Evening star., 1953-05-16
India Calling on U. 5.
To Explain Changes
In u. n. TrucePoIicy
By the ASSociot0d Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, May
16.-India's delegation has dis
closed it will seek from the
United States an explanation of
what it regards as three startling
departures by the U. N. Com
mand negotiators in Panmun-
jom from the U. N. Assembly
plan for ending the Korean pris-
oner deadlock.
Rajeshwar Dayal, India's per-
manent delegate, said he hopes
to meet Monday with Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., chief United
States delegate, for a talk on
the situation at Panmunjom. He
sought an earlier appointment
but Mr.. Lodge has been away
from New York this week and
his deputy, James j. Wadsworth,
has been i'll for two days.
Mr.. Dayal's plans became
known after India's Prime Min
lister, Jawaharlal Nehru. stated
a preference for the Communist
proposal on prisoners over the
U. U. Commands counter-plan.
Policy Shifts Noted.
Mr.. Dayal made it clear India
and a number of delegations as
sociated with India in the Arab
Asian group are concerned about
what they view as three major
shifts from the U. N. plan. This
plan was approved, 81 to S, last
December 3 by the U. N. Assem-
bly, and was based on a resolu-
ton originally introduced by v.
K. Kirshna Menon of India. The
United States voted for it and
had major hand in obtaining
it's passage through the Assem-
bly,.
The three points bothering the
Indians:
l. The Korean prisoners.
The Communists proposed last
week that a f1ve-nation repatria-
ton commission, including India,
take over all prisoners for four
months for repatriation. A politi-
cal conference would settle the
fate of any prisoners left after
that period.
COunter-PrOpOSal Made.
The U. N. negotiators countered
with a proposal that all Korean
prisoners be released after an
armistice, to remain in nom
Communist territory if they
wished. Non-Koreans refusing
to return home would be turned
over to the commission within
so days and the Communists
could visit them and try to per-
suade them to return. At the
end of another 60 days those
still refusing to go home would
be freed.
The Indian plan, which Mr..
Nehru said closely approximates
the proposals now put forward
by the Communists, provided
that all prisoners would be
turned over to the repatriation
commission which would send
home those desiring to return.
At the end of 80 days, those
prisoners still held by the COM
mission would be referred to a
political conference. After 80
more days, any prisoners still
refusing to go home would be
turned over to the United Ma
tions for care and maintenance
and subsequent disposition.
2. Unanimity.
The u. N. command in its
counter-proposal asked unanim-
ity in decisions of the five
nation repatriation commission.
which both sides have agreed
would be made up of Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Switzer-
land, and India.
Majority Rule Cited.
Section 13 of the Indian plan
approved by the U. N. Assembly
provided for majority decisions.
3. No political conference de-
cision.
The U. N. Command counter
plan omits the provision for po-
litical conference action on the
prisoners.
The Indian plan provides for
the political conference action as
a fundamental part in the settle
ment of the prisoner question.
The Communist proposal cites
the political conference but does
not answer what will be done
with the prisoners in the event
of a deadlock in that conference.