Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-05
.Suez Police Force
Ordered by u. N.
BY WILLIAM N. OATIS
Associated Press Stan Writer

UNITED NATIONS. N Y,
Nov. 5.-The General Assembly
early today ordered a U. N. COM
mand set up for an international
police force to work for a cease
fire IN Egypt.
Britain and France. in a state
ment issued in London, said they
would halt all military action as
soon as Egypt and Israel agreed
to a police force to stop the
fighting, secure the withdrawal
Iof the Israeli forces and get the
Suez Canal back into operations.
It appeared unlikely that Is
Irael. anyway, would agree imme-
Iditely. The Israeli government
sent the U. N. five-part de-
|mand for Qualification Of the lat
est U. N cease-fire call, and
Israeli Delegate Abba Eban
warned the Assembly that 1.-THE
Istationing Of a force on the ter
lritory of Israel is not possible
without the consent Of the gov
eminent of Israel"
There was no immediate reac-
ton from Cairo.
Assembly Vote $50
The Assembly voted $40 at
1917 am. to set UP the police
force. The resolution for its
creation was sponsored by
Canada. Colombia and Norway.
Nineteen countries abstained.
The vote came about an hour
and half before the announce
ment that British and French
troops had landed in Egypt.
where Israel has already occupi-
ed the Sinai Peninsula.
The new command will recruit
officers Immediately from small
countries for IAN emergency in
ternational force to secure and
supervise the cessation of HOSTILE
ties"
U. N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold. author Of the
plan, will try to get "the neces-
sary troops" from among II Of
the u. MS rs members, barring
only Britain, Nationalist China.
France. the Soviet Union and the
United States.
Mr.. Hammarskjold reported to
the Assembly that Colombia, New
Zealand and Norway had agreed
to take part in the force. Ca
madam Foreign Secretary Lester
B. Pearson confirmed that
Canada would do so subject to
parliamentary approval.
U. 5. ReaGy TO Help
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge. jr., announced that
the United States was ready to
help in an important way" with
airlifts. shipping, transport and
supplies.
The resolution appointed as
chief of the new command Ca
madam Mai. Gen. E. L. M. Burns,
SO. He will be relieved from
his post Of chief of stan Of the
U. ~ truce supervision organiza-
ton in Palestine.
Gen. Burns. whose truce
headquarters is in the Jerusalem
No-Man's Land. was authorized
to start recruiting officers i'm
mediately from among his truce
observers and to get others
through Mr.. Hammarskjold.
The resolution was the fourth
the Assembly had passed in four
days in an effort TO get the week.
old shooting stopped. 1t followed
up a 64-5 cease-f1re call early
Friday sponsored by the United
States; second. 59-5 cease
fire call early yesterday spon-
sored by 10 Asian countries. and
the same day a $40 decision for
an international force promoted
by Canada.
The emergency special session
Is the first ever held under the
uniting for peace" plan Of 1850
promoted by the United States
to get around the Soviet veto
in the Korean war days.
The U. N. command is the
second ever established. The
FIRST fought the North Korean
and Chinese Communists in the
Korean war. It was controlled
by the United States.
The cease-f1re resolution that
the U. N. force is to carry out
urges cessation Of hostilities and
Of the forward movement Of
arms and forces. withdrawal Of