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cutting short a tour Of. Latin
America.
Mr.. Hammarskjold began
conferences Immediately and
prepared a message for Laos
which will. determine the U. Ms
course.
The Security Council presi-
dent for September, Ambassa-
dor Egidio Ortona of Italy, said
after an hours talk with Mr..
HammarskJold that the Secre-
tary Genera will send Laos
certain procedural questions on
the appeal. He said an answer
Is expected tomorrow.
oHe told reporters that
whether there would be a
Council m e e ii ng and If so
when, would be predicated on
this answer.
Asked About Request
The nature of the message
was not disclosed at once. But
an informed source said that if
any country wants an emer-
gency force. it has obviously
got to go to the Security Coun-
Gil" first. 1t was believed Mr.
Hammarskjold was explaining
this to Laos and asking if it
was requesting a Council meet
ing.
In its bid for a U. N. force
yesterday, Laos merely asked
Mr.. Hammarskjold to apply
THE appropriate procedure
and did not seek a meeting
either Of the Security Council
or Of the General Assembly.
Laotian Special Envoy Ngon
Saninikone, who spent a half
hour with Mr.. Hammarskjold
before Mr.. Ortona's visit. re-
peated afterward that Laos was
leaving everything in Mr.. Ham
marskjold's hands.
U. N. spokesman said no
message had been received here
from North Wet Nam.
Soviet Veto Indicated
Some observers believed the
stand taken by North Wet Nam
meant the Soviet Union would
veto any action by the Security
Council to send even a force of
observers to Laos.
But the Laotian envoy told
reporters: I'VE are not intimi-
dated by anything the North
Wet Namese government says"
Asked if Council veto would
lead Laos to ask for an
emergency Assembly session, he
said that ito reach our destina-
ton we will use every means
at our disposal.
u. N. Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge conferred in Bos-
ton with Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter, who had
Just arrived from Paris after
accompanying President Els
enhower to Europe.
Before heading back to the
U. ~, Mr.. Lodge presumably
filled in Mr.. Herter on the
Laotian situation. In any case,
Mr.. Herter had expected to
take a weeks vacation. but the
State Department said he
would be back at his desk by
Monday or Tuesday.
In Washington, Undersecre-
tary of State Robert Murphy
conferred with j. Graham Par
sons, Assistant Secretary for
Far Eastern Affairs. and Fran
els Wilcox, Assistant Secretary
for International Affairs. Mr..
Wilcox Office handles L. N.
relations.
In TurnberIy, Scotland. the
vacationing Presidents press
secretary, James c. Hagerty.
said: "The President is keeping
in close touch with the situa-
ton in Laos and it is a matter
OF concern to him"
Laotian Foreign Minister
Khamphan Panya made the
appeal to Mr.. Hammarskjold
for an emergency force to stop
what he said was aggression
from Communist North Wet
Nam. Diplomatic informants
who could not be named said
they expected Laos would be
asked to produce evidence of
such aggression.
THE Laotian letter said that
the North Wet Namese troops
crossed the frontier with the
help Of artillery fire from be-
hind" one informant remarked.
That sort of thing that's
all. We would like to have more
information. l think that is
the prevailing opinion of the
various delegations"
Another source said the
United States in particular held
the view that specific evidence
of aggression was needed.
The Laotlan delegation itself
was understood to have cabled
to Vientiane, the administrative
capital, asking for such infor-
nation and urging that the
foreign minister put forward
the date of his arrival for the
coming General Assembly. -.