OPPOSITION BY AUSTRALIA

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31230, 30 November 1966, Page 17

OPPOSITION BY AUSTRALIA

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, November 29.

Australia’s Sir James Plimsoll has warned against the consequences of allowing China into the United Nations.

Sir James Plimsoll, the Secretary of the External Affairs Department, told the United Nations General Assembly that Peking “would be against

peaceful co-existence.”' “It would try to prevent the Great Powers working together. “The whole purpose of Peking in this organisation would be to try to drive a wedge between the Soviet Union and the United States, between Communist and nonCommunist countries.” He said Australia’s overriding consideration was to see that nothing was done to endanger Formosa’s seat in the United Nations and Australia would oppose the current Albanian resolution to seat Peking. “TOO IMPORTANT”

Sir James Plimsoll commended a United States resolution, co-sponsored by Australia and 11 other nations, that a two-thirds majority be needed to change the representation of China.

He said the question was too important to be decided by one or two votes one way or the other. As far as a proposal to set up a six-nation group to study the matter was concerned, “Australia sees no need for such a study group.”

Much of his statement was concerned with criticism of Pekings policies to show that she should not be admitted.

Mr Frank Corner, of New Zealand, said his Government would be prepared to consider carefully any suggestion to allow Peking in without in any way questioning the rights of Formosa. Welcoming the idea of a study committee, he said the time was opportune to reject over-simplified solutions in favour of careful consideration.