Evening star., 1952-11-26
Russia Reveals
Chinese Reject
India TruceP|an
Vishinsky Announces
Refusal as Proposal
Wins Priority in U. N.
BY the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Nov.
26.-Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky
announced today that Communist
China already had turned down
1ndia's compromise plan for end
ing the Korean prisoner-of-war
deadlock.
Mr.. Vishinsky addressed the
U. N. Political Committee shortly
after that 60-nation body had
voted, 149 to 5, with one absten-
ton, to give priority to the Indian
proposal, which Russia already had
rejected.
The Soviet Foreign Minister
said the Peiping government had
been given a copy of the resolu-
tion by the Indian government
and had given its negative reply
two days ago. For that reason, he
said. che committee merely would
be wasting time to pursue it's pres
ent debate on the Indian plan.
Offers Amendments.
At the same time. however, Mr..
Vishinsky offered series of
amendments to the Indian pro-
posal in an attempt to bring it
into line with RusSia's demands
for repatriation of all prisoners.
He called for an immediate and
complete cease-fire on the basis
of the armistice points agreed
upon at Panmunjom with the
addition of a provision for full re-
patriation of prisoners.
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit,
chief Indian delegate. listened in
tently as the Soviet Foreign Min
lister told Of the Chinese Com
munist rejection of the Indian|
resolution. Mr.. Vishinsky said It'll
was possible the Peiping reply still
had not been transmitted to the
Indian delegation here.
West Supports Move.
A special closed-door meeting of
81 Western powers decided last
night to support the priority move
and their action assured commit
tee action.
Diplomats viewed the priority
vote as a tip off that q majority
has been found in the committee
to back the United States view
that the Indian resolution must |
be clarified to spell out the han
ding of prisoners of war more
carefully. They based their rea-
soning on the fact that the United
States had previously said it
would not vote for priority un-
less these assurances were given.
Mr.. Vishinsky astounded dele
gates when he called the Indian
plan a device of the "North At
lantic bloc with which no CO.
operation is possible. India has
no connection with NATO and has
Striven to maintain a neutral po-
sition in East-West quarrels.
The 21-nation resolution calls
for a truce on the basis of the
u. N. commands terms laid down
at Panmunjom, including mo-
forced repatriation.
The Indian resolution, adopting
the Western stand against forced
repatriation, would have the U. N.
take over those POW's whose fu-
ture has not been settled by AM
international repatriation COM
mission in five months. American
sources said the plan, to be ac-
ceptable, must set definite time
limit for the full release and re-
settlement Of the prisoners.
Presumably the United States
was assured this would be done
before it joined the other 20
Western nations in urging priority
for consideration of the plan.
However, the groups chairman,
Sir Percy Spender of Australia.
said only that necessary textual
Qualification" would be sought in
the plans provision for prisoners
who won't go home.
It was not known whether the
group would try to get India S
v. K. Krishna Menon himself toI
change the resolution or would
introduce amendments of its own
during the debate.