Evening star., 1954-04-09
Agreement Expected
On Small u. n. Unit 10
Discuss Arms Curb
BY the Assoeiqted Press

UNI ELL INA 14ONO, N. T.,
April 9.-The 12-nation United
Nations Disarmament Commits
sion was expected to agree unani-
mously today to set up a small
Subgroup for private talks. at
once on arms reduction and
atomic control.
Diplomatic circles expressed be-
lief the subcommittee would
consist of the United States, Rus
sia, Britain. France and possibly
Canada. Some countries were
understood to favor inclusion of
Canada because of that country's
close connection with British
and American atomic production.
Today's meeting of the COM
mission was its first in eight
months. It's only session last
year; in August, was devoted to
approval of a report of no prog
reSS.
Before the delegates today was
q plea from India for immediate
consideration of a four-point
program outlined by Prime Min
lister Nehru to the Indian Parlia-
ment last Friday. Mr.. Nehru
wants an immediate standStill
agreement on atomic and hydro
gen bomb explosions; full pub
licity on the destructive power
of atomic and hydrogen weapons;
private meetings of the subcom-
mittee on his ideas and an ex-
preston Of concern by countries
not having atomic weapons.
India asked that his speech be
circulated as a U. N. document
and considered by the commits
sion.
Vishinsky May Pull Surprise.
AS far as could be learned no
delegate planned major speech
today-unleSS RuSSia'S Andrei Y.
ViShinsky was readying one of
his surprises. Informed quarters
said discussion probably would
be confined to suggestions for
setting up the subcommittee,
The meeting was given added
significance, however, by the fact
that the Western Big Three called
for it in the midst of the United
States hydrogen bomb tests in
the Pacific and the demands
from Mr.. Nehru and Britain's
opposition LaboriteS that the
tests be halted.
The 60-nation General Assem-
bly, in a resolution last fall
recommended that the dis
armament commission study the
desirability of establishing SUBJ
committee of powers prin-
cipally involved, which should
seek in private an acceptable
solution (to the problem of
atomic controls and disarma-
ment) in order that the
commission may study and re-
port on such a solution to the
General Assembly and to the
Security Council not later than
September, 1884,.
Rotated Meetings Suggested.
The assembly suggested fur
ther that the subcommittee
might rotate its meetings among
the member countries. There
was some speculation the sub
committee might start it's talks
in London because of the pres
ent parliamentary debates on the
atomic and hydrogen weapons.
With several of its members
sitting on the Disarmament Com
mission, the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil scheduled no debate today on
the tense Palestine situation.
Discussing rival Arab-Jewish
charges of border violations and
killings in the Council yesterday,
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., proposed a full
debate on the troubled situation
as a whole. Britain and France
supported him.
Lebanon Protests.
Lebanon's Charles Malik pro-
tested, demanding immediate
separate discussion of his COM
plant against Israel for the raid
last month on the Jordan village
of Nahalin in which nine Arabs
were killed. Jordan is not
member of the United Nations
and Lebanon, only Arab member
of the Council, filed the COM
plant on that Middle East
neighbor's behalf.
RuSSia's Vishinsky, Council
president for April, said he would
prefer to wait until the next
meeting to decide whether he
would vote to debate the one
isolated incident or the worsen-
ing situation as a whole.