Evening star., 1950-07-18
Acheson PLANNING
Polite Answer
To Nehru Note
By Gornett D. Horner

polite but firm mo appeasement"
reply to Indian Prime Minister
Nehru's SUGGESTIONS for peaceful
settlement of the Korean conflict,
it was understood today.
Mr.. Nehru suggested and Soviet
Prime Minister Stain agreed that
Communist China should be ad-
mitted to the United Nations as a
preliminary step for negotiations
to end the fighting in Korea.
This condition is unacceptable
to the United States.
In the American view, the oues-
tion of Communist China's rep
resentation in the U. N. cannot
even be considered until the North
Korean Communist invaders of
South Korea cease fire and with
draw from South Korea, as called
for by the U. N. Security Council
Acheson Prepares Note.
Secretary of State Acheson has
prepared note to Mr.. Nehru
which he hopes will win the sup
port OF Asia's millions for the
flrm stand by the United States
and United Nations and not risk
alternating the Indian Prime Min
lister by the rejection of his sug-
gestionS.
The American position would
leave the way open for possible
participation of Russia and Com
munist China in final solution
OF the whole Korean problem
after the fighting has stopped and
the invaders have withdrawn from
South Korea-if a majority of the
Security Council should vote for
admission of Communist China.
Mr.. Acheson'S reply to Mr.. Neh-
III was expected to be delivered
today. Officials here hoped to
make the exchange of notes pub
lie after its delivery in New Delhi.
Indian government officials COM
planned, however. that Moscow
publication of the Nehru-S Stain
exchange was incorrect proce-
dure." They said they had planned
to release the correspondence only
after all replies were received.
Contents Of Notes Published.
MIR. Nehru sent personal mes
sages to Mr.. Stain and Mr.. Ache
son on the same day last week.
There has been no official in
formation as to whether they were
the same.
Tass. the official Soviet news
agency, published the Nehru and
Stain notes today.
Mr.. Stain was quoted as saying
that a peaceful settlement of the
Korean conflict should be reached
through the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil, but with the obligatory par
ticipation of the representatives
of the five great powers, including
the Peoples (Communist) govern
ment of China"
The Soviet Union has boycotted
all U. N. meetings since January
in effort to force replacement of
Chinese Nationalist delegates with
Chinese Communists.
Nehru Suggestions Outlined.
In his approach to Mr.. Stain,
according to Tass. Mr.. Nehru sug-
geSted this procedure for settling
the Korean question:
l. Communist China should be
seated in the Security Council.
2. Russia would return to the
Council.
8. within the framework of
the Council or outside the Council
through unof1icial contact, the
U. S. S. r.. the United States of
America and China, with the as
sistance and cooperation of other
peaceable states. could find basis
for cessation of the conflict and
for a final solution of the Korean
problem"
Basis of the American position
is that the Korean fighting is a
threat to the United Nations
which must be ended on the min
imum terms laid down by the Sc
curity Council-cease fire and
withdrawal of the invaders-be-
fore other questions raised in con-
nection with it can be considered.
Oficials here are confident that
a majority of the Security Council
will back the American view that
the Communist China issue should
not be raised while the Korean
lighting is going on.
If the U. N. terms for ending
(See NEHRU, Page A-4.)