Evening star., 1955-01-28
Britain Asks Russia to Restrain
Red China and Help Get Truce;
Bid to Be Made for U.N. Talks
Soviet Reaction
To Envoy's Pleo
Pretty Limited
, By ihs Asseeiossd Pres.

MOSCOW. Jan. 28.-Britain
asked the Soviet Union today to
try to restrain the government
Of Communist China and bring
about a cease-f1re over Formosa
lest that dispute break into gen.
eral war.
Sir William Hayter, the Brit
ish Ambassador, talked at the,
Kremlin for 80 minutes with
v. M. Molotov. the Soviet Foreign
Minister. The British Embassy
said Sir William acted with the
advance knowledge Of the United
States State Department.
The British Ambassador sought
to enlist Soviet support for q
New Zealand move, backed by
Britain, in the United Nations
Security Council. This proposal
aims to bring about q cease-flre.
and is understood to include q
proposal to invite the Chinese
Communists to attend Security
Council meeting to discuss q
Formosan peace.
The British Embassy said Mr..
MolotoV's reaction was pretty
limited"
Mr.. Molotov said the Soviet
Union always desires to decrease
international tension. He con-
tended the United States was
responsible for affairs in the
Formosa Strait and said Britain
shared the responsibility because
it was supporting the United
States.
Soviet Cooperation Asked.
The British Embassy said the
ambassador had told Mr.. Molo-
tov Britain "hopes to have the
cooperation Of the Soviet gov
ernnlent In the Security Council
and that in particular her ma
jesty's government hopes that
the Soviet government will urge
the Chinese Peoples government
most strongly that they win ae-
cept the invitation to attend
meetings Of the United Nations
Security Council when such an
invitation is made"
The embassy said this invita-
ton to the Chinese Communists
was expected to be extended as q
result of New Zealand's proposal
in the U. N. for q Formosan
cease-fire.
The spokesman said Britain's
Intervention in Moscow coincided
with action by the British Charge
dAffaires in Peiping. Sir VIII
liam told Mr.. Molotov he was
giving him the same message as
the British charge was deliver
ing to the Chinese peoples gov
ernment.
The spokesman said Britain's
action in Moscow was intended
''to take of the heat and to stop
the guns" and to ask the Krem-
lin to cooperate by restraining
the Peiping government.
Reaction Is Uncertain.
After Sir William left the
Kremlin, Mr.. Molotov'S secretary
telephoned the British Embassy
to inform 1t that the Soviet gov
ernment intends to publish its
version" Of the Hayter-Molotov
interview in tomorrow's Soviet
press.
The British spokesman refused
to hazard a guess whether this
would indicate q favorable re-
action on the Soviet side.
The Embassy said Sir williams
main point to Mr.. Molotov was
"the lessening Of tension In the
Formosa Strait is possible only
If everybody Is willing to-.work
for it on the basis Of the actual
situation" Britain expressed
hope that "the Soviet govern
nnent will use its best offices and
fullest capabilities to urge re-
straint on the Chinese tCommu-
nists)."
The Soviet armed forces news
paper, Red Star. and other So
Wet papers denounced as gross
interference by the United States
Of America in the internal af-
fairs Of the Chinese Peoples
Republic" the vote by the House
of Representatives approving
President Eisenhower's resolu-
ton to use American troops to
defend Formosa and the Pesca-
dores II necessary.
At the same time, dispatches
by the official Soviet agency,
Tass, deplored american mill
tary demonstrations in the Far
East" These dispatches reported
the arrival Of American Air
Force generals, Jet planes and
naval vlY1ife IN Etn,ey1.nes.