Evening star., 1954-04-30
Reds Reported
Insisting India
Join in Talks
Proposal Would Put
Another Obstacle
In Path at Geneva
BY the Asseeioied Press

BY the Associoted Press
GENEVA, April 80. - An in
formed source said today Russia
has demanded India be invited
to take part in Indo-C China peace
talks coming up here. Such
proposal is certain to throw an
other obstacle in the path Of the
Indo-China talks.
The sources said the SovietS
might also even ask that Indo-
nesia and Burma be invited to
take part.
French and Indian circles ex-
pressed belief, however, the Rus
slams would not press for India's
inclusion. French officials were
understood to feel the Soviet
delegation will finally settle for
a nine-party list also acceptable
to the Wesern powers.
Supervisory Role Hinted.
Indian informants said they
felt Russia would not make the
inclusion of India a condition for
convening of the Indo- China par
ley. They limited Russia might
prefer to omit India so she would
be eligible for some supervisory
role in Indo- China, similar to the
role India played in Korea.
The United States is UNDER
stood to be firmly opposed to
including India in the talks on
the grounds the conference
should be held to as small q
circle of interested nations as
possible.
India'S Prime Minister Nehru
recently announced to his own
parliament in New Delhi a pro-
gram for an end to the 7-year-
old Indo-China war, including
an immediate cease-fire, q nom
intervention pact by the big
powers and direct negotiations
between the French and the
Communicated Wet Mimi rebels.
baO Da1 x1el0S FOmt.
The report of Russia's move
to bring India to Geneva came
shortly after it was revealed
that Wet Mans Chief Of State
Bao Dai had agreed to sit down
at the conference table here
with representatives of the
Wet Mini.
Until the reported new Rus
sian demand, Bao Dai's previous
opposition to rebel participation
had been the major obstacle
preventing organization of the
Indo-China talks after con-
clusion of the present debate
on Korea.
1t was reported earlier the
East and West were virtually
agreed on including nine parties
at the 1ndo-China conference.
These would be the United
States. Russia, Britain, France,
Red China, the Wet Mimi and
the three French-sponsored gov
ernmentS of Wet Nam, Cam
bodia and Laos.
If the talks were to be ex-
panded at all. the United States
was reported at the most to
favor only the addition of Thai
land and Burma to the confer
ence, since those two countries
border on Indo-China.
Korea Debate Begging Down.
The debate on Korea appears
to be begging down. Informed
sources described the United
States as annoyed by the re-
luctance of it's Western allies to
get into the formal discussion
on that issue.
Aside from Secretary of State
Dulles, none of the foreign min
listers of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization on hand
here has yet spoken on Korea.
That includes Britain's Anthony
Eden, Frances Georges Bidault
and Canada's Lester B. Pearson.
The sources indicated the
United States was somewhat
concerned over the possible ef-
fectiveneSs of the Asia-for-
Asians declarations here by
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov and Red China's Chou
En-lai on public opinion in Asia.
United States circles felt the
Western diplomats were not
making full use of the confer
ence to get across their view
point to AsianS.
The Dulles delegation was
understood to, feel, for example,
that the repeated references of
Mr.. Molotov and Mr.. Chou to
the Geneva Conference as Big
Five meeting might convince
AsianS that Red China had in
fact been accepted at the council
table as the equal of the United
States, Britain, France and Rus
sia.
Chou Lunches With Eden.
Mr.. Chou. whom Mr.. Dulles
has ignored. had lunch today
with Mr.. Eden. Both were guests
of Mr.. Molotov at the Russian
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