New cold war in U.N.

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32776, 29 November 1971, Page 15

New cold war in U.N.

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

NEW YORK, November 28. Clashes between the Soviet Union and China—a repeated occurrence even though the Chinese have been in the United Nations only two weeks—have brought a new cold war to the General Assembly, diplomats agreed; United Press International reported.

Chiao Kuan-hua, of China, and Mr Jacob Malik, of the Soviet Union, both Deputy Foreign Ministers who speak with more authority than ordinary United Nations delegates, tangled verbally in the Assembly yesterday for the second time in three days. The Soviet Union wants Assembly approval of its proposal for a standing world disarmament conference to meet periodically. China, joined by the United States in opposition to the proposal at this time, wants the issue shelved without a vote.

Mr Malik dubbed the Chin-ese-American opposition “a duet of negativism.” Mr Chiao, accusing the United States and the Soviet Union of blocking nuclear disarmament by refus-

ing to pledge not to be the first to resort to nuclear warfare while meanwhile stockpiling large quantities of nuclear weapons, threw a direct challenge at Mr Malik in the Assembly late on Friday.

Mr Malik struck back with charges that Peking had developed as its theme an attack on the super-Powers the Soviet Union and the United States—while posing as a defender of the smaller countries.

Mr Malik alleged that China was attacking the super-Powers to cover up its own aim for leadership of the Third World “as a springboard to becoming a super Power.” “Such false theories,” he said, “will not help the Chinese delegation to strengthen its position here.”