Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-14
U. N. Assembly Convenes Tomorrow,
Specu|otes on Khrushchev Speech

Nations General Assembly con-
.vening tomorrow looks to a
speech by Nikita S. Khrushchev
for an indication whether 1t
will be a cold war" or recon
citation" session.
The 82-nation body. meeting
on the very day that the Soviet
Premier arrives in Washington
for his l3-day visit to the
United States, has on its sched-
ule a speech by Mr.. Khrushchev
Friday. A visit to the Assembly
by President Eisenhower will
follow later in the year,
The prospective agenda Of
more than 10 subjects includes
an Indian drive to seat Com
munist China, the AlgerianS'
fight for independence from
France, the future of a million
Palestine Arab refugees and
questions of nuclear and con-
ventional disarmament.
Peruvian's Election Set
The body is all set to elect
Victor Andres Belaunde, IT.
year-old Peruvian lawyer
teacher-diplomat. as its presi-
dent soon after starting it's
14th annual session which is
expected to continue for three
months.
After speaking to the Assem-
bly, at 3 pm. EDIT Friday, Mr..
Khrushchev will be Secretary
General Dag HammarSjold'S
guest Of honor that night at an
official dinner for about 100
persons. At the dinner will be
heads of permanent U. N. dele
cations and cabinet ministers
here for the Assembly.
Diplomats are looking to his
address for hints on how far
he may go toward reaching an
agreement with the West. and
what he might do toward in
ducing Communist China to
settle her border dispute with
India.
The first debate on world
issues is expected in the 81
nation Steering Committee,
which will meet probably We'd
neSday to choose items from
the prospective agenda toll
recommend for the ASsembly's
consideration.
India Still Backs China
Despite the Chinese-Indianl
frontier Squabble, India has
pressed her July Is request that
the Assembly take up the
question of the represent
tation to the Communist "Peo-
pies Government of China.
The United States is ready,
as usual, to counter with a pro-
posal that the Assembly shelve
the question for the rest of the
year.
She is expected to bolster this
with charges that the Chinese
Communists have depressed the
Tibetans, intruded into India,
threatened Chinese National
lists offshore islands with gun
boats and put the North Wet
nameSe up to encouraging re-
bellion in Laos. Indications are
that the United States will win
again.
Twenty-Five Asian and Afri-
can countries-a record num-
ber-have asked that the AS
sembly put the Algerian queS-
ton on the agenda for the fifth
straight year. A statement is
expected Wednesday from
French President Charles de
Gaulle promising Algeria self
Observation-Disclosures defeat OF
the Algerian rebellion. No such
promise seems likely to satisfy
the Algerian rebels, whom the
Asian-African countries gener-
ally back.
Arab Refugee Problem
The assembly has a report
from Mr.. Hammarskjold recon- |
mending that the U. MS Pales-
tine Refugee Agency be kept
alive beyond its expiration date
of mid-1960 and suggesting
that only economic develop
ment of the Middle East could
bring about the refugees inte-
grafton in that region.
Arab governments have come
out against the latter sugges-
ton on the ground that inte-
grafton of the Arabs into Arab
countries would detract from
their rights to return to their
old homes in what is now Is
rael. The United States, origi-
nally opposed to extending the
life of the agency, has not in
dicated whether it has changed
it's mind.
On the prospective agenda
are three questions related to
disarmament-an Indian pro-
posal to stop nuclear tests; an
Irish bid to limit the nuclear
powers to Britain, the Soviet
Union, and the United States.
and a Moroccan request that
France call off a nuclear test
in the Sahara.
Due to go on the list later is
the question of general dis
armament. This involves pro-
longing the life Of the 81
nation Disarmament Commits
sion beyond December 81 so it
could get reports from Iona
ton arms talks scheduled to
start in Geneva early next year.
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