Evening star., 1950-12-03
u. 5. Shows Caution.
In Oriental Crisis:
Awaits AttIee Visit
BY John N. Hiehtower
Asseeictad Press Stcff Write,

The United States cautiously
held OF any drastic new steps to
zeal with the Korean crisis today
while offlcials sought additional
Facts on both the military and
diplomatic fronts. =.
The delay of policy decisions
appeared to result at least in part
from Prime Minister Attlee's i'm
pending visit here. The White
House and State Department evi-
IDENTIFY want to keep future moves
IN a state of indecision until after
talks between the British leader
and the President get under way
Tuesday. Mr.. Attlee is due here
Monday morning.
Collins Flies to Orient.
Today there were these de-
velopments:
1. Gen. ]. Lawton Collins. the
Army's Chief Of Staff, left sud-
denly on a flying trip to the Far
East for an on-the-spot inspec-
ton of the military situation and
a conference with Gen. MacAr-
thur.
2. Secretary of State Acheson
summoned Ambassador Warren
Austin from U. N. headquarters at
New York for a one hour and so
minute discussion. Mr.. Austin
brought along his deputy, Ambas-
sador Ernest A. Gross, and Mr..
Acheson was Joined in the talk
by his top policy directors and
advisers.
8. Assistant Secretary of State
Dean Rusk briefed representatives
OF the 20 Latin American coun-
tries on the general Far Eastern
situation and Korea.
Withdrawal Demand Vetoed.
Well-informed officials said that
on returning to New York Mr..
Austin would consult widely with
other United Nations members on
the next step to be taken in the
United Nations against Commu-
mist China's intervention in Korea
A demand that the Chinese Reds
withdraw was vetoed by Russia
IN the Security Council Thursday.
One proposal discussed by Mr..
Austin and Mr.. Acheson today
and under serious consideration
is to put the subject of China'sI
aggression" as the United States
has labelled it, on the vetoless
Assembly's schedule but avoid for
the time being any decision on
the exact nature of the resolu-
ton which the Assembly would
later be asked to adopt.
Mr.. Austin reported to Mr..
Acheson on new, slight evidence
that the Chinese Communist dele
cation at U. N. headquarters might
be willing to discuss the Korean
situation with representatives of
other countries at some point.
State Department officials did not
appear particularly hopeful.
Exchange of Views.
The State Department said the
Acheson-Austin meeting was an
exchange of views and he did not
expect any firm decisions to be
made here over the week end.
They may develop early next week
as the Attlee- Truman talks shape
up, Mr.. Austin gets a clearer idea
of the extent of support for a.
strong Korean policy in the U. N.
and Gen. Collins takes his own
measure of the military situation
in Korea.
This deliberate policy of pro-
ceeding cautiously and stalling
off the major decisions could, of
course. be knocked off balance in
stantly by some new move of the
Communist bloc.
That the United States favors
. strong policy on Korea was
made clear by Mr.. Truman in his
news conference Thursday. He
declared his confidence that the
United Nations would not aban-
don its commitment to stand up
against Communist aggression in
that country.