Evening star., 1954-10-22
Russians and West
Agree on Steps for
New Arms Talks
BY The Asseeiotsd Press

b. ~. Il
UNITED NATIONS, N. II. Oct.
22.Russia and the big Western
powers reached agreement today
on the language Of resolution
to set up new disarmament taiKs'
U. N. sources reported.
In more than q week OF dicker-
ing with the Russians, Canada
as the principal agent sought
accord on these principles:
/. The disarmament commits
sion will authorize Britain.
France, the United States, Cam
ada and the Soviet Union to hold
closed door meetings similar to
the ones they held in London
last summer.
2. The commission win con-
slider all disarmament plans
which have been placed before
1t, including the British French
compromise, the Soviet agree
ment to delay atomic bans until
q halfway mark has been
reached, the United States plan
for q control agency. and Ipdian
proposals covering q number OF
angles Of disarmament.
Spender Urges Action.
Report Of the new accord came
as Sir Percy Spender, Austria
liam Ambassador to the United
States, took the floor in the u. N.
Assembly Political Committee
and proposed an objective survey
of East-West differences on dis
armament as the first step to-
ward settling up the new talks.
-Informants here said the re-
ported new agreement did not
spell any advance in the disarm-
ament program. It's chief i'm
portance was to get the new
talks started in q spirit Of har-
mony, which is going to be
necessary to make any final dis
armament plan work.
WadswOrth to Speak.
The committee had 10 speak
ers on Its list before the genera
debate wound up, among thafs
India, Russia's Andrei Vishinsiy
and Americas James J. Wads'
worth. Ssaa
The General Assembly killed
off Red China's final chances for
U. N. membership this year by
voting 35-10, yesterday to accept
credentials of Nationalist Chin
ese delegates. There were three
absentions.
The vote came so quickly It
blocked an attempt by India's
v. K. Krishna Menon to fight
acceptance. Mr.. Menon con.
tented himself with a brief post
ballot speech in which he in.
sisted that the Peiping govern.
ment alone was qualified to
represent China. Russia's' Jacob
Malik voiced similar objections.
Attempts by Mr.. Vishinsky to
upset a Steering Committee rul-
ing postponing action for two
weeks on explosive Russian
charges that the United States
had committed aggression against
Red China also were decisively
defeated.
Refugee Plan Passed.
The Assembly last night
passed a Soviet-opposed resolu-
ton authorizing the u. N. high
commissioner for refugees to
work out q program for perma-
nent solution of the refugee
problem.
Russia put forth new pro-
posal yesterday in the legal COM
mittee to push through a pet
U. N. project-a definition of ag-
gression.
To meet Western objections
that any fixed definition would
leave too many loopholes, the
Russians added a clause provid-
ing that an act not included in
the definition might constitute
aggression If the Security Coun-
Gil so deemed it.
The British delegation re.
vealed yesterday It has rebuked
Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold for circulation of q
Greek government letter touch
ing on the Cyprus plebiscite
question.
It was the second rebuke of
its kind for Mr.. Hammarskjold
in two weeks. The first was
when Henry Cabot Lodge, jr..
chief United States delegate.
scolded the secretary general for
circulating as a U. N. document
a letter from the Chinese Com
munists accusing the United
States of aggression around
FormoSa.