Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
Syria Stynies
|FirstU U. n. Move
Ito Settle Crisis
ny NED MAKDIsI


UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Oct. 90. The big question at
the United Nations is who is
going to make the FIRST move
10 settle the Syrian-T,Tkish
crisisP
In spite Of the fact that sew
eral plans to solve the problem
have been mentioned. the de-
bate In the General Assembly,
so far. has produced little more
than accusations and counter
accusations. Prospects for a
resolution remained slim when
the Assembly adjourned last
night with Russia's Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko
slated as the FIRST speaker for
today.
Syria, while continuing to
profess fear Of q Turkish at
tack, does not appear TO be In
any hurry to introduce q reso-
luton TO send an inquiry COM
mission to her frontier with
Turkey. Several Western and
Asian nations. which have
spoken In favor of King Saud's
mediation, have failed to take
any concrete step in that direc-
ton.
Plan Delayed
Seven sponsors of q plan
which would have Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
study the problem and report
back to the Assembly. have
withheld action on their pro-
posal. The reason for this de-
lay Is because. in the opinion Of |
well-informed delegates. no
single plan is expected TO re-
ceive the necessary two-thirds
majority in the Assembly II in
PRODUCED first. Consequently.
the sponsors Of each plan are
waiting for the others to be
eliminated before introducing
their proposal.
As TO the Syrians. they are
not even sure Of receiving the
full support Of their Arab COM
patriots. For. in spite Of their
declaration Of solidarity with
Syria. it remaines q fact that
Of the 10 other Arab states. only
two--Egypt and Sudan--so far
have publicly announced their
support Of the Syrian complaint
before the General Assembly.
In Own Cold War
One reason for this split in
Arab ranks is that the Arabs.
whose declared objective Is TO-
prevent the cold war from
moving to their area. now find
themselves in q little cold war
of their own as q result OF
King Saud's mediation offer.
During the last two days. the
Egyptian press and radio have
been trading accusations with
Radio Mecca. each accusing
the other OF working against
the paramount interest AZ Arab
nationalism.
The Syrians and Egyptians
are angry at King Saud for not
Withdrawing his offer OF medi-I
alton. The Saudi monarch.
supported by other Arab leaders.
is sore at the Egyptians and
Syrians for refusing his offer.
Against this background, the
chances for the success Of o.
Syrian resolution TO send an
inquiry com mission to the
Syrian Turkish border, are now
simmer than ever.
II Syria persists in her re-
fusal to accept Saud's media
ton. 1t is not likely that q reso-I
luton will be introduced in sup
port Of the Kings offer. This
leaves one prospect, the seven
powers plan to have Secretary
General Hammarskjold use his
good Offices TO settle the dis
pute. The problem now is to
find an opportune moment TO
offer this plan.
More Trades Expected
In the meantime. a TRADE Of
accusations and counter-accu-
sations viii continue to oe
heard in the General Assembly.
Mr.. Gromyko is expected to
answer charges by the United
States. Great Britain and Tur-
key that the Soviet Union has
formented the crisis in the
Middle East in order to pose
as the defender of the Arabs
against the designs Of the "im-
perialists." It would be inter-
esting to listen TO his explana-
ton to why Turkey has not
attacked Syria on the eve Of the
Turkish elections, as Mr.. Gro