Evening star., 1953-10-27
Germ War Debate
Delayed asU.N. Turns
To Palestine Issue
BY the ASsoeioted Press

Council met today with repre-
sentatives of Israel and Syria in
a face to face meeting at the
council table to air their charges
and counter charges in the ex-
plosive Palestine question.
DR.. Farid Zeineddine of Syria
took a seat at the extreme left
of the table and Abba Eban of
Israel at the extreme right with
the entire 11-nation membership
between them
Before either of the contend
ing parties. each supportde by
five advisers, could speak. Paki-
stan's Foreign Minister Moham-
med Zafrullah Khan asked the
Council to order Israel to stop
work temporarily on its project
for Harvesting Jordan River
waters.
He wanted the stoppage to last
while the Council deliberates the
situation.
24-HOur Delay Asked.
Sir Gladwyn Jebb of Britain
said such temporary cease and
detist order. given without hear
ing the parties concerned first,
would be highly unusual"
Sir Gladwyn Jebb said the
Pakistan proposal as it stood was
slightly prejudicial." He asked
for a 24-hour adjournment to
give members time to study it.
This suggestion touched off
procedural debate.
To make way for these urgent
Council deliberations, the Cen
eral ASsembly's 60-nation Po-
litical Committee put off until
tomorrow continued debate on
American charges that the Rus
slams directed a Red torture
center to wiring from captured
American soldiers confessions"
they participated in alleged
United States germ warfare in
Korea. The dramatic new
charges, made yesterday. brought
a quick denial from the Rus
slams.
The first topic today was
Syria'S complaint that Israel
has diverted Jordan River waters
Illegally and to the detriment of
her Arab neighbors.
Later the Council was to
hear a report from the U. N.
truce supervisor in Palestine,
Denmark's Maj. Gen. Vagn Ben
nike, on a series of bloody bor-
der incidents that have reached
climax the Western Big Three
claims have threatened the peace
in the Middle East.
DIR. Mayo Opens Debate.
The meteorological warfare
debate was launched yesterday
by United States Delegate DR..
Charles Mayo, the noted Mime
sofia surgeon, who charged in
lengthy report backed by affi-
davits from returned American
POWS that Russians directed
and actually participated in the
torture interrogations that forced
some prisoners to confess" the
germ war claims, even long after
the armiStice.
RuSias Jacob A. Malik de-
nounced the charge as "a lie and
a SANDER which we repudiate."
He countered that the United
States had forced the returned
prisoners to repudiate their con-
fessions under threat of prose-
cution.
The Soviet delegate, sitting in
fol Andrei Y. ViShinSki, also
tossed in resolution containing
an old Communist demand that
all countries which have not
done so ratify the 1925 Geneva
Convention against chemical
an6 germ warfare. The United
States has refused to ratify the
convention on the grounds it Of
fered only paper guarantee
against such practices.
During his report, Dr.. Mayo
circulated statements by re-
turned American prisoners re-
pudiating the germ warfare con-
fessions. He reported the Reds
had accused lot captured airmen
of engaging in germ warfare.
Fourteen of them now are known
dead, he said, and another II
are listed as missing. He added
that 40 had refused to sign any
confession" even under the most
inhumane treatment, but that
another 36 had yielded to the
torture and signed such Red
dictated statements.
Tells of TOrtureS.
DR.. Mayo said the airmen were
subjected to physical and mental
torture by the Reds at a Russian
supervised center near North
Korea's capital at Pyongyang
known as "Pak's Palace" Rus
slams also took part in interroga-
tions at Mukden. Manchuria, he
said.
He said 1t. Joseph E, More
land. Oil Hill, Kans., refused to
write a confession even after
1900 hours of questioning di-
rected by Russians. The flyers
were reduced to a sub-animal
level in modern psychological
tortures calculated to disinte-
crate the mind of an intelligent
victim" the surgeon declared
1t was Mr.. Malik who orig
inally brought the germ warfare
charges into the U. N. last year
at the height of hate American
propaganda campaign through
out the Communist world. The
United States has repeatedly
denied the charges and de-
manded impartial Investigations
into the matter. All of these
American requests have been re-
jected by the Reds.
DR.. Mayo said others who
never cracked under hrIltal tor-