Evening star., 1952-02-03
Rider 10 Jap Treaty
Barring Approval Of
Ya|ta Pledges Urged

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Senator Watkins, Republican,
OF Utah, yesterday asked the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
to attach a reservation to the
Japanese treaty to make it plain
that ratification does not con-
stitute American approval of
promises made to Russia in the
Yalta agreement of 1945.
The committee is scheduled to
act Tuesday on the peace treaty.
and on the accompanying mutual
defense pacts between the United
States and Japan, the Philippines,
Australia and New Zealand.
Senator Watkins wants to be
sure the treaty will not be con-
strued as recognizing Russia s
claim to sovereignty over South
Sakhalin, the Kuriles and certain
other japanese islands north Of
Hokkaido.
COnnaIIy Offers Warning.
Chairman Connally of the For
eign Relations Committee said last
night it would be most un-
fortunate" if the Senate insisted
on reservation which might make
it necessary to renegotiate the
treaty with all the 49 nations
which signed it.
AS a practical matter, Senator
Connally said. this treaty with
Japan has nothing to do with the
understanding reached at Yalta
with respect to the disposal OF
these islands.
ut neither affirms nor denies
the validity of Yalta in this re-
gard" he said. Certainly it does
not in any way imply any recog-
milton of Russian sovereignty over
the territories in question"
Reservation Opposed.
Senator Connally said the COM
mittee and the Senate can find
ways to make the position Of the
United States clear without at
taching a formal reservation.
In fact, he said the Far Eastern
Affairs Subcommittee met on the
question Friday with John Foster
Dulles, leading Republican author
ity on foreign affairs, who nego-
tiated the Japanese Treaty. Sen
ator Connally said they considered
specific language which the Sen
ate could adopt at the same time
1t approves the resolution Of rati-
fication. He said the language the
subcommittee has In mind would
not require renegotiation Of the
treaty.
Indications are the committee
will approve the treaty without
any reservations. Senator Watkins
told Chairman Connally that If
the committee turns down his res
ervation he will offer 1t in the
Senate.
Mr.. Dulles testified at public
hearings recently that while the
Yalta agreement contemplated
handing over Of South Sakhalin
and the Kurile Islands to the
Soviet Union, the treaty now be-
fore the Senate does not carry
that Yalta provision.
Treaty Is Cited.
The treaty requires Japan To-
renounce claim to the Kuriles and
part of Sakhalin Island, but leaves
the final determination OF sover-
eighty in these areas to the fu-
ture. -
Gen. Bradley, chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff, was asked
at the hearings If he was satisfied
from military standpoint with
the Kurile and South Sakhalin
situation.
He said that from a military
point of view I'VE are not COM
pletely satisfied" He pointed out,
however. that Russia is the sole
occupying power on the islands,
and Gin view of the current world
situation, it is believed the best
interests Of the United States are
best served by leaving the perma-
nent status of the area to be pro-
vided for at future date, when
international tensions have eased
somewhat"
Before receiving the japanese
Treaty from committee the Sen
ate will take time early this week
to reaff1rm It's approval of q pro-
tocol inviting Greece and Turkey
to join the North Atlantic Treaty
organization.
The Senate ratified the protocol
early last week without debate
when only half a dozen Senators
were present. Several Senators
later indicated they had planned
to make speeches and Majority
Leader Mcfarland agreed to call
the document back for another
vote.