Evening star., 1953-09-29
Israel Joins Chorus
In u. n. Demanding
Big-PoWer Talks
BY the Assecietsd Press

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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Sept. 29.-Israel wound up the
United Nations ASsembly's gen.
eral debate today by joining in
the growing chorus of demands
that the great powers get to-
gether in direct negotiations to
Settle world tensions.
Shortly after the Soviet Union
handed diplomatic notes to the
West proposing big power meet
ings, Israel'S Abba Eban told the
60-nation General Assembly:
! Negotiations to resolve the
major causes of international
tension are now enviSaged by the
leaders of the great powers as a
serious and tangible prospect.
All our governments and peoples
have been inspired by the vision
of a new international era in
which the second half of this
century would emerge full of
peace and abundance.
India Appeals for Talks.
India's V. K. Krishna Menon
yesterday urged big-power con-
ference to end world tension and
said he would ask the Assembly
to call on leaders such as Prime
Minister Churchill, President
Eisenhower and Soviet Premier
Georgi Malenkov to get together.
In this connection Mr.. Eban
said, My delegation hopes the
General Assembly will develop
the tendency which it has re-
Gently displayed-to summon
contending parties in interna-
tional disputes to their duty of
direct diplomatic settlement.
He declared that IF the sin
cere attitudes of direct settle
ment begin to take root both in
great-poWer relationships and in
areas of stubborn regional con-
flict, this eighth regular session
(of the Assembly, may we'll mark
a stage in mans eternal and
indefatigable quest for a peace
full world"
Churchill Wants Talks.
Mr.. Menon's appeal for a big
power parley came IN the wake
of Prime Minister Churchill's
assertion that he still thinks a
top-level Big Four meeting is a
good idea.
Their meeting might lead to
the solution of problems" the
Indian declared. There can be
no harm. 1t would clear the
air with regard to Germany and
Korea"
Some diplomats viewed the
Churchill and Menon statements
as pressure for United States
agreement to a high-level parley.
Commenting on Mr.. Churchill's
statement, the State Depart
ment said earlier yesterday it
couldn't see how such talks
could accomplish results diff
ferent from those being sought
through conferences that are
now III prospect
Mr.. Menon apparently en-
visaged a meeting of the chiefs
of state of the United States,
Britain and Soviet Russia,
though he also quoted from a
1851 speech by Frances Presi-
dent Vincent Auriol calling for
a Big Four parley to include
France. Mr.. Menon did not
mention China.
The United States delegation
declined to comment on Mr.. !
Menon's proposal, leaving the |
American reaction to Washing
ton.
Lebanon Backs Meeting.
Lebanon's Charles Malik also
came out yesterday for a meet +
ing of the world powers. !
In his long speech Mr.. Menon !
also proposed that the U. N. ask
the big powers to place volun- i
tary ban on the atomic and |
hydrogen bombs and other t
weapons of mass destruction.
A U. N. ban on such weapons !
Is one of the points of the Soviet !
disarmament proposal which the !
Assembly has several times re- |
jected and which the Russians
have revived at this session. The !
West insists that any control of |
atomic weapons must be ac-
companied by rigid safeguards /
against violations. 1t charges
the Soviets won't agree to such
safeguards.
Mr.. Menon also told the AS. /
sembly India had never been a
candidate for a seat in the
Korean peace conference but
stressed that she had never re-
fused tn shoulder heT OhliUa tioyoc