“PEACE FORCE” FOR U.N.

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26512, 29 August 1951, Page 7

“PEACE FORCE” FOR U.N.

PLAN TO RESIST AGGRESSION NEW YORK, August 27. Mr Warren Austin, chief United States delegate to the United Nations, said to-day that the organisation of a permanent United Nations “Peace Force” to resist aggression was under way “at this very hour.” He said it was up to the Kremlin to decide whether a coalition against aggression and a coalition against the Soviet Union would be one and the same. Mr Austin, who was addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, said that the General Assembly had asked the member States to maintain specially trained units within their armed forces for quick service as United Nations forces. Twenty-three nations had supported the move and others were certain to join. The problems of such a group could be handled on the basis of practical experience. “The Committee on Collective Measures, is at work at this very hour, building on the lessons of this experience," he said. “Its work can point the way to collective action against any future aggressor. The Soviet veto, for five years, has kept the United Nations from placing armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council. Korea showed us the way around that road block, namely the wili to co-operate through the General Assembly and participate in its recommended action in the field.” Mr Austin said that Soviet participation in the Japanese Peace Conference' meant that the Deputy Foreign Minister (Mr Andrei Gromyko) would reverse his usual practice of walking out bv walking in. “We have every reason to be wary of this new tactic, yet I welcome the tactical shift. The outcome, as in the case of Korea, may be considerably different from what the Soviet now expects,” said Mr Austin.

Canadian Export Controls.— Canada to-day announced the imposition of a system of import and export controls to prevent “misdirection” of strategic metals and machinery, to Communist countries. The regulations require documentary proof from shippers that strategic materials will be exported only to non-Communist ports.— Ottawa, August 27.