Evening star., 1952-11-11

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Eden turned down Mr.. Vishinsky's S
proposal for a new commission to
end the Korean war as of mo help
over our present difficulty"
Mr.. Vishinsky told the Political
Committee yesterday he would
mot bulge" on the Communist
demand that all prisoners be re-
patriated.
"Mr. ViShinsky said that he be-
lieved in the unconditional repat-
ration of prisoners of war without
screening" Mr.. Eden said.
HE did not, however, say
whether in his view those who
genuinely fear for their lives
should be forced back at the point
Of the bayonet.
II am encouraged by his lack
of precision on that point. hope,
therefore, that he will examine my
four principles and consider care
fully whether or not they are ac-
ceptable."
Lists His Four Principles.
Mr.. Eden gave his four prin-
ciples for settling the prisoner is
sue:
First: That every prisoner of
war has the right, on the con-
clusion of an armistice, to be re-
leased.
Second: That every prisoner of
war has the right to be speedily
repatriated.
Third: That there is a duty
on the OBTAINING side to provide
facilities for such repatriation.
Fourth: That the OBTAINING
side has no right to use force in
connection with the disposal of
prisoners of war. In other words,
after an armistice, a prisoner of
war may not be either forcibly
detained or forcibly repatriated. I"
Addressing himself to Mr.. vi
shinsky in the Assembly Hall, Mr..
Eden said:
IF it proves that these four
principles are in fact accepted,
then it should be possible to put
them in clearly understood res
olution which will command
agreement among all the parties.
This could then be commune
Gated to the negotiators and be-
come the basis of settlement" "
Acheson Listens Closely.
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son listened closely as Mr.. Eden
spoke slowly and intently.
Mr.. Eden's proposal. if accepted
by the Communists, would give
the Korean truce negotiators at
Panmunjom blue-printed solu-
ton of their prisoner of war dis
pute.
The U. N. command has stead
lastly refused the Communists
demand that all prisoners of war
be repatriated whether or not they
want to go home.
Mr.. VlShlnSky yesterday warned
the West that its insistence on this
point would wreck the truce talks
and protract the Korean war.
Mrs. Pandit Speaks.
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit of
India told the Assembly it's imme-
diate task was ito explore every
avenue to bring about a quick
settlement of the only issue which
now stands in the way of an
armiStice."
Mrs. Pandit repeated her gov
ernment's view that Communist
China should be brought into
U. N. membership. She termed
such a move as recognition of
a patent fact"
She declared that "there are
other dangers to the peace in
other parts of the world"
'We deeply sympathize with the
peoples of Tunisia and Morocco in
their desire for self-government, ~
she said.
She added she hoped the U. N.
would support the demand for
independence from these two
French-administered territories.
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman told the Assembly yes
terday of Frances stand on Tu-
nisia and Morocco whose demands
for independence from French CO.
lonial rule are to be debated in
Z the U. N. He limited at a news
conference later that his delega-
ton may boycott the debate when
1t comes up in the Political Com
vro;ffoo