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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950.

CEASE-FIRE

MOTION PASSED

Soviet Objection Overruled By Political Committee

Lake Success, Dec. 13.

The United Nations Main Political Committee tonight overrode the Soviet objections by a 51-5 vote and recommended that the General As- sembly approve the Arab-Asian mechanism for a cease-fire in Korea.

"No settlement can be in ac

cordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations unless it leads to the establishment of a free, united

Yet

The United States, Britain and France called for the General Assembly President, Nasrollah

a basis Entezam, and others to "determine which a satisfactory cease-fire in Korea can be and independent Korea. arranged."

on

The vote was 51 in favour, the five-nation Soviet bloc against and China abstaining. This was well above the two-third margin needed for final. General Assembly approval..

But if the blunt Soviet ob- Mr Malik declared, "Bearing the stand of the jections expressed by Russia in mind

United States and United today were an accurate gauge of the attitude of the Chinese Kingdom Governments and the Communists and North stage which the Korean question

resolution Koreans, the

was has reached, the proposal for a doomed to fail in its purpose. cease-fire is hypocritical camou-

The Soviet delegate, Jacob Malik, told the Committee that the proposal was fashioned to "save the skins" of the Anglo- American troops and provide a breathing spell "to prepare new attacks."

Mr Malik did make one con-

cession at the end of the day's debate when he formally an- nounced that Russia's counter-

resolution calling for the with drawal of "all foreign troops" from Korea definitely included Chinese Communist "volun-

teers." Unitel Press.

RUSSIA OPPOSES

Lake Success, Dec. 13. Russia will oppose the 13- nation Korea cease-fire

pro- posals, her delegate, Mr Jacob Malik, told the United Nations General Assembly's Political Committee today.

Mr Malik had earlier ac- cused Britain and the

United

bid

further

the proponents of the second re- solution are not only willing to go along with the Chinese Com- munist demands for coupling Korea with other Far Eastern issues, thereby making it a pawn for bartier, they would also. place on the commission a ma- jority of those powers favouring most other Chinese Communist demands including recognition, a seat in the United Nations and surrender of Formosa,

"That would be yielding to flage intended to obtain alextortion at the point of a gun. breathing spell for further mili-It would not only reward the tary action to get their broken Chinese Communists for their ranks in order again and then aggression. It would also make continue armed intervention. a mockery of the first peace

enforcement action of the Unit-

"I do not wish this to be con-ed Nations and thus open the

to doors further Communist these strued as claiming that are the intentions of the authors aggression elsewhere, of the draft resolution. The au- thors, I am sure, have good in tentions but one cannot fail to the conclusion that the draw

"That is not the purpose for which the United Nations was created and in the interest of

it must its own survival

be

road to hell is paved with godd hoped that the Assembly will intentions."-Reuter.

INDIA'S FAILURE

Washington, Dec. 13.

said Diplomatic authorities today that the Indian Govern ment had failed in its attempts to persuade the United States to agree to Communist China's demands for political conées- sions in return for a peaceful settlement in Korea.

These sources said Madame Jayalakshmi Pandit, the Indian Ambassador to the United

turn thumbs down on any such proposals."-United Press.

Compulsory

Training In

Hungary

Budapest, Dec. 13.

States who visited the Secre- Hungarian university students States of "hypocritically" sup-tary of State, Dean Acheson, or will undergo compulsory mili- porting the Korean truce

Tuesday, urged the United tary training and specialised in order to give themselves a States to consider favourably military courses qualifying them breathing spell before

the Chinese Communist pro- as army specialists, from the military action,

posal that a cease-fire in Korea beginning of February, according Speaking in the Committee, and subsequent peace negotia to an official Government an

the tions be based on willingness of

nouncement today. Mr Malik declared that two Western Powers were in- all powers to discuss the dis-

of the island terested only in the strictly position limited objective of a cease-Formosa, the last stronghold of fire and not in the settlement the Chinese Nationalist regime not regular military service, of "other political objectives.'

of Chiang Kai-shek.

Madame the

of

Pandit spent 30 Mr Malik reiterated Soviet demand that United Na- minutes with Mr Acheson, after with-which she grimly replied "Ne tions forces should be

comment" to all: drawn from Korea).

asked by reporters.

Only on that basis, he declared, would it be possible seriously to the think and talk · about possibility of a peace settlement.

While the forces were still in settlement is Korea, "no possible."

IN DEBATE

The training will be part of the university curriculum and

The students will, however; have to have six months basic army training,

The announcement said that questions the training was "to ensure the

officer

是 requirements the

British women actress, writers and others are taking part in the 200 Years of Fashion Display which was seen by the Queen at the New Theatre, in London. The show was organised to raise funds for a Museum of Costume to be called "A Vista of Fashion Through 200 Years" for the Festival of Britain. Here are Peter Gray in Royal Horse Guards uniform of 1860 and Morea Hastings in an 1860 dress escorting little Merlin Holland (grandson of Oscar. Wilde) at the rehearsal.

De Lattre

Leaving For Indo-China

Communist

Danger In Middle East

Dr

London, Dec. 13. Georgius Hakim; the Catholic Archbishop of Galilee, said

that here today

there military was a very great danger of Communism breeding in the Arab countries.

Paris, Dec. 13. General Jean de Laftre de Tassigny, the recently appoint- ed French civil and chief in Indo-China, will leave for Indo-China on Friday with M. Jean Letourneau, the Minis- ter for the Associated States of Indo-China (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos).

He told a Press conference that thousands of destitute refugees still existed in the Lebanon and Israel, who felt that they had been unjustly

M. Letourneau will remain, only a few days.

The Cabinet has appointed treated. General Jean Etienne Valluy,

General

the of Colonial Forces, to be a per- manerit adviser to General de Lattre de Tassigny.

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The longer they remained in this plight the greater would the Communist danger be-

However other diplomatic People's Army.".

It is compulsory for all male quarters said Mr Acheson made it clear to her that the United students as well as for women States would agree to a cease-medical students.--Reuter. fire in Korea only on the basis that this did not imply. any ac- ceptance of Peking's political conditions.-United Press,

FREE KOREA. ESSENTIAL Mr Malik was speaking in the

M. Leon Pignon, the retiring

Hakim, who is the New York, Dec. 13. resumed debate by the Com-

founder The Duchess of Kent, who French High Commissioner in

of the Holy Land A Times editorial commenting mittee on the proposal by 13

arrived today at Arab Refugee Fund, added Asian and Middle Eastern on the second resolution before is 44 today, celebrated her Indo-China,

at her home | Hanoi, the capital” of the that although Communism was countries, headed by India, that the United Nations regarding birthday quietly

banned in Arab (proposing a in Buckinghamshire with her threatened Tonking Delta, on a officially at a committee of three, including the Far East

Michael. She has last visit before handing over States, an underground “move- commission to son, Prince the President of the General seven-nation

many telegrams and to General de Lattre de Tas-ment there was being support- Assembly, Mr Nasrollah Entezam work out a peaceful settlement received

of good wishes.-Reu-signy and returning to France. ed by Israeli Communists. He (Persia) be set up to try to of existing issues on the Far cables

---Reuter.

is on a four-day visit-Reuter.. East) said today: arrange a cease-fire.

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