Evening star., 1954-12-09
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Effort Seen to Offset
American Charges
On jailed Flyers
BY the Associcted Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec.
9-Russia accused the United
States today of aggression
against Red China and called
upon the United Nations for a
vote of condemnation.
The new Soviet charge came
as the U. N. debated a demand
by the United States and her
Korean war allies for the re-
lease of II American airmen held
as spies by the Peiping regime.
Although the two issues were
being discussed separately, three
being discussed separately,
there appeared little doubt the
Russians hoped to counter the
bitter attacks which were being
leveled at their Chinese allies.
Sobolev Makes Charges.
The Soviet move was made
in the Assembly's Special Po-
litical Committee by Arkady A.
Sobolev. The case of the flyers
was before the Assembly itself
and was slated for discussion
this afternoon and evening.
Without any reference to the
flyers, Mr.. Sobolev charged the
United States had turned For
mosa into an American mill
tary base and was aiding the
Chinese NationalistS in raids
against Communist territory.
United States Delegate C. D.
Jackson denounced the Com
munist charges as nothing but
propaganda" He said it was
the same type of accusation as
Communist assertions that the
United States was guilty of ag-
gression in Korea.
Case of Flyers Pressed.
Meanwhile, the United States
and it's Korean allies pressed for
speedy action on their bid to
throw the moral weight of the
U. N. behind their efforts to
reloase the flyers.
The Assembly's quick agree
ment to debate the case despite
Soviet delaying tactics indicated
the allies case would win strong
support.
The world body scheduled day
and night sessions today on a
16-nation resolution denouncing
the falling and demanding the
airmen'S release.
Launching the debate last
night, Chief United States Dele
gate Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.,
said an overwhelming vote in
favor of the resolution would
make it clear to Peiping that
world opinion considers the de-
tention of the II flyers a viola
tion of the Korean armistice.
The United States delegate
also called on the Communists
to send home a total of 2,840
U N. personnel he said had not
yet been repatriated under Ko-
rean armistice terms. He charged
the Reds still have not accounted
for 470 Americans.
Soviet Efforts Repulsed.
Mr.. Lodge said earlier the
Chinese have admitted holding
four United States jet pilots in
addition to the II Peiping says
have been jailed as spies.
Mr.. Lodge took the floor after
the 60-nation Assembly beat
down logged Soviet attempts to
keep the item off the agenda
and voted AS to begin debate
at once without going through
committee channels. United
States sources predicted there
would be no opposition except
from the five-nation Soviet
bloc and perhaps a few Asian
Arab nations.
In his attempt to kill off the
item, Russia's Jacob Malik
argued that the Assembly had
no right to intervene because
the Americans were on a spy
mission and could not be classi-
fled as war prisoners covered
by the armiStice.
Mr.. Lodge, who branded the
spy charges as "trumped up,
said the Assembly could vindi-
cate the imprisoned men by
approving the allied resolution.