Evening star., 1953-06-12
5oulh Korean Envoy
Charges U. n. Threat
To Shut Off Help
BY The ASsoeiufod Press

BY me Assoeiuied Press
PHILADELPHIA, June IA
charge that the Republic Of Ko-
rea had been threatened with a
United Nations economic embar-
go to force acceptance of the
proposed truce terms cast its
shadow all the way to Panmun-
jom today despite speedy diplo-
matte denialS.
The charge was made yester-
day by South Korea's AmbasSa-
dor to the United States, DR.. You
Chan Yang, during q press con-
ference following the dedication
Of a blood donor center here.
The Sc year old physician =
ambassador said certain U. N.
officials" he declined to give
any nameS-had made an oral
threat that the u. N. might force
the United States to cut OF eco
nomic and military aid to South
Korea If that country refused to
join in the truce expected at any
moment.
Quick Denial Made.
That statement brought a
quick, bristling reaction from
American circles. A State De-
partment spokesman commented:
"Any implication that the
United States uses famine and
human suffering for political
purposes is false, and those who
make such statements know that
1t is false"
The headquarters Of Gen.
Mark Clark in Tokyo pointed to
a previous denial Of a similar
report, and a U. N. command
spokesman in the japanese cap
ital declined any comment what
ever.
DR.. Yang's fellow diplomat
South Korea'S U. N. representa-
tive. Col. Ben c. Limb-expressed
astonishment at the accusation
and said he knew of no such
attempt at international bully
ing.
Seen rs Slap at U. S.
DR.. Yang specifically denied
that he meant any threat had
been made by the United States.
However. Washington observers
were Inclined to consider his
statement as a slap at United
States officials acting in the
name of the U. N.
The United States, since the
start of the Korean war, has
been far and away the dominant
power in the U. N. command.
And the United States has di-
rected the truce negotiations at
Panmunjom, with President
Eisenhower taking the lead in
trying to persuade South Korea
to accept the truce terms.
DR.. Yang said he felt other
U. N. members were preSsuring
the United States into it's pres
ent policy in Korea, but he
fastened to add that he did not
believe such tactics would cause
the United States to order a
cutoff Of food and other eco
nomic supplies to his homeland.
The State Department spokes-
mans choice of words in issuing
a denial was significant-"any
implication that the United
States uses famine and human
suffering. ETC." The denial did
not touch on the charge of q
threatened military embargo.
Could Shut OFF Arms.
1t has been generally accepted
that the United States-and
other U. N. nationS-would cut
of the flow of guns and other
weapons to South Korea in the
event that nation continues to
fight after the truce has been
signed. The threat of such an
embargo may have been trans
mitted to Seoul.
DR.. Yang'S word picture of the
role he feels the United States is
playing in the U. N. was a dark
one. This country, he said. "haS
been pushed against the wall by
some of her so-called allies. The
United States is in a very difficult
situation. We know that"
He spoke bitterly of the five
nations proposed for the U. N.
truce commission - Poland,
CzechoSlovakia, India, Sweden
and Switzerland. Those coun-
tries, he said. would automat-
ically line up 3-to-2 in favor of
Communist policy on any issue
of Importance. Poland and
CzechoSlovakia are considered
Soviet satellites and since India
has been accused of pro-RuSSian
sentiments in previous Korean
statements, these three presum-
ably are the nations DR.. Yang
was referring to.