CHINA’S CHARGE OF BROKEN TREATYVYSHINSKY’S REPLY

Grey River Argus, 30 September 1949, Page 5

CHINA’S CHARGE OF BROKEN TREATY—VYSHINSKY’S REPLY

(Rec. 10.5). NEW YORK, Sept. 28. China to-day, ' before the Steering Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, brought forward her charge that the Soviet Union had not honoured its obligation under the China-Soviet treaty of 1945. Doctor T. F. Tsiang, head of the Chinese delegation, told the Committee that the Soviet had violated two provisions of that treaty—firstly, the territorial integrity of Manchuria; and secondly, the control of Dairen. Dr Tsiang said: “China’s complaint is not a case as between my Government and the Chinese Communists. It is a case between my Government and the Soviet Union”. He added: The more important obligations of the China-Soviet treaty were: (1) The two parties agreed to act according to principles of mutual respect for their sovereignty and their territorial integrity, and of non-inter-ference by either in the internal affairs of the other contracting party. (2) The contracting parties agreed to render to each other every possible economic assistance in the post-war period, with a view to facilitating and accelerating reconstruction in both countries, and thus contributing to world prosperity.

M. Vyshinsky, the Soviet Foreign Minister, criticised Dr Tsiang for laying the complaint “without taking the trouble of giving any grounds based on factual data which would permit the passage of judgment on his alleged contentions”. He said that before including this item in the Assembly’s agenda, the Steering Committee should have some evidence to prove whether the complaint was valid.

M. Vyshinsky attacked’ the Koumintang. He said: “This is a bankrupt clique of Chinese imperialists. It has been rejected by an overwhelming majority of Chinese people, who have cleared the greatest part of their country of these gentlemen. Now they are trying the shift the blame to the Soviet Union for all their shameful defeats in war in China”.

M. Vyshinsky said that the allegations had been made that Russia had helped th e Chinese Communists with arms. But was there any evidence of it?

M. Vyshinsky said that ff China’s complaint was put on the agenda, it would serve to increase a campaign of hatred against the Soviet Union. The Steering Committee, by eleven votes to two votes, decided to put China’s complaint on the Assembly’s agenda.