United States Places Ideas Before Nations

Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1948, Page 5

United States Places Ideas Before Nations

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Received Tuesday, 1 p.m, NEW YOEK, April 5, The United States today presented to an informal meeting of Security Council delegates, a 15-point plan for Pnlestine trusteeship liut it was emplia sised the presentation of Ihe plrfn did not commit the United iStates to any llnal line of action. P iMr. Warren Ausfin, chief United States delegate, said the plan was sub .mitted in the hope that it would draw ideas from the other delegates so that a multilateral trusteeslup proposa. would be readv for submission to the General. Asseniblv on April 1(5. The points of the United Btates plai. are : — • (1) A trust eeship agreement should be worked out without prejudii'e to the eharacter of an eventual settlemont. (2) Trusteeslup could be indelinite but subject to prompt teruiination wlienever Jews and Arabs agree 011 a future form of government. i'.\) United Nations itself should bt the administering authority through the existing l(i-natiOn trusteeship coun cil. (4) United Nations' administ ratiou in i'alestine, to be known as the Governmeht of Palestine, should be headed by a Governor General apjmiuted by ttn '1'rusteeship t'ouucil and assisted by a ' • democratically elected legislature. " (5) The Palestine Governiuent should niaintain law aml order through a locally recruited police foree and volun teer troops. Wlien such forees were proved insutlicienl, the Governor-Gen eral should be empowered to cali on'the Btates specitied in the trusteeship agreement to assisl in the niaintenance of security. The United Press eomments: "The American formula appears carefully calculated to exclude Russia from any active roie in the administration of the strategically situated lioly Land. Russia has boycotted the Trusteeship Council since its inception and even ii she decided to take her seat slie could be easily outvoted by the Western I'owers and their supporters. " Mr. Gromyko continued the bovcott of trusteeship matlers today and was supported by .Mr. Vassily * Tarasenko (Ukraiue). Mr. Gromyko said earlier in the day that the invitation to discuss trusteeship with Alr. Austin was informal and he would disregard it.