Evening star., 1953-08-21
India Obtains
More Support
For Farley Seat
Norway and Sweden
Rebuff U.S.. in Action
On Koreu Conference
By james E. Roper
Sfor Sfoff Correspondent

ON4 ELL MA 44OINS, N. :, Aug.
21.-The Scandinavian countries
of Sweden and Norway, defying
the wishes of the United States,
announced today they would
vote to invite India to a forth
coming political conference on
Korea.
They led a parade of little
nations choosing up sides in an
increasingly tense United Ma
tionS row over whether to seat
India at the parley. The United
States opposes India, but Rus
sia, Great Britain and British
Commonwealth countries want to
include the New Delhi govern
ment.
Norway and Sweden an
nounced their intentions before
the U. N. Political Committee
which is debating the makeup
Of the conference to convene by
October %. Poland and Egypt
also favored an invitation to
India, but Cuba opposed it and
Israel took a vague stand.
Heat Is On"
The Cuban and Israeli actions
make the first bright spot of the
day for the United States. Israeli
had been expected to vote for
1ndia'S inclusion. This may
have been the first result of a
United States corridor cam
paign" to line up votes against
India. One American said
frankly, "the heat is on"
The Scandinavian countries
did not respond. Richard Sand
Ter, of Sweden, told the Political
Committee that both the Soviet
Union and India should partici-
pate in the political conference,
which is supposed to plan for
the withdrawal of foreign troops
from the Korean peninsula and
work toward a political settle
ment.
Mr.. Sander at the same time
announced his government did
not want to participate. Sweden
was one of the nations named
and recommended in a resolu-
ton offered by Russia, to set up
an .11-member political confer
ence.
Norwegian Backs Norway.
Hans Engen, of Norway, ar
gued that India as a great
Asiatic power has the right to
sit at the conference and her in
f1uence will be beneficial" He
called on the Soviet Union to
reconsider it's own proposal for
the conference and adjust its
thinking to come closer to the
Western desires.
Poland followed the Commu-
mist line in supporting the Rus
sian resolution, which includes
linda as a proposed member of
the conference. Egypt declared
there was no justification for
banning any Asiatic member of
U. N. and added that peace
making is not the exclusive job
of big countries with big armies"
Cuba opposed India because
South Korean President Syng-
man Rhee does
One key neutral diplomat
familiar with the trend figured
that "a countries now are ready
to support an invitation to India.
To win, India must receive q
two-thirdS vote in the General
Assembly. abstentions not being
counted in determining what a
two-thirdS vote Is. Under this
calculation the United States
must muster 18 mo" votes to
defeat India. American sources
said the United States has that
many votes. But some countries
keep changing their minds.
The Indians themselves intro
duced a resolution that some
delegates studied suspiciously.
The resolution called on the
U. N. secretary general to send
to the governments of North
Korea and Communist China the
resolutions that the General AS
sembly finally passes. The sec
retary general would be asked
(See q. NJ, Page A-5.)