Evening star., 1961-09-20
Rusk to Confer With Gromyko
On Berlin and u. N. Crises
u. N.
Continued From First Page

CO0tlHueu FROM rnSt rage
Russia proposes would paralyze
the world organization.
The United States has been
pressing its allies and the un-
committed powers here to agree
promptly on a temporary sec
retary general who could deal
with the critical Congo crisis
and other United Nations
business.
Meeting Set Tomorrow
Yesterdays brief General
Assembly session did provide
opportunity for the United
States and the Soviet Union to
arrange the first meeting of
Secretary of State Rusk and
Mr.. Gromyko for tomorrow to
explore possibilities of mean
ingful negotiations on the Ber-
lin crisis. The latest U. N.
crisis was added to the agenda
of the talks.
Charles E. Bohlen, special
assistant to Secretary Rusk for
Soviet affairs, spoke briefly to
Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian Zorin in the General
Assembly hall and the Soviet
delegation later accepted the
suggestion that the first meet
ing be held at the Secretary's
Waldorf Astoria suite.
Mr.. Rusk was reported ready
to insist that any formal East
West negotiations consider more
than the Soviet plan for a
peace treaty with Germany
and that the Soviet Union give
assurances no further unilateraf
actions, particularly those af-
fecting Western access to
Berlin, will be taken.
Mr.. Rusk conferred with
United States mission members
this morning and then left for
the Pennsylvania Station to
catch a train for Washington.
He planned to return from
Washington in an overnight
sleeper in time for his luncheon
! appointment with Mr.. Gro
myko.
Diplomats here were pointing
to an 11-year-old precedent for
disregarding the United Nations
charter procedure for naming
a Secretary General so that a
choice can be made quickly
without expected Soviet OBJ /
struction. The charter pro-
vides that the Security Council |
should recommend the Secre-
tary General and the General
Assembly should appoint him.
But Mr.. Gromyko made it
almost certain yesterday that
his government would veto any
single Secretary General pro-
posal. l.
In 1850 the Soviet Union
blocked Seclirity Council moves
to reappoint Trygve Lie, but the
General Assembly simply dis
regarded the charter and voted.
46-5, with eight abstentions, to
install him for another three
year term. The Soviet bloc
never recognized him as secre-
tary general, but the rest of
the membership did and Mr.. Lie
carried on until Mr.. Ham
marskjold's appointment.
The General Assembly prob
ably would support the similar
move now to name temporary
head of the secretariat if man
can be found to take the job.
Other Possible Choices
At the same time other candi-
dates for the job were being
canvassed. Burmese Ambassa-
dor U Thant and United Ma
tions Undersecretary c. v,
Narasimhan of India, were
among those being considered.
When Mr.. Gromyko was
asked about the move to name
Mr.. Slim as interim secretary
general in addition to the post
of assembly president, he stood
firm:
I'VE hold to the principal po-
sition on this matter-that any
one person would not be good"
.@His remarks brought quick
scornment from United States
ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson,
Nho said the United Nations
must act at cnce to choose an
arterim secreary general. He
taecused the Russians of usirg
btocking tactics. 4
&sMany smalled nations oppose
ussia's troika but are reluctant
I'd support the appointment OF
! AL one-m man interim authority,
feeling he would be hamstrung
Without Soviet support.