Evening star., 1962-09-19
Soviet Likely
To Fight Curb
0nU.N. Debate

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Sept. 10 (APl Soviet opposi-
ton is expected today to a plan
by Tunisia TO speed the United
Nations through a heavy
agenda by shortening speeches
and improving debate proce-
dure.
The Tunisian delegation
wants the subject Of improving
United Nations working meth
DDS included on the proposed
agenda for the 17th annual
session which opened yester-
day. The 21-nation Steering
Committee goes to work today
on the proposed agendas
Informed sources said the
Soviet Union, whose candidate
for assembly president was
overwhelmingly defeated at the
opening session, will vote
against assembly debate on the
plan. The informants said the
Russians fear that opening the
rules Of procedure to debate
could lead to wholesale changes
in the ground rules.
Curbs Supported
Tunisian Foreign Minister
Mongi Slim. president of the
10th session, originally sug-
gested the plan to start general
sessions two weeks earlier, curb
speechmaking and streamline
debate. The idea is supported
by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan,
the western-backed Pakistani
who won the presidency.
United Nations sessions
have been growing increasingly
long as its membership in
creases. and each year brings a
host Of problems involving the
cold war, colonialism, finances
and Soviet demands for a re-
vamped secretariat. So far 80
items for debate have been sub
mttted to the Steering Commit
tee. 1t seemed clear the world
body viii face one of its heaviest
agendas.
The Soviet Union already
has asked that the assembly
debate the l2-year controversy
over whether Red China should
replace Nationalist China. For
eign Minister Andrei A. Gromy-
ko said there should be debate
on q Soviet proposal for an
international conference on
world trade. He said the Eu-
ropean Common Market was
restricting trade.
Seek Korea Debate
The Soviets also asked for
debate on withdrawal of United
States troops in South Korea.
Informed diplomats said the
Soviet Union wants the subject
debated separately while the
United States will move to lump
1t with routine United Nations
report on unification and re-
habilitation Of Korea.
United States sources said
the United States is confident
that the assembly will reject,
as 1t did last year. the bid to
seat Red China. They said the
American delegation will not
try to block debate.
The Russians also are ex-
pected to use the United Ma
tions as q propaganda forum
to press charges that the United
States is threatening Fidel Cas-
tro's Cuban regime and to re-
wen its troika plan that would
divide secretariat power and
give the Russians a veto over
U. N. administration.
Applaud Winner
If the Russians were an
noyed about the defeat of their
candidate for president, they
made no outward show of 1t.
The Soviet delegation joined
in the applause for Zafrulla
Khan, 69-year-old veteran Dip
lomat who has headed Pak-i
stani delegations here since
1047.
zafrulla Khan polled 70 votes
to 81 for Ceylon's G. p. NAL
alasekera, who was supported
by the Russians and some neu-
trails.
The assembly also increased
its size to 108 by granting
U. N. membership to Rwanda,
Burundi, Jamaica and Trini-
dad-Tobago. The four coun-
tries were granted their inde-
pendence this summer.