S/PV.689 Security Council

1call on the representative ofthe Soviet Union on a point of order. 2. Mr. SOBOLEV (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) . (translatedfrom RussÜl1l): The Soviet Union delegation considera it essential to state once more, before we begin to discuss our agenda, that it did notand does not recognize the credentials of the representative of the Kuomintang group, which illegally occupies the sÇ&t of China in the ~urity Counci1, and hereby submits a formaI proposaI that the Security Counci1 should dècide not to admit the Kuomintang representative to parti. cipate in the consideration. of the items on the Security Council's provisional agenda [S/Âgenda/689/Rev.1.] 3. The great Chïnese people, 600 million strong, bas tis own national State, the People's Republic of C)pna, eatablished by the sovereign will of the, people_ andonly the Central People's Govemmentof this Republic bas the right ta represent ~e interests ()f th~ Cbinese people in the international forum of the United NatiQns andJn suchan important organ of thatOrganization as the Security,Council. 7. 1 occupy the seat of tho Republic of China in the Security Council by virtue of the Charter and in accorclance with the rules of proceclure. The other régime in Peiping isthe outeomeofSovietagression in my country. It is un-Chinese in origin. un-Chinese in character. and un-ehinese in purpose. The Chînese people unanimously repudiate the Communists and deny that they in any way represent the people.

In order ta ~ the issue. 1 mate the following motion: cc 7'Iw S«:ruity Council " D«ldD not to consider any proposais ta exclude the representative of the Oovemment of the Republic of China, or ta seat representatives of the Central People's Oovernment of the People's Republic of Cbina." . 1 further propose that this motion should he given priorit)' oYe[' nhat of the Soviet Union in the vo~g. 9. Sir Pierson DIXON (United Kingdom): 1 am sorry tbat our Soviet Union colleague bas raisecl this question today in 50 concrete a fonn. When we come to consicier our agenda.1sball mate it plain tbat my delegation hopes tbat the Council will &greC to extend an invitation to representative of the Central People's Oovemm.ent to puticipate in the discussion on the item proposecl. by the deleption of New Zea1and. Without anticipating too much, 1 feeI confident that it will prove to he the aeneraI wish of the Councii that the Central People's GoftlDlllCllt shou1d participate in this way. 10. To mise this question ofprinciple, as bas been donc by the representame of the Soviet Union, does not help. SiDce it bas been raised, howcver. 1 think 1 must ODCe more pIaœ on recorci the position of Her Majesty's Governmeat in the United Kingdom. As is welllœown, Her· Majesty's GoverDJllmt recogoizes the Central People'. Govemment as the Govemment of China. Moœowc, wc CODIider dIat the question of Chinese Uni~ed Nations are evidently so deeply divided on this issue, we helieve that its discussion in the United NatiQDS would do more harm than good 11. For these reasons, 1 shan support the proposai of the United States representative that the question of' Chinese representation should not be considered. This does not, of course, Mean that the matter will never he considered, but only that the present circUlllGtances are not propitious.

