Evening star., 1955-01-31
U. "opens ToIks on Formoso;
Is Urged to Invite Chino Reds,
Refuses to Bdr NotionoIists
Russian Defeated,
l0-1, on Demand
Made to Council
sy, The Assoeio,sd Pres,

31.-Sir Leslie Knox Munro of
New Zealand, president of the
United Nations Security Council.
proposed today that Red China
be invited to send a representa-
tive here to take part in the de-
bate on a Formosan cease-fire.
Sir Leslie made his proposal
Immediately after the Council
refused to consider Soviet de-
mand that Nationalist China be
barred from the debate.
The New Zealand diplomat
suggested that the Council sus-
pend its discussions until the
Chinese Communists can get a
representative here.
Contact With Peiping.
He said U. N. Secretary Gen.
eral Dag Hammarskjold al
ready had established contact
with the Peiping regime. Mr.
Hammarskjold, he said, should
urge the Communists to accept
the invitation.
The Council ran into its first
controversy when Soviet Dele
gateI Arkady A. Sobolev tossed
in his demand to bar the Chinese
Nationalists.
The vote was 10-1. with only
the Soviet Union voting to
consider excluding Nationalist
China.
The move to throw out the
Soviet demand was made by
Chief United States Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge jr., and
quickly drew support Of the
other big Western powers.
West Wins First Round.
The Western powers thus won
the first round test as the IL
nation Council squared of to
seek an end to the fighting be-
tween Chinese Nationalist and
Communist forces.
The Council then began a pro-
cedural debate on the form OF
its agenda.
The issue was complicated by a |
Soviet move to include on the
agenda a charge Of aggression
against the United States and
a demand that all United States
forces be withdrawn from the
Formosa area.
There was speculation here
that Russia might spell out its
demand for evacuation OF all
islands and "other territories be-
longing to China" to include
Nationalist China's surrender
not only of the Tachens. Matsu
and Quemoy but Of Formosa it
self and the Pescadores Islands.
which the United States has
pledged to protect.
Called Propaganda Move.
The United States called the
Soviet demand propaganda
move designed to confuse and
divert serious efforts to halt the
fighting. which included new
Communist firebombings Of the
Tachens yesterday. More than
four years ago the Security
Council defeated an almost iden-
tical resolution.
A dispute over including the
Soviet resolution on the agenda
under it's title language of
United States acts of aggression
against the Chinese Peoples Re-
public in the Taiwan tFormosa
area and other islands of China"
threatened, to delay the Council
in it's majority aim of getting OFF
an invitation to Red China to
send representatives here for the
EormoSa debate.
The U. N. Charter requires
that both sides in dispute be
invited to be represented. If Red
China does send spokesmen, they
will be able only to speak, not to
vote.
Sir Leslie. Security Council
president for January-Peru's
Victor A. Belaunde takes over to- /
morrow, in alphabetical success
sion-prepared today's agenda
containing only the item agreed
on by the Western powers.
1t was entitled question of
hostilities in the area of GER
tain islands off the coast of the
mainland of China" Sir Leslie
told reporters it was intended
to stop fighting in the islands
from the Tachens to and includ-
ing Quemoy but did not deal
with Formosa and the Pesca-
dores. They were not included,
he said, because the hostilities