POLAND'S CHARGES AGAINST FRANCO REGIME

Chronicle (Levin), 12 April 1946, Page 5

POLAND'S CHARGES AGAINST FRANCO REGIME

REQUEST MADE TO U.N. Received Thqrouay 8.10 p.m. X -JjxK, April 10. • The Security uounoii, at i^s secrel oeoSion t^day, aeciaed to deal with the russian de_iiand ior the deletion of | me Persian lssue lrom che agenda at ■■ a pubiic se0sioii on April 15. "xhe Poiisn request tnat the Council j conjider the situation in Spain was filed ' with the Secretary-General (Mr. Lie).| The text of the letter of the Polish j Jeiegate (Mr. Lange) was: "The! Jnited Nations General Assembly, on j rebruary 9, 1948, without a dissenting \ vote, condemned the Pascist rogime in | Spain as having been founded 'with j jiie support of the y\xis Powers', and ! oanned it from memhership of United Nations on the ground that 'it did not possess hy reason of its origin, its cecord, and its . close association with j the aggressor States, the qualifications ! aecessary to justify admission'. "The Asseznbly also recommended ! that United Nations take this resolu- ! tion into account in conducting future J relations with Spain. "Sincc thfen, a series of develop- i ments has made it clear that the i - ranco Government 's activities have already caused international friction j and endangersd international peace ! and security. • As a consequence, the ; P rench Government was compeUed an [ Pebruary 28, 1946, to close the frontier j b'etween Prance and Spain. This fron- i fcier continucs to be closed. ' "Ciis day later, the Pranco Govern-! ment ordered the concentration of troops at the Pronch border. More- 1 over, the Pranco regipie has given | haven to a large aggregation of Nazi 1 asfeets ' and personnel. It has given ' refuge to a large number of war crim- ■ mals and Nazi leaders wh'o continuc i their activities from Spanish territory. | Tt all o v -3 the promotion of scientific re- , -earch by German scientists engaged in ' levising new means qf warfare. "In view of tbe foregoing the situa- j tion in Spaiii faust be consiaered not | as an internal affair of that country, j but as t-he concern of all nations. Article Two of the Charter, paragraph 8, provides that United Nations shall ensure that States which are not mem- 1 bers of United Nations shall act in 1 accordance with the principles of the Crganisation as far as may be necessary fcr the maintsnance of interna- j tional peace and securitv."

"The situaticn in Spain makes the application of this provision imperative. ! Vhe Polish delegation therefore, under urticles 34 and 35 of the Charter, renests the Security Council to place ari j the agenda the situatipn arising from ! che existence of the activities of the j Pramo regime for consideration and : i ror the adoption of such measures as j are provided in the Charter." I Thr1 Council met primarilv to consid j er whether the Council would change ; • 'ts Ten/innnrters fmm Hunter Collegs | to hig factory buildings at Lake Suc- ! -e^-s. Lnng Jsland. A communique i-'-suel after the meeting stated that So decision h^d been reaehed. Tfie ! mattcr would continue to be studied bv I "-e -Sp.Trt^rjiiT- anrl Mr. Lie would nakn the final decision. ____________________