Evening star., 1952-02-10
Italy Disovows Soviet Treaty
After 5 Vetoes of Her u. n. Bid:
May Stop Paying Reporotions
Rejection Of Efforts
To Join Declared
Violation of Pact
by the Assoeiatsd Press

VIOIUVtOU OT TQCt
BY the Associated Press
ROME, Feb. 8.-Italy disowned
her peace treaty obligations to
Russia tonight because of re-
peated Soviet vetoes barring Italy
from United Nations membership.
u. N. affiliation for Italy was
specified in the treaty.
Italy now may not make any
more payments on her $100-mil-
lion war reparations debt to Rus
sia.
Payments on the debt in goods
and military equipment have been
made since the 1947 treaty became
effective. It was not learned i'm
mediately how much is still owed.
1taly'S treaty disavowal was an
nounced in a note delivered to the
Soviet ambassador here by the
Italian Foreign Office.
1t declared the five Russian
vetoes on Italy's U. N, membership
bid in themselves were a violation
Of a the peace treaty.
Value Of Properties Disputed.
The note was handed to Soviet
Ambassador Mikhail Kostylev by
Paolo Emilio Taviani, italian
undersecretary of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Kotsylev was summoned to
the Foreign Office in Chigi Palace
to receive the note.
1t said Russia had pledged in
the treaty ito support the applica-
tion of Italy to become member
Of the United Nations"
Because of the Soviet vetoes,
the Italian government declared,
it cannot adhere further" to
treaty obligations to the Soviet
Union.
Under the peace treaty, Italy is
required to pay reparations to
Russia in whole or in part with
1talian-held properties in coun-
tries which now have become
Soviet satellites. They include
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Italy valued her properties in
those countries at 500 million or
more-enough to cover her entire
reparatiops obligations to the
q. s. S. r.
Russia, on the other hand,
claimed the Italian foreign prop
critics were worth only $25 mil
lion to $50 million. Two commits
sions-Italian and Russian-were
named to study the dispute. After
several sessions the two bodies
could not agree and met no more.
May Charge OF Debt.
Informed sources here specu-
lated that Italy now will make
no further moves to determine
the value of the foreign-hel
properties or to make additional
reparations payments.
The Rome government may
take the view that confiscation of
the properties in the satellite
countries is equivalent to full
payment of Italy'S reparationS
debt.
The note said:
I'm the United Nations Security
Council meeting in Paris on Feb
ruary 6, the representative of the
Soviet government vetoed ap-
proval of a French resolution rec
ommending to the General As
sembly the admission of Italy.
This recommendation had been
requested by the General Assem-
bly, on December z, 1851, with an
imposing manifestation. And not
withstanding that all the Security
Council members with the excep-
tion Of the U. S. s. r. declared
themselves in favor Of the French
proposal for Italy's admission"
Italian Dignity Offended.
"This is the fifth time the
Soviet representative has vetoed
Italy's admission to the United
Nations at the Security Council, "
the note continued.
Apart from any appreciation
of the Soviet attitude in asking
the Security Council to recon-
mend the simultaneous admis-
sion to the United Nations Of all
states that have applied, the
Italian government notes that this
stand cannot be justified with re-
spect to Italy toward which Rus
sia, with its treaty Of Paris Of
February 10. 1947, has taken a
pledge to support the applica-
ton of Italy to become a member
of the United Nations and to ad-
here to all conventions concluded
under the sponsorship Of the
United Nations.
1.-THE Soviet veto therefore not
only offends the dignity Of the
Italian nation but harms q rec
ognized right and constitutes a
violation of its pledge on the part
Of the q. s. S. R., pledge that
is underwritten and taken with
respect to Italy in the above-men-
toned treaty.
LAS a consequence. the Italian
government raises q most ener-
getic protest against this violation
and declares in the meantime IL
cannot adhere further on its part
to the obligation that the treaty
has imposed on Italy with respect
to the U. S. s. r. in a situation
determined by the Soviet govern
mentS' attitude"