ASSURANCES FROM RUSSIA

Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1946, Page 5

ASSURANCES FROM RUSSIA

Press Assn.

SECURITY COUNCIL NOT SO SUKE

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• Received Tuesday, 7 pori. . Nri\V YORE, April 15. Persia, at the Security Couueil nveeting. oflicmlly withdrew her compiaint aga'iiwt Russia. • ' The chaannsra informed delegates .xhortiy at'ter the meeting opened tliat ]ic had, received a letter stating thatihe Persian Government had eompiete roufidence iji Russia and for that rcaso n withdrew the complaint. Mr.. Gromyko (Russia) reviewed the steps thus far talcen in the eontroversy und added thajt the Russo-Persdan agreenient annouueed on April 5 meant that the Soviet could not _ aeeept the Counril 's deeision on April 4 to keep the ease open until May. ti. The with(1 rawai of Russian troops from Persia was taking pia-ce under proper conditions. Developments had shown that Persia 's complaint was not without i'oundation. There was absolut.elv no reason for delegates to think peace was tbreatened by the Persian situation. Mr. (traniyko urged the Council to delete t'ne ease from the agenda. .Mr. Stettinius (U.S.A.) said the situation was uuchanged sinee the rouncil 's (lecision on April 4. "For tliat reason 1 won 't support a motion to (lelete the question," he said. He j.iiiiited out that when the Oouncil ucted on April 4, it had Hoviet assuruiices tliat Russian troops would witlilmw by .May 6. Sir Alexander Cadogan and Colonel W. K. Hodgson (Aristralia) supported the Aiueriean view as well as Brazil and Mexico. .Mr. Gromyko marked the elosing stages of tlie debate witli a •statenient that he believed Britain and Auieriea liid not waut to see a peacefnl solution ti) the Pexsian ease. Mr. .Stettinins and- Bir Alexander ('adogan were apparently angered by Mr. Gromyko 's charges and indicated they would reply tomorrow. _ Sir Alexander Cadogan pointed out that there would ltave been no discussion of the Persian matters todav or pri.tr to May 6 if Russia hal not reported the question. He vehemently denied that Britain did not want the issne settled peaeefully. The BVazilian Foreign Minister, Mr. Velloso, opposing the withd rawai, said Ihe rouncil 's anth-ority was at stalce. Mr. Yan Kleffens, urging the rouncil to retain the e.ase until a settlement u :ts carried into effect, said this dfd not show Jack of confulence in Russia bujf-.q as merely a _ soustd proccdure whf any businessman would follow in a credit transaction. . Mr. Lange, who urged that the ease riiould be dropped from the agenda, said tlie Security Couucil still would tnaiiitain jurisdictiou and- could reopen tlie ease at anv tiuxe; M. Bonnet, "sup.porting this, suggested that .Mr. Lie be instructed to submit to the rouncil any additional reports , on the ease.