Evening star., 1953-08-19
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U. S. Seeking Votes
In U. N. Against
Neutruls at Talks
By jones E. Roper
Star Stoff Correspondent


UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Aug. 19-The United States went
to its Latin American friends to-
day to line up votes against
Soviet proposals for a Korean
political conference including
neutrals.
The chief American delegates
to the special session of the
United Nations General As
sembly conferred privately with
Latin American representatives
a few hours before Andrei vi
shinsky of the Soviet Union was
scheduled to make his first
major address of this U. N. ses-
sion which convened Monday to
arrange the Korean conference.
Mr.. Vishipsky planned to ad-
dress the 6G-nation U. N. Politi-
cal Committee late today. A
morning session was cancelled
because few delegates wanted to
speak before they heard Mr..
Vishinsky.
Little Nations Skittish.
The little nations were show
ing more skittishness over the
EaSt-West diplomatic duel than
they have in recent years. Some
of Americas best friends pressed
the United States to tread softly
during current debate, although
they still had their habitual
anxieties about the Russians.
Diplomats from pro- United
States nations feared a slam
bang American campaign against
the Soviet Union at this time
might torpedo hopes for sue
cessful talks on Korea and later
on other Far Eastern problems.
Seldom in the history of the
United Nations have so many
on-Communist delegates ex-
pressed their fears, both privately
and publicly, that the United
States might hit Russia too
hard.
Those states argue that the
U. N. General Assembly must
create an atmosphere of concilia-
tion if the political conference
is to accomplish much. To create
this friendly atmosphere, some
of the Western allies-notably
Great Britain-want to slide the
Soviet Union into the political
conference as representative Of
neither the Communist nor U. N.
side of the Korean war.
Neutrality Discounted.
American Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge stated anew yes
terday that certainly the Soviet
Union could not qualify as a
neutral" because it supported
the Red aggression in Korea. Mr..
Lodge wants Moscow recognized
aS du dSSTeSSOE.
Senator Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin, a member Of the
United States delegation and
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said:
eve in the free world can
never forget that, while thou
sands of our boys were bleeding
and dying in Korea, the U. S.
S. r. took no part whatsoever
in aiding the U. N. to put down
the aggression"
In private, some key Western
diplomats have been telling
Americans: eve know as well as
you do that the Russians made
the Korea war possible, but let's
not rub it in"
This sort Of talk has made
the American delegation bristle.
But several Westerners took their
case to the floor of the U. N. Po-
litical Committee. Said British
Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd:
1--WE have come to one of the
decisive moments of world af-
fairs. >We feel that our discus
sionS must be colored by this
knowledge and we must look for
ward. We must not concentrate
on looking backwards. The
United Kingdom does not wish
to perpetuate this concept Of two
sides, to have the peace confer
ence as a kind of political Pan
munjom."
Netherlands View.
Said Daniel j. Won Balluseck
of the Netherlands: Let's not
indulge in too much recrimina-
ton about the past"
Said Joseph Nisot of Belgium:
GAS great as our indignation was
in the face of aggression, the
time has come to create a pro-
(See U. NJ, Page A-3)