HATCHING A NEW WAR

Chronicle (Levin), 29 September 1947, Page 5

HATCHING A NEW WAR

(N.Z.P.A,

—Reuter

Bitter Speech By Russian Representative

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Received Sunday, 7.30 p.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. The Soviet Union ealled .on United Nations General Assembly today to order all foreign troops out of Greece and warned sharply that the Americaii policy on the Batkans might lead to a collapse of United Nations. Mr. Gromyko, in a bitter 72-minute speech before the Assembly 's PoliticaJ Committee, accused United States, Jirstly, of flagrant interference in Greek internal affairs; secondly, of not vvanting to see a peaceful settlement 'of tho: Greek dispute; thirdly, of taking sides in Greek politics and so spurring civil war; fourthly, of violating Greek sovereignty by sending 18,000 military instructors to Greece; fifthly, of provoking Russia to veto after veto in the Security Cohneil on the Balkans case. He also accused the Greek Governmenl of "hatching" a war betwreen Russia and United States. Mr. Gromyko said: ."The Soviet Union must state franltly and directly that this road is harmful and dangerous to United Nations. I Warn no. only those who are. directly responsibb but also those who lend them direci or indireet aid. I must warn them." The entire case of the Greek leaders. he continued, was based on a desire to get aid from abroad to help their far ilung plans. "They are awaiti ng i eonfliet between United States and Russia. They a-re spreading crimina. propaganda .for war between east an i west — a fascist clique hatching plan-i for a new war," he said. Mr. Gromyko rejected the American motion accusing Albania, Bulgaria an; Yugoslavia of su^porting guerrilla war fare against the Greek Governmenl and calling for the establishment of a special committee to investigate tlie disturbances. He submitted a countorproposal which tvas a copy'of the motion rejected by the Security Coun cil, putting the blame for the border unrest solely on Greece, demanding th" withdrawal of foreign troops from Greece and asking the Assembly to supervise aid to Greece (which the Associated Press says was an apparent reference to tlie Truman aid programme). Mr. Gromyko 's motion was plaeed on the committee 's agenda for debate. The committee received replies from Bulgaria and Albania — which are not members of the United Nations — to the committee 's decision earlier in the week to allow them full participatiou in the Greek debate provided they accepted in advance the obligations oi^ United Nations Charter dealing with the peaceful settlement of dispnte-. Bulgaria stated she had given her pledge wlien slie had applied for membership. Albania declared she could not agree to the imposition of any conditions whatever on her right to speak, Tlie committee today, after -a'long procedural debate, decided by 39 votes to one, with 11 abstentions, "to let botli governments appear as witnesses but not as participants in the debate. Onlv Czechoslovakia voted against the motion. Mr.- Gromyko denounced it as an insult to the two Balkan Governments but abstained from voting. The committee adjourned until Mondav.