Evening star., 1953-08-26
British LEADING
Fight on Soviet
Korea Proposal
Jebb Coils Move
Diversion in u. N.
Conference Plan
BY james E. Roper
Stor Staff Correspondent

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Aug.
26.-Great Britain today led a
Western assault on a laSt-minute
Soviet proposal for a 15-member
political conference on Korea.
Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb
said Russia was simply throwing
out a "diversionary" maneuver
in offering the new suggestion
just when the United Nations
Political Committee was nearing
a vote on the makeup of the
coming conference.
Anyone who wants the con-
ference to succeed or even meet
can hardly take it very serious.
ly," said Sir Gladwyn.
Soviet Delegate Andrei vi
shinsky made the new Russian
proposal late yesterday, expand
ing a previous Soviet plan for an
11-nation conference.
Soviet Switches Tactics.
Inc latest Soviet list of pro-
posed members of the conference
included India and eight other
states that did not fight in
Korea. 1t apparently was aimed
at attracting Arab and Latin
American Support-and further
haraSsing the Western allies
that already are split over a
possible invitation to India.
Russia submitted it's donation
plan in a separate resolution last
night but changed it today into
the form of an amendment to a
15-power Western proposal to in
vite U. N. belligerents. This was
intended to insure an early vote
on the Soviet plan. Otherwise,
under the procedural situation,
the U. N. might have adopted the
Western plan and never voted on
the Soviet proposal.
The Soviet also offered an
amendment to a proposal backed
by the United States and Great
Britain to invite Russia to the
conference provided the other
side desires it," This phrase was
intended to allow the United Ma
tions to invite Russia without vi
olating American inSiStence that
Russia sit only on the Communist
side. The Soviet proposal would
eliminate from the resolution the
phrase provided the other side
desires it." This was sure to
complicate Anglo-American diff
ferenceS on the issue.
Sir Gladwyn lamented any in
depreciation that the Anglo
American dispute over the pos
sible participation of India in
the conference had led to a
mammoth cleavage between the
allies. He said that. while he
still would like to see India in
vited to the conference, Great
Britain will take any U. N. de-
cision gracefully"
Lodge AssaiIs Proposal.
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., in an early
afternoon speech, assailed the
Soviet 15-nation plan as "un-
acceptable" He said that Of
course the United States would
vote against it.
He also announced American
support for most of an Indian
resolution calling on the U. N.
Secretary General to transmit to
North Korea and Communist
China all U. N. decisions at the
current session. Mr.. Lodge cau-
toned, however, that this should
not be allowed to delay the start
of the political conference.
Selim Sarper of Turkey also
attacked the new Soviet plan,
but Gertrude Sekaaninova Of
Czechoslocakia defended it.
India announced formally late
yesterday that it would stay in
the contest for a seat at the con-
ference. The United States and
some other nations had wanted
India to withdraw for the sake
of allied unity. But India said
it would not evade it's RESPONSE
bilities if an invitation were Of
fered.
71-Minute Lecture.
The Indian announcement
ended general debate on a series
Of Korean resolutions before the
U. N. Political Committee. To-
day, delegates began comments
on specific resolutions, especially
(See U. N, Page A-S.)