, are determined to keep
the Councils eye on the Korean
issue.
Red China's Foreign Minister
Chou En-lai gave Mr.. Malik an
opening yesterday by sending
cables to him and to U. N. Sec.
retary General Trygve Lie de-
manding the custer of American
forces from the island now con-
trolled by the Chinese NATIONAL
lists. The cables also announced
Communist intentions to lib
crate" Formosa from United
States aggressors."
Seventh Fleet in Area.
The only American force in
that area Is the Seventh Fleet,
which President Truman sent June
27 to prevent an invasion by
Communist forces from the main
land. At the same time, Mr.. Tru-
man appealed to Nationalist lead
er Chang Kai-shek to cease bomb
ings of the mainland. He said
his aim was to neutralize Formosa
and prevent the Korean war from
spreading.
Coincident with Chou's cable to
Lake Success, a Chinese govern
ment spokesman in Canton &C
cused Britain's armed forces in
Hong Kong of carrying out a
deliberate" plan to "encroach
upon Chinese sovereignty"
British forces were charged
with five violations of Chinese air,
territory, and territorial waters
since July 6. All the incidents were
minor. but the charges were con-
sidered significant inasmuch as.
Britain is negotiating with the
Peiping regime for opening of dip
lomatic relations.
Malik May Use Appeal.
Diplomats here believe Mr..
Malik will use Chou's appeal as
his ace card in Russia's month
long struggle to split. the United
Nations solid front on the Korean
issue, to pin an "aggressor" label
on the United States. and to link
the question of Korea with that
Of China.
Informed sources here have
predicted that Mr.. Malik would
not give up the presidency of the
Council, which he holds only for
the month of August, without one
supreme effort to accomplish
these aims.
Mr.. Malik's introduction of the
Formosan question would be re-
garded here as a master diplo-
matte stroke aimed at aligning
Britain and India, at least parti-
ally, against the rest of the So
far solid ti-Communist majority
group in the Council.
Both Britain and India, unlike
the United States. have recog-
nized the Chinese Communist
regime. Both have taken the
position that their support of the.
United States in Korea does not
imply similar support for Amer
tcan action IN Formosa.
Questions Held Unrelated.
The Council majority, in re-
3ectirg Mr.. IMalik's previous move
to seat Communist China on the
Council, backed the American
contention that the Korean and
Chinese questions were not re-
lated.
M. SMalik is expected to intro
ducAf Chou's charges regarding
Formosa to develop his previous
assertion that President Truman
already had linked the Chinese
and Korean questions by sending
the 7th Fleet to Formosa as part
OF program to localize the con-
hlct in Asia.
Mr.. Malik, as president, has the
authority to read any communica-
'tions he desires at the opening of
any Council meeting. A United
States spokesman said, however,
that vigorous objections would be
made today if the Russian dele
gate tried to substitute Chou's
complaint for a pending American
resolution condemning North Ko-
rea. as a subject for Council dis
cussion.
The agenda for today's Council
meeting, after the reading of
communications by Mr.. Malik.
calls for three hours of French
translationS of last Tuesdays
speeches. The next business, if
the session lasts long enough, pre-
sumably will be the Soviet dele
gates reply to British and Ameri-
can charges last Tuesday that
Russia is employing Hitlerian
propaganda methods in it's state