Evening star., 1953-10-15
VishinskY's Speech
Awaited as Trieste
Issue Shifts 10 U. N.
BY the Assoeioted Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Oct
15.-The diplomatic battle to
keep a shooting war away from
Trieste shifted to United Ma
tions headquarters today. but Sc
curity Council debate on the ex-
ploSive issue was overShadowe
by the impending London talks
on the question.
With their foreign ministers
meeting in the British capital to-
morrow and Saturday, British
and American delegates here sat
tight and waited to see what tack
RuSSia'S Andrei Vishinsky would
take before the Council this aft
ernoon.
Mr.. ViShinsky'S propoSal-that
the council again try to set up an
international administration over
both zones of Trieste and give
the whole area independence
three months later-So far had
met with a cold reception from
Yugoslavia and Italy, the two
claimants to the area.
Treaty Violation Charged.
Mr.. Vishinsky was expected to
lead off the Council meeting with
an echo of Moscow's earlier
charge that the United States
and Britain violated the 1947
Italian peace treaty by their
decision to turn over TrieSte's
Zone A-occupied by British and
American troopS-to Italy.
Belgrade. scene of violent anti
Western rioting since the Brit
iSh-American announcement,
kept a close watch on the U. N.
and London discussions. The
street demonstrations in the
Yugoslav capital subsided and
observers there expected only
mild outbursts for the next few
days.
In the port city of Trieste, in
Zone A, i'll feeling mounted be-
tween Italians and SloveneS and
civil police kept sharp lookout
to prevent a repetition of yester-
days clashes between the two
factions. All Slovene schools in
the area closed in protest against
the rioting, which included
pro- Italian attack on the office
of the Yugoslav Economic Mis-
sion. The mission also protested
to the allied military govern
ment.
U. S. and Britain Wait.
The United States and Britain
both indicated they would not
intervene at once in the U. N.
Council debate. Spokesman for
the two delegations said they
wanted to hear what Mr.. vi
EhinSky had to say before enter
ing the discussion.
There was no advance indi-
cation of what part-if any
Yugoslavia would play in the de-
bate. 1t was no secret, however,
that the Yugoslav delegation
wanted no part of the Soviet
proposal and tried vainly to pre-
vent Mr.. ViShinsky from entering
it. Yugoslav vice president Mo-
she Pijade, in statement broad
cast last night by Belgrade ra-
dio, said Russian intervention in
the Trieste question ''is neither
in the interests of YugoSlavia,
nor of the Trieste population.
Yugoslav President Tito al
ready has proposed conference
of the United States, Britain,
Italy and Yugoslavia on Trieste.
United States Secretary of State
Dulles, leaving Washington last
night for London, was reported
open minded toward that sug-
gestion.
Italian circles at the u. N.
indicated they were awaiting
instructions from Rome on
whether to seek permission to
take part in the Council debate
Italy is not a U. N. member but
maintains permanent observer
here. An Italian spokesman also
limited the Italians would wait to
see whether Yugloslavia would |
try to get into the discussion.
One source close to the Italians |
said they felt it would be wiser
if both disputants stayed out of |
the Council discussion.