NATIONS IN DILEMMA

Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1946, Page 5

NATIONS IN DILEMMA

Press Assn.

Withdrawal of Persian Gase russian pressure reported

By Telegraph

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ReceiVed Wedfiesdayj 7 p.m. NEW YQRK, Apfil 16. Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General, in a memoraudum, has informed the Sectirity Council that there might he no way in which the Council can keep the Persian issue before it. The main points of the memorandum were:"^— 1'. The Council made no finding that a dispute existed. '2. In view of this, the only possible action was to order an investigation under the Charter, which was hot done. 3. Persia had asked the Coimcil to drhp the complaint; lvi. Bonnet, in a compromise move, pfoposed that the casa should he turned over to M. Lie so that he could collect information for a report to the General Assembly, which meets on Septemher 3. M. Bdiinet piopoSea that the Coundii should take note of Persia 's withdrawal of her coihplaiht; aiso of the RussianPersian agreement hy which Russia PfomiSed uncbiiditionally to Withdraw her trbopg hefbrfe May 6. Mrs Trygve Lie's unsolicited iiitervehtion iii the disctission of the Persian case, descrihed hy the HetaldTrihune as "a homhshell," is unlikely tb alter the prospect that Russia will he defeated again when the final test cbmes. This is the concensus of New York morning newspaper comment. The Hefald-Trihune says there are severdl strong indications that Mr. Lie's warnihg carrfes little weight with either the Security Council or committee of experts. It points out that forceful S arguments against the Russo-Persian i case were made at the Council meeting ! even after Mr. Lie's warning was rej ceived, while the fact that the commiti tee of experts is made up of represenI tatives oi the same nations which con- | stitute the Council, suggests at ieast j that, eight members of that comriiittee } wiil rule that the Persian case is still a matter for the Coundii. The attitude of several delegations tonight was that, ! although from a strictly legal viewpbint Mt. Grbmyko might have a good . case, the spirit of the United Nations Charter would hfe ahiised if Mr. Lie's 1 formula wefe adihitted. No delegate questioned Mr. Lie's sincerity in intervening hut some doubted his wisdom and timing. The New York Times' correspondent, Mr. iames Preston, says the backgroiind of the Aiiglo-American insistence that the Security Council shduld retain jurisdiction over the Persian case until Red Army troops leave Persia, is contained iri factb which have not yet been piaced hefbre the Council. Most ihemhers bf the Council believe ! the following to he correct: ' I Firstly, the Tersian letter stating that the Teheraii GoVernment had full donfidfefifce ifi MbScow and fishing that the Persian case shotild he withdrawn > from the ageiidfi, was written under ■ direfct pfhSsufe froffi the Scviet Aifihas- 1 sfidOr tb Teh'effih, ivan Sfidchikov. Secondly, whiie the Persian Govern- ' nient submitted to the Russian demandfe , that the case he Withdrawn, Persiafi officials expiained ±o other foieign ifiissions in Teheraii that Persia had done i S0 ohly because Mr. Sadchikov had told | Mr. Sultaneh that Russia wbuld cbn- j sider it an insiilt 'if the Persian Gov- j ernmefit did not iequeSt the WithdraWal | of the dfisg. Mr. Sadchikov i^ reported j to have de'clarfed that liefepifig ehe dase ' on the agehda was "aii unfoteseen cir- 1 dumstance" qualification to the with- i drawal of Ritssian tfoops which Riissia had previously withdrawn, which could aifect the Russian decision about the evacuation of the Red Army.