Evening star., 1958-09-28

will announce plans for a phased wi
This crisis under the Hammars
are wondering out loud-in the Uni
whether they should not send him
TO Peiping to get that one under
control as well.
Mr.. Hammarskjold has done
nothing to encourage, and every
thing to discourage. this talk He
clearly does not want the China
assignment.
His proper role, as he sees it, is
that Of q catalyst. bit Of oil in
the machinery" Sometimes he
can give the machinery a gentle
push. But he does not think Of
himself as the proper man to build
q set of machinery from scratch.
U. S. Might Object
Unlike Lebanon and Jordan, a
settlement in the Far East would
be a major construction job. Parts
of the resulting structure. if it
we're to be a successful compro-
mise, would be very distasteful
to the United States, or at least
to substantial sectors of the
American public. 1t almost cer-
tainly would have to include a
U. N. seat for Red China.
If such q compromise were to
be pressed upon the American
Government, with or without its
private connivance. the person
responsible would come in for
intense public abuse in the United
States. The Nationalist China
lobby and the committee of one
million" would hang him in efigy
on every lamppost from Times
Square to the Golden Gate.
Mr.. Hammarskjold and his aides
argue that a symbol of the u. N.
should not be asked to take on
that assignment. If the United
States wants its arm twisted, they
say, in order to avoid being
dragged into a full-scale war with
Red China, someone else should
do the twisting.
But who else. U. N. diplomats
ask. No one except v. K. Krishna
Menon of India has stepped for
ward to volunteer. And the United
States would prefer almost any,
thing to having a China solution
rammed down its throat by v. K.
Krishna Menon.
Britoin Would Help
Britain backed by Canada has
been attempting to set up q nego-
tiation at the U. N. Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd argues that a
shift of locale from Warsaw to
New York would bring many new
pressures to bear on both major
parties. and open up possibilities
of solution not now visible. If
necessary. the level of represen-
tation could be raised, he points
out. with minimum embarTass-
ment.
The United States would be
willing. But it appeared last week
that Red China was not. Krishna
Menon told delegates privately
that Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai would not go to the U. ~.
or send a representative. unless
ne could sit in the seat labeled
China" To come as an invited
party would be unacceptable,
Krishna Menon said.
1t was generally assumed that
the Indian Defense Minister knew
what he was talking about--that
his government had word directly
from Peiping. If this attitude was
final it ruled out the U N. as a
site.
Would it be Of any use for the
q. N. to consider the crisis with
out a Red Chinese delegation on
hand? strategists then asked.
The United States argued that
it would be of some use to invite
Peiping delegates. and have them
refuse to come. This would
strengthen the American moral
position in many eyes.
It also would be of use. Britain
argued, to persuade the General
Assembly to call for a cease-flre.
Again, this would better the Amer
ican moral position. In addition,
it would put a certain amount of
pressure on Peiping to lift the
blockade Of Quemoy and AIatsu.
None of this, however, would be
a real solution, it was agreed.
What Of setting up small nego-
eating committee similar to the
one consisting of Canada. Iran,
and India which tried to arrange
q Korean cease-tlre in December