Evening star., 1951-06-24
MaIik Urges Farley
On Truce in Korea;
U. 5. Is SkepticaI
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be started between the belliger.
entS for a cease-fire and an armi.
stice providing for the mutua
withdrawal of forces from thu
38th Parallel.
Can such step be taken?
Il think it can, provided there
is'a sincere desire to put an enc
to the bloody fighting in Korea.
Il think that, surely, is not toe
great a price to pay in order tt
achieve peace in Korea"
In past proposals in the U. N
for settling the Korean conflict
Russia and the Soviet bloc coun-
tries have always made Red Chi.
nese membership in the U. N.
turning Formosa over to Rec
China. and withdrawal of U. N
forces from Korea conditions fol
a halt to the war.
In proposals for discussing 6
cease fire, the Soviet bloc has al.
ways insisted that Russia and Rec
China be among the participants
in any parley.
Defends Red China.
In this broadcast Mr.. Malik sal
before a U. N. microphone in his
New York Park Avenue delega-
ton offices and suggested that the
belligerentS get together for a dis
cussion. ........ a ..
Speaking in a fairly heavily-ac.
cented English as he read the
translation of his statement, origi-
nally prepared in Russian for re-
broadcast in the Soviet Union, he
made it sound as though he was
just another of the series of diplo-
mats in the U. N. suggesting way
to peace in Korea.
He did not even make it appear
he was acting as a spokesman fol-
the North Koreans Or the Chinese
Communists in voicing the pro-
posal, although the earlier part
of his speech had defended Rec
China'S position in world affairs
And he has acted in the past al
Red China's principal friend ir
the u. N.
He made no reference to the
Chinese volunteers" way ir
which he and other Soviet grour
speakers had referred to the Chi.
neSe Communists after their in
tervention in Korea and durins
the long U. N. Assembly debate:
that were climaxed by overwhelm.
ing U. N. denunciation of Rec
China as aggreSSors.
He sat for nine hours-Si,
hours yesterday and three toda.
under a huge portrait of Mar
shal Stain in his delegation of
fees reading and re-reading hi
statement onto U. N. recordins
equipment for the Nationwid,
broadcast in the United State;
today and for ultimate rebroad
cast insmany other parts of tn.
world. .......
He let it be known beforehand
that he would have no further
comment or explanation on what.
ever statements he made today
Text Cabled to Lie.
The text of Mr.. Malik's state
ment about the cease fire and
38th Parallel conference was ca
bled to Secretary General Tryeve
Lie who has just reached Oslo,
Norway, for short vacation in
his homeland.
Speaking June l at Ottawa, Mr..
Lie called for a ceaSe-1re in the
vicinity of the 38th Parallel.
United States, British and other
government leaders, diplomats
and u. N. delegates have made
similar suggestions, but the peace
campaign up until now has been
entirely one-sided. There has
been no response by the Commu-
nists to U. N. proposals or the
efforts of a good Offices commit
tee, or even to the compromise
proposals of an ASian-Arab bloc
of u countries which has long
sought some sort of truce con-
ference at which Red China would
be represented.
One question Immediately raised
in Washington was whether the
Chinese Communists would &C.
sept RuSsia's new voice-if it turns
out to be new voice.
1t was noted here, too. that Mr.
Malik offered no guarantees il
his proposal-either that the Chi.
nese Communists would accept
the first step discussions or would
abide by the trems that might be
agreed on.
Nevertheless, one U. N. source
said the Malik statement was i'm.
portant because it did represent
the first new public bid from the
Communist side and that it coulc
be assumed the Chinese Commu.
nists would go along.
Preliminaries Kept Secret.
Close secrecy marked the pre-
hminaries to the broadcast.
Other leading delegates to the
u. N. who spoke earlier in the
series have recorded their state.
mentS and their texts have beer
available to the press two to three
days before the broadcast.
The Soviet delegation at frs
insisted that the text of the Eng.
hsh translation be held up unit
the moment Mr.. Malik's voice
went on the air. Later, it agreed
to let newsmen have copies about
two hours before the New York
City local broadcast began at SIX
pm.
Mr.. Malik's statement was writ.
ten and recorded first in Russian
The English translation ran ovel
the 15-minute program here
Some cuts were agreed on in the
English version and that was what
American listeners heard-the
most English Mr.. Malik has
mouthed in public and to such
an audience since he has come
to the United States. He became
a familiar radio and televisior
figure to American audiences