The question of Chinese representation bas been discussed time and again by various organs ofthe United Nations as a result ofsimilar proposais made by the Soviet Union delegation. The United Nations bas taken a decision in this connexion and bas repeated that decision every time the question bas been raised by the Soviet Union delegation. In the opinion of the Turkish delegation, the scat of ChinB is Jegitimately occupied by the representative ofthe Govemment of China. That being the case, my delegation will support the United States motion and will vote against the Soviet Union motion ifit is put to the vote. 13. ,Mr. BOPPENOT (France) (translatedJrom Frmch): The Ftench Government bas not up to now l'CCOgnizcd the Govemment of the People's Republic of China. My: delegation will vote against the motion submitted by the delegation of the Soviet Union and, if neec1 be, will vote: for the United States motion giving to its vote the same meaning:and the same scope as bas just bcen outlined by the representative of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom representative expressed regret that at this particu1ar time the Soviet,Union delegation bas raised the question of the representation of China in so concrete a fonn. :l~. 1 would ask the: United Kinsdom representative to consult the provisional agenda which is Wore the memhers of the Security Council.. It is in view of the importance of the items on that agenda, items which bave, 1 would say, the most direct and Vital significance :for the Chinese people, that the Securïty Council must '~e tbis problem which bas Ions bcen outstandi.... ~6. .1, causee no p,eed to CQmment on the statement ma,de '~y th,· repres~nta'tive of the Kuomintans groùp, becaùse .obvioUsly nothjng else could 'have bcen eXpectëd of hùil at a tilDe when the demand is being macle that he should not be allowed to partjcipate in the discussion of·the items on the asenda. ' ~entation of China in the United Nations. In this 1 am completely in agreement with the statement just made by the representative of th.;; United Kingdom. 20. The Peruvian d~legation is also actuated in this matter by its desire for what we may call harmony in the action of th" various Umted Nations organs. It is true thatthese organs are autonomous; at least, they have been recognized as such iD. the rules which govern the admission of new Membeis. But~ the representative of France h8s reminded us-this problem has clearly been solved for the time being in the various United Nations organs. To mise this problem now, when.oUr attention is taken up by another very important problem, would obviously bring about a situation which might be said to jeopardize the harmonious and smooth fUnctioning of the various United Nations organs. 21. For these reasonS the Peruvian delegation, inspired by those two considerations, believesin all impartiality that the motion put forward by the.representativè of the United States not to consider the problem, should be adopted. At the same time this motion requires priority if it-is to be effective; the Peruvian delegation supports the motien and will also vote to give it priority. 22. The' PRESIDENT: 1 sha1l now read the proposaIs which are. belote the Security Council. . 23. Tht) representative of the Soviet Union has. submitted a Connal motion as foUows: . CI The Security Council CI Decides not to admit the representative of the Kuomintang'group to participate in the consideration of'the questions on the agenda of the Security Council [S/Âgenda/689/Rev.J]." . 24. The .representative of the United States ha.o; moved the foUowing motion: " The Security ,Council CI.Decides not to, consider any proposais to exclude the repJIeSeIltative of the Govemment of the Republic of China, or to seat representatives of the Central People's Govenunent of· the .People's Republicof Cbina.'" . ,25. Under ,tbese circumstan~e i -shillfirst put tothe .vote t1le JDotion'ofthe reprêsentative ofthe Umted States ~t:his l.Ilotionbe given priority o~ that of the Soviet Union. ' - ' . Jf 'Vote WQS taken by sliow oj1umds. .. 26. "The PRESIDENT: The Council will now vote on the motion of the representative of the United States, which 1 hàve just referred to [para. 24). A vote was taken by show ofhantIs. In, Iavo",:' Belgi1.Ùn, Brazil, China, France, Iran. New Zealand, Peru, Turkey, United Kingdom of, Great Britain and Northem !reland, United States of America. Against: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: , , The' m.otion was adopted by 10 votes to 1. 27. ThePRESIDENT: ~încethemotionmoved by the representative of the United States bas been came<!, 1shall not put to the vote the motion ofthe representative of the Soviet Union. Adoption of the agenda

The business now before the Council ,is the adoption of the provisional agenda, contained.in document SIAgenda/689/Rev.1. 29. The'fust speaker on my list is the representative .. of NEW ZEALAND, and 1 ·think it would be helpful to the Council if, in my capacity as representative of that country, 1 were to make an explanatory statement with respect to the fust item on theprovisional agenda. ,30. 1 Ceel that l ,should at once acquaint the Security Council with the reasons which haveprompted my Govemment to put forward, for inclusion in the Council's agenda, the question of hostilities in the area ofcertaiil islands off the coast of the maililand of China. 31. Of th!' islands situated close to the mainland of ,China, some 'are, heldby the military forces of the Governnient of the Republic of China.. St\veral of these _,are. so close to the,mainland that they are within artillery range. They have been under the contrQI'ofthe Republic of China since 1945, when the Japanese suirendered. 32. In July 1954, an armistice wasnegotiated for Indochina. For the fust time in ManY yeà.rs there was no large-scale fighting in Asia and we alllooked forward to the possibility of a reduction in tet'ision and a consol.. idation of peace. ,33. ln'September 1954, however, there, was a sharp increase hi militarj activity, in the area 'of the o.ff-shot:e islands. At nrst this.àctiVity was concentra~ed largely in the region of Quemoy. More recently there have bee.n heavy air at~cks on ,the Tachens,' and a: rmal1 island, Ichiang, has been taken by Chinese Communist forces. . ,-' ,".'. '., '. , " 34. .~y cOuntry, situated as it is .4 the Pacifi,eOcean, ·bas a specifie and i,nherent int~~t in the, Jmlinte~ of '~andstability 'n tbat greatregion ortheworld. l'he. ~ght~ng inthearea of dieoft''''lhoreislan<is hastherefo~ , 35. Our objective is to bring this fighting to an end. Localized though the armed clashes have been, it bas appeared .to us that they might weIl he a prelude to a more widespread conflict. Any armed conflict in the modem V{orld has potentialities of extension and consequence wmch none ëan ignore. Moreover, there are here involved two governing authorititlS, each claiming the same territory, each in control of a part of that territory, each