Evening star., 1961-06-26
Chinese Sees
Outlook Bright
For Laos Talks

W k0VS uOaN
GENEVA. June 20 (AP9.-
Foreign Minister Chen VI oi
Communist China said today
there are bright prospects fol
final East-west agreement al
the international conference
on Laos.
I'VE have all the conditions
for reaching an agreement ac-
ceptable to ALL" Mr.. Chen told
the 14-Nation conference.
Despite the unusual concilia.
tory tone Of Mr.. Chen'S speech
Western delegates noted it con.
tanned no sign that the Com.
munists have softened theil
stand. Mr.. Chen insisted, fol
example, that a new Laotiar
government could get all the
arms from abroad it wanted
and no international Control
Commission had a right to in
terfere.
Both Mr.. Chen and Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister
Georghi Pushkin hailed lasi
weeks meeting Of the thret
warning Laotian Princes as
helpful step toward ultimate
agreement.
Chen Praises Hartman
Mr.. Chen said their agree.
ment to make Laos neutra
''has further provided our con.
ference with guiding principles
for reaching an internationa
agreement"
The Chinese delegate alsC
gave credit for the improved
prospects to w. Averell Harri'
man, chief United States dele
gate to the conference. Mr.
Hartman has dropped com
lplaints about Communist ceas'
fire violations in Laos.
Mr.. Chen admitted that diff
Iferences between the Commu
nists and Western delegation
are sharp "but there are amoni
us quite q few common points
too"
| On the thorniest issue at th'
conference, the powers Of tn
international Control Commis'
sion that would guard Laos
neutrality after q settlement
he said ''it should not be diff
ferent to reach unanimity."
Soviet Proposal Rejected
The United States and othe,
Western and neutral power
have rejected the commission
Iof India, Canada and Polant
to q veto.
Mr.. Chen said the United
States is attempting to violat'
Laotian sovereignty by givinl
the commission unlimited su
pervision and control owe
Laos"
Western observers noted tina
the Chinese appeared to diffe,
on one point from the Sovie
draft proposals dealing will
1.-THE import Of arms from
abroad. The Russian propose
would fix limits to the quantit!
and type Of weapons brough
into Laos which would be su
pervised by the commission.
Mr.. Chen insisted that eth
Laotian government alone hai
the right to determine tn
quantities and types Of weap'
ons it requires"
To Keep Talks Going
Before the session began
iBritain's Malcolm Macdonald
and Mr.. Pushkin, co-chairmel
Of the conference, met to dis
cuss how to keep the talk
going until the three LaotiaI
Princes settle their interna
differences.
A British spokesman said TIN
pace of the meetings might b
slowed down to three q weel
until the three Princes Of Lao
send a unified delegation II
Geneva. Britain and the So
Wet Union are the co-chairmen
Prince Souvanna Phouma
the self-styled neutralist leade,
who is virtually certain to be-
come the next premier o
Laos, predicted last night tina
the Laotian crisis would ent
soon and q national coalition
government would be formed.
Prince Souvanna told news
men yesterday he viii hold an
other meeting next month will
the other two Laotian princes
pro-Western Boun Oum, pre-
mier Of the Royal Laotian gov
ernment, and pro- CommuniS
Souphanouvong Of the Pathe
Lao. He said they will draf
q joint government propose
for presentation to King Sa
Yang vathana, the ruler Of tn
strategic jungle kingdom VIII
the three princes agreed earle
would name the new govern
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