Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
u. n. Near Vote
Assailing Reds
InF|yerCase
Condemnation Seen
With Backing of at
Least As Countries
By the Associotsd Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dee.
10.-An Overwhelming vote of
condemnation against Red China
appeared assured today as coun-
try after country joined in assail-
ing the Peiping regime for failing
II American airmen as spies.
The Donation General As
sembly pressed for a vote later
in the day on a resolution
backed by the United States and
its Is Korean war allies. West
ern diplomats predicted the pro-
posal would get at least As votes
and perhaps SO.
Cuba led off the debate this
morning with a vigorous support
of the allied resolution. The
Union of South Africa, one of
the sponsors of the condemna-
ton, followed with an appeal for
general support.
Czechoslovakia, as expected,
followed the Soviet lead in in
sisting that the Chinese Commu-
nists had acted correctly and
that the case was outside the
legal competence of the United
Nations.
Aggression Charge Studied.
The Assembly's Donation Spe-
cial Political Committee mean
time continued discussions on a
Soviet demand that the United
Nations condemn the United
States for alleged aggression
against the Peiping regime.
Nationalist China's T. F.. Tsi-
ang opened with a strong de-
Tense of the United States.
I'm the whole world today"
he said, "if there is one agrees
sor, one imperialist power, that
is the Soviet Union"
The Assembly. which had sat
until almost midnight last night,
called morning and afternoon
sessions today to expedite a de-
cision on the flyers.
AS the general debate neared
close, delegates anticipated the
resolution would encounter op-
position only from the five
nation Soviet bloc which has
fought it bitterly every step OF
the way. A scattering of Arab
Asian states were expected to
abstain.
Reluctant on Condemnation.
Observers believed the resolu-
ton could have mustered SIS
favorable votes if it had not in
cluded condemnation of Red
China. This caused apprehen-
sion among Arab-Asian nations
with little desire to go on record
Qenounclng Pelplng.
Syria reflected this feeling in
yesterdays debate. Her chief
delegate, Ahmed Shukairi, said
that he favored the speedy re-
lease Of the airmen but saw little
point in denouncing the Chinese
II the assembly sincerely wanted
to win the Americans freedom
Russia's Jacob Malik spear
headed the bitter Soviet bloc at
tack on the resolution. He an
grily denounced the complaint
as shameful" and declared the
Assembly had no right to try to
intervene in Chinese justice. He
limited the Communists would
ignore any action the United
Nations might take in the mat
ter.
French and British Approve.
United States Chief Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge. jr., accused
MFR. Malik of making hollow,
misleading statements in charg-
ing the airmen were spies. He
declared the plane was on a le-
Ultimate mission and that the
men, as uniformed military per-
sonnet, should be handed over at
once under the terms of the Ko-
rean armistice.
Both British Minister of State
Anthony Nutting and Frances
Henri Hoppenot firmly backed
Mr.. Lodges stand.
Sir Anthony said he pitied Mr.
Malik for having to come before
the Assembly with such a weak
case and for being placed in the
position of having to read out q
tissue of palpable falsehoods. >
The Briton declared the free
world looked for the Assembly
to bend every effort to the
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