Evening star., 1961-09-05
NonoIigned Countries Draft Appeal
To Both Kennedy and Khrushchev

aligned nations drew up a JOINT
appeal today to President Ken
nedy and Premier Khrushchev
to take urgent new steps to
ease the cold war.
Although still divided on a
number of issues raised at
their conference, the leaders
of the conference delegations
agreed on a message to be sent
to Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Khru-
shchev. 1t was expected to
appeal for them to meet once
more in an effort to ease ten
sion over Berlin and to seek
progress toward disarmament.
Reports circulated that the
conference would send special
delegations to Moscow and
Washington with the messages.
One persistent report said
Prime Minister Nehru Of India
and President Kwame Nkru-
nah of Ghana would take the
message to Mr.. KhruShchev,
while President Modibo Keita
of Mali and either President
Sukarno of Indonesia or Presi-
dent Canal Abdel Nasser OF
the United Arab Republic
would go to Washington.
Mr.. Nehru already has been
delegated by the conference to
seek Soviet agreement to the
United States-British proposal
to ban nuclear tests above
ground. The Indian leader
leaves tomorrow for Moscow
on a trip he scheduled prior
to coming to Belgrade.
Trouble With COmmunique
The conference was scheduled
to end today, its fifth, but a
committee trying to draft a
joint communique of agreed
policies worked until 5 am. and
still had a third of its work to
do.
One Asian member of the
drafting committee said the
committee received and rejected
a proposal to recommend that
all 25 nations at the Belgrade
conference recognize the Com
munist East German govern
ment. The committee member
said the group had approved
draft statement on Germany,
Laos and Mauritania "and some
other subjects" He declined to
give any details.
The communique was eX-
pected to contain many COM
promises, since it must be ac-
ceptable to nations of widely
varying political leanings. They
range from monarchist Ethiopia
to Communist Yugoslavia, from
anti-American Cuba to pro-
Western Cyprus.
A drafting committee has
worked for two days trying to
iron out disagreements. Some
delegates felt the danger of
nuclear war should get primary
attention, others insisted CO.
lonialism was the main issue.
Some Progress Made
Yesterday the top leaders,
including presidents, premierS
and monarchs, met privately
for four hours going over the
differences. The scheduling of
a plenary session today indi-
Gated some progress had been
made toward resolving dis
putes.
Mr.. Nehru led the faction
that wanted to emphasize the
war threat and the need for
East-WeSt negotiations, pref
erably at the summit.
But the majority of delegates,
including President NaSser of
the United Arab Republic and
Cuban President Osvaldo Dor
ticos, wanted to place the main
stress on colopialism. Their
fire was directed most at the
French in Algeria and the
Portuguese in Angola. Nothing
was said about Communist
domination of Eastern Europe.
1t was possible the part of
the communique dealing with
the war threat would not go
beyond recommending East
West negotiations on Berlin.
Mr.. Nehru had urged the dele
gates not to try to tell the big
powers what to do, but most
of the others backed the Soviet
position, saying the status quo
of two Germanys and the pres
ent Polish German border
must be accepted. Only a few
delegates advocated "self-de-
termination" or a plebiscite by
the Germans to decide on re-
unification of the divided coun-
try.
Nehru Is Moderate
Western diplomats had hoped
that Mr.. Nehru and Yugoslav
President Tito would be mod
crate in their remarks. Mr..
Nehru did not diSappoint them,
but Marshal Tito did.
In Communist phraseology,
Marshal Tito denounced West