Evening star., 1950-07-20
Nehru' S Insisfence
On Soviet Truce Terms
Worries u. 5. Officials
BY Gornett D. Homer

to keep alive the idea that ad-
mission of Communist China tc
the United Nations could lead tc
peaceful settlement of the Korean
war worried American officials to.
day.
They hopefully counted on Mr.
Nehru's continued support of the
battle against Communist aggres.
sion despite disagreement over thu
Chinese Communist issue.
But apparently the United
States suffered at least a tenn.
porary setback with the publica.
ton late yesterday of an exchange
of notes between Secretary o.
State Acheson and Mr.. Nehru.
Indian Press Hits U. S.
Indian newspapers, the Associ.
ated Press reported from New
Delhi, almost unanimously con.
demned American refusal of the
Nehru suggestion to admit Com.
munist China to the U. N. as 6
preliminary step toward efforts
to negotiate an end to the Korean
fighting.
Moscow complicated the propa-
ganda problem further today by
publishing the Soviet version OF
so-called peace" talks that have
been going on between Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko and British Ambassa-
dor Sir David Kelly.
The Moscow story is that the
British were told proposals TO.
withdrawal of the North Korean
Communist invaders from South
Korea should be referred to the
Security Council for considera-
tion"-and by implication only
after admission of Chinese
Communist representative to the
Council.
British Back q. S. Position.
The U. N. Security Council al
ready has called for the North
Koreans to cease fire and with
draw behind the 38th parallel.
Backing up the Security Council,
American spokesmen have said
such withdrawal is the rock bot
tom" minimum condition for end
ing the fighting in Korea. The
British maintained this position
In the Moscow talks.
~ On the grounds that outcome
OF the talks with Mr.. Gromyko
might be prejudiced by premature
public disclosure of exactly what
they were talking about, British
and American officials have kept
a tight secrecy about any details
OF them. This gave the Russians
opportunity for another propa-
ganda offensive by publishing
their version first today.
All Moscow morning papers
published the Soviet communique
on the talks today with no i'm
mediate editorial comment, the
Associated Press reported. =
Withdrawal Of Troops Asked.
The communique said that Am
bassador Kelly told Mr.. Gromyko
on July IL that the British gov
eminent felt Security Council de-
eisions prevented its making def
mite proposals for a peaceful
Korean settlement but that 'as
q preliminary proposal, hostilities
in Korea should be terminated
and North Korean troops with
drawn Beyond the 38th parallel.
Mr.. Gromyko replied on July
II. it added, that Sin order to
avoid going too far ahead, this
preliminary proposal, like all other
proposals, should be referred to
the Security Council for consid-
Grafton"
Echoing a note from Soviet
Prime Minister Stain to Mr..
Nehru, published earlier this week,
Mr.. Gromyko also was quoted as
saying that the Korean question
could best be settled peacefully by
''convocation of the Security
Council with the indispensable
participation of representatives OF
the Peoples (Communist) govern
ment of China and with repre-
SentativeS of the Korean people to
be heard"
AchesOn Replies.
Mr.. Nehru had suggested in
messages to Mr.. Stain and Mr.
Acheson July 13 that Communist
China be admitted to the Y. N
in the hope that then basis
for ending the Korean conflict
could be found.
In his reply delivered to Mr.
Nehru Tuesday and made public
only late yesterday, Mr.. Acheson
insisted that the Communist
China issue was entirely separate
and should be settled on it's merits
by majority of the U. N.
''We do not believe" the Ache
son note asserted, "that the
termination of the aggression
from Northern Korea can be con-
tingent in any way upon the de-
termination of other questions
currently before the United Ma
tionS."
Nehru Persists.
Mr.. Acheson added that he was
sure Mr.. Nehru would agree that
the decision about Communist
China Should not be dictated by
an unlawful aggression or by any
other conduct which would subject
the United Nations to coercion
and dureSs."
In a reply delivered yesterday
Mr.. Nehru said his suggestion for
bringing Communist China into
the U. N. now was designed to
fulfill" and mot to weaken a
policy of supporting the U. N.
He added:
IT do not think that the admis-
sion of China now would be an