Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-20

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nation group meeting to decide
how the item shall be listed
on the agenda. United States
delegates repeatedly conferred
with the Councils sole Arab
state representative, Lebanon's
Charles Malik, to seek a phraSing
acceptable to all.
The United States, Britain and
France asked for an urgent
Council session on the Palestine
issue after denouncing an Israeli
attack on q Jordan village last
week in which Jordan claims Sc
lives were lost.
The council yesterday ap-
proved a United States sugges-
ton that it request Maj. Gen.
Vagn Bennike, of Denmark,
chief Of staff Of the U. N. truce
supervision organization in Pal
estine, to fly here and report
fully to the council in person on
recent Arab-Jewish border vio-
lence. He is not expected to ar
rive until late in the week.
YugOSlav Asks to Speak.
Later today, the Council is
due to continue debate on the
Soviet-Sponsored move to name
a Swiss governor for the free
territory of Trieste under perma-
nent U. N control.
Both Yugoslavia and Italy
oppose that solution for the flu
ture of the strategic area, which
each claims. Yugoslav Foreign
Secretary Koca Popovic asked
the council last night for per-
mission to be heard when the
question comes up. If tradition
is followed this permission will
he "ranted. although Yugoslavia
is not a member of the Council.
Italy did not Immediately re-
quest a hearing. Although not
a member of the u. N. the Rome
government keeps a permanent
observer at U N. headquarters
The Trieste dispute hared up
anew when Britain and the
United States announced they
would withdraw their occupation
troops from Zone A of the divid-
ed territory and turn it over to
Italy's administration.
Tito Threatens to March.
Yugoslavia. which now con-
trolls the territory's Zone B, pro-
tested violently and President
Tito threatened to march his
troops into Zone A the moment
Italian forces set foot in that
area. which encompasses the
vital Adriatic port city of Trieste.
At a Big Three Foreign Minis
kerS' meeting in London last
week end, Britain, France and
the United States invited both
Italy and Yugoslavia to a five
power parley aimed at reaching
q peaceful settlement of the Tri-
este dispute. Yugoslavia's per-
manent representative at the
u. NJ, Leo Mates, said he believed
his government would agree to
such a meeting.
Marshal Tito and other Yugo-
slav leaders, however, have de-
clared they feel such a parley
would be useless if Britain and
the United States hold to their
decision to turn Zone A over to
Italy.
Russia warned the council last
week that she would not counte-
nance any decision on Trieste
unless the Soviet had a hand
in it.
AS the council prepared to de-
bate the threatening issue, Italy
and YugoSlavia continued to act
and talk tough.
Italian Troops Move Up.
Camouflaged units of q crack
Italian division moved into posi-
tons yesterday near the point
where the Italian YugoSlav Dor
der meets the boundary Of the
free territory. They were the
first Italian soldiers to move
within a few miles of Zone A.
In Belgrade. the official Yugo-
slav Communist Party newspa-
per Borba warned that Yugo-
slavia would not accept Italian
occupation of Zone A with or
without troops" There had been
unofficial suggestions that Italy
might avoid a showdown with
Marshal Tito by assuming con-
troll with police units.
On the Palestine issue, the
United States has served notice
(See U. N, Page A-4.)