Evening star., 1954-05-03
East-West Talk
On Indo-Chiina>
Agreed On
Russiu Yields Point
On Wet Mimi Role
In Geneva Session
BY the Assoeiafed Press

today on the setting up Of a
peace conference to end the
bloody fighting in Indo-China.
The Soviet Union agreed,
French said. to a Western pro-
poSal that representatives of the
Communicated Wet Mimi be
invited to the conference by the
Soviet Union instead of by Com
munist China.
The Western Big Three for
eign ministers and Foreign Min
ster Nguyen Quoc Dinh of Wet
Nam formally agreed to admit
Wet Mimi representatives with
the understanding that this
would not imply recognition of
the Wet Mini regime as a state.
The Russians and the West al
ready had agreed that nine par
ties would attend the conference
the Big Four, the Chinese
Reds. the Wet Mimi. and the
three Associated States Of Indo-
China. Wet Nam. Cambodia and
Laos.
Korean Deadlock Continues.
Smoothing out of the issue of
Wet Mini status came as the
Korean deadlock showed no sign
of a break and some of the
Western foreign ministers began
heading for home.
United States Undersecretary
Of State Walter Bedell Smith
took over leadership of the
American delegation as Secre-
tary of State Dulles headed for
Washington by plane. Mr.. Dull
les scheduled a stop at Milan
to meet Italian Premier Mario
Scelba for a talk on the stale
mated European army treaty
and Italy's wrangle with Yugo-
slavia over Trieste.
Australian Foreign Minister
Richard G. Casey also left for
home today and other foreign
ministers were expected to turn
their conference duties over to
deputies in the next week or
two. RuSsia's v. M. Molotov was
understood to have said he
would be here two more weeks.
COnferees Reach Agreement.
A French announcement said
that agreement on the parti-
cipation OF the Wet Mini repre-
sentatives in the Indo- China
parley was reached this morning
at a meeting Of Mr.. Dinh with
Gen. Smith, British Foreign Sec
retary Eden and French Foreign
Minister Bidault.
The Wet Nam foreign minis
ter formally stated his govern
ment's readiness to meet with
representatives of the Wet
Mimi regime, now waging bitter
war against French Union troops
in Wet Nam.
The Big Three representatives
and Mr.. Dinh agreed to con-
suit each other during the course
Of the conference.
The Soviet agreement to in
vite the Wet Mimi representa-
tiveS was given after Ambassa-
dor Jean Chauvel of France had
handed Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko a note
proposing this procedure. Ear
lier, the Soviet Union had sug-
gested that Red China invite the
Wet Mimi representatives.
There has been no official clue
on when the Indo-C China discus
sionS might start although there
has been. some talk they could
get under way this week.
Prince Wan Offers Plan.
Prince Wan Waithayakon of
Thailand. meanwhile, disclosed
he has been carrying on discus
sions with some of the big pow
ers in an effort to win support
for the idea of an Indo- China
cease fire by stages. He said he
had not made any formal pro-
posal. but he hoped he might be
helpful. The main points of his
plan:
/. There should be a "humani-
tartan" truce at Dien Bien Phu
for the removal of sick and
wounded.
2. Then a cease fire should be
put into effect by stages, start
ing first in Laos and Cambodia
and then Wet Yam.
3. The cease fire should be fol-
lowed by political discussions
aimed at working out an ar
rangement under which the
Associated States Of Indo- China
and the Communicated Wet
Mimi could get along.
In the conference debate on