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peaceful toll Of their people"
During the final hours Of de-
bate Victor Belaunde of Peru
called the 20-power resolution,
"a perfect resolution"
MenOn Raises Doubt
This was not a universal feel
ing. A nagging doubt, raised by
v. K. Krishna Menon of India
with his four-power resolution,
remained. Was it still possible.
in spite Of strong evidence to the
contrary, to negotiate with the
Russians? Did condemnation
simply push the Russians into a
corner where they would behave,
if possible, with more sava gerry
toward the Hungarians?
Those who felt that way be-
lieve that some effort should
have been made by America,
which had previously hesitated
on condemnation" herself, to-
ward reconciling the resolution
from the West and the resolution
from the East. Opinion was much
divided on that score.
One side said that Mr.. Menon
in his resolution was proceeding
from a changed sentiment to-
ward Russian actions in Hun
gary resulting from the visit to
Budapest Of India's ambassador
in Moscow. Up until that time, it
was explained, all information
about Hungary had come from
Western sources, which are al
ways suspect to the anti-colonial
countries Of the Far East.
India. they said, had come a
long way. Since the force of the
resolution would be felt only in
world opinion. would it not be
better to explore the possibilities
Of having a judgment in which
India, the leading neutralist ma
tion might join?
The other side took the posi-
ton that the Menon counter
resolution was IMPLY a move to
forestall action N giving express
sion to moral indignation, which
was the only thing the United
Nations could do for Hungary.
They said that India would never
condemn" Russia, so there was
no point in talking to Mr.. Menon.
One Asian delegate sadly
summed up the impaSse by say
ing, 1T was a clash of PERSONAL
tiles between Lodge and Menon.
1t was too bad"
No Negotiation Attempt
In any event, no attempt to
negotiate the differences was
made by either side, although
Mr.. Menon contended the pur-
poses were the same.
Mr.. Menon's speech on the
resolution yesterday afternoon
gave some clue as to why he
finds the role of the peacemaker
so hard in the United Nations.
He followed Mr.. Belaunde, who
is one of the AsSembly's more
fervent, even florid oratoi.. lii
one of those darting asides he
seemingly cannot resist, refer
ring to Mr.. BelG-:ndc'1 .2ecch,
he said mo one can complain
we didn't hear him"
Mr.. Belaune is a fatherly gen.
tleman of IA, and personal
thrustS are not the thing here.
Mr.. Menon went on to refer to
the speech as "a trade" and
full of hatred" a charge he
has never leveled at the Soviets,
who have been accusing America
Of SANDER" venom" and hy-
pocriSy" throughout the debate.
And when it was over, and his
amendments had been resound-
ingly defeated, Mr.. Menon, in
sisted, as always. on the last
word. Two of his co-sponsors,
Burma and Ceylon. had voted
for the 20-power resolution. He
then withdrew his resolution,
because he said. the purpose had
been to initiate constructive
process Of conciliation." which
was now impossible"
The Russians. contrary to their
custom, had nothing to say about
the U. N. action. 1t is after all,
only words. and they show their
contempt for words by the way
they use them. The only reser-
vation with the days work here
was whether more should have
been done to try to induce the
Indians to join in the world
chorus of condemnation. since it
is the voice that would hurt the
Russians the most.
The Asian-African group split
this way in the condemnation
vote: Abstaining - Afghanistan
Cambodia. Egypt, India. Indo-
noeia TOrdaV NR1~1oo1 Ca,,I;