Evening star., 1952-12-06
U.N. Resuming Debate
Under French Boycott
After Tunis Staying
BY the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec.
6.-The United Nations resumes
its French-boycotted debate on
Tunisia today in an atmosphere
Of explosive tension following the
Staying of the Tunisian independ-
ence leader. Farhat Kached.
French spokesman said their
delegation would not heed the
pleas of some fellow diplomats to
return during the discussion of an
Arab-Asian bloc resolution sup
porting Tunisian demands for
talks aimed at freeing the North
African protectorate from French
colonial rule.
The French announced their
boycott as the debate opened yes
terday. They contend the Tu-
nisian question is Frances own
internal business and no concern
of the U. N.
Slain by Machine Guns.
Two of the Arab-Asian bloc ma
tions that sponsored the resolution
Egypt and Indonesia-join Cuba
on the list of speakers who will
address the 60-nation Political
Committee today
The atmosphere in the U. N.
halls became heavily charged by
Yesterdays news of the murder
of Hached, whose body was found
machine-gunned and battered on
a highway south of TuniS.
Tunisian Nationalist Leader
Sa!ah Ben YouSsef, who is attend
ing the debate here. charged that
Hached was aSSaSsinated by
French Red Hand Society" ter
rorists, who he said are supported
by all French political parties in
Tunisia except the Socialists. He
also charged the group is support
ed by the French police and
security forces in TuniSia.
A French spokesman denied
that the Red Hand Movement
If it exists" was linked to French
police or security forces. He de-
scribed the murder as foul, cow
ardly. beastly and disgusting"
and declared that everything
would be done to bring the mur-
derer to justice.
Moroccan Levels Charge.
A spokesman for Morocco-an-
other French North African pro-
tectorate whose cause comes up
next in the committee-charged
that colonial rulers" had re-
sponded to the Asian-Arab ap-
peals for Tunisian self-rule with
the death blow to Farhat
Hached."
France has announced she also
will boycott the debate on q SIM
liar Arab-ASian resolution con-
corning Morocco when it comes
up.
The AsianS and Arabs are bro-
posing that France and Tunisia
reopen under L. N. supervision
negotiations for a compromise
settlement that would lead TO more
self-rule and eventual indeperd-
ence.
Britain and some Of her Com
monwealth allies-eycepting IN
Ola. Burma and Pakistan-have
expressed support for france s
stand that the question is not
within U. N. jurisdiction and its
discussion here violates the char
ter.
The British have not vet spoken
In the committee, but there was
no indication their position had
changed in the light of the French
boycott Or the Hached killing.
French Angry at L. S.
The United States drew bitter
French ire by voting with the
Asians and Arabs to have the
Tunisian and Moroccan questions
discussed in the U. N. The Amer
leans said merely that they
thought it ought to come up here,
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on the issue a deep secret.
The chief United States dele
gate, Ambassador Warren Austin,
received an appeal last night from
Walter White, executive secretary
Of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie urging the Americans to take
"a course of action which will
identify our country with the
hopes and feelings of millions of
Africans and which viii bring our
Western friends and allies to a
realization that their own best in