Evening star., 1955-01-10


Reporter Blocked on Peipins Mission
Finds Conton Tense. Poee Al
able to continue the contact es-
tablished in these meetings,
they said.
The United Nations secretary
general had been assigned by
the United Nations General As
sembly to seek release of the
, flyers and other United Nations
personnel held in China. He
few to Peiping and had talked
an aggregate Of 1917 hours with
Premier Chou. Today's fourth
and final meeting took UP an
hour and IS minutes.
Communique Issued.
A Joint communique from the
U. N. chief and the Chinese
Communist leader was released
simultaneously at U. N. head
quarters here and in Peiping. The
full text:
"As a result of the suggestion
for a personal discussion made
by the secretary general of the
United Nations in his cable oi
10 December 1854 and the cable
Of welcome sent by the Premier
of the State Council and foreign
minister Of the Peoples Repub-
lie of China on II December
1854, we had talks In Peking
tPeiping) on s. z, 8 and 10 Janu-
ary 1855.
"In these talks reference was
made at the same time to ques-
tions pertinent to the relaxation
of world tension.
"We feel that these talks have
been useful and we hope to be
able to continue the contact
established in these meetings"
Cabied to q. N. Offices.
The communique was. cabled
to U. N. headquarters here by
Per Lind, assistant to the secre-
tary general and one of his
party Of six in the Chinese
capital.
Mr.. Hammarskjold plans to
leave Peiping tomorrow at Z am.
Peiping time C pm. EST to-
night by Chinese aircraft for
Hong Kong. From there he will
fly to Tokyo and on to San Fran
cisco.
The Hammarskjold party is
expected back in New York
about Saturday.
In Washington. reporters
inquired at the White House
whether there was any posi-
bility Mr.. Hammarskjold would
visit Washington to talk with
United States officials about
his conferences with Mr.. Chou.
Murray Snyder, assistant press
secretary, said he did not have
any information along that
line.
tThe State Department de.
clined any comment. A spokeS-
man said any comment would
have to await the filing of Mr..
Hammarskjold's official report
as called for under the U. N.
General Assembly resolution
which sent him to Peiping.)
Dulles to See Lodge.
There was no comment from
the United States delegation to
the United Nations on the COM
munique. Informed sources said,
however, that Secretary Of State
John Foster Dulles and Chief
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge. jr.. would confer
on the case of the flyers in New
York tomorrow. Mr.. Dulles will
be in the city to address a
luncheon.
Premier Chou gave q farewell
dinner for the secretary general
tonight Chinese time. Earlier
the Swedish Ambassador in
Peiping, Hugo Wistrand. held a
farewell reception for Mr.. Ham
marskjold and his party.
Mr.. Chou and four Of the Chi
nese officials who participated in
the talks with him also attended
the Swedish party.
The U. N. chief and the Chi
nese Premier agreed on joint
issuance OF the communique al
precisely $50 am. EST The
Chinese withheld the news or
the end of the talks for 5 hours
10 minutes. The U. N. head
quarters received the cable
hours and IS minutes before the
release time.
Peiping Radio Blasts U. s.
Even before that. however,
Peiping radio laid on one Of its
bitterest blasts against the
United States.
U. N. diplomats received the
news from Peiping with inter-
est although they were unable
to tell from the final commu-
nique whether any agreement
had been reached.
One Asian delegate expressed
belief the key might be found
lin the word useful" II the
talks had been q failure. he
said this word would not have
been used.
Others commented. however.
that the communique could
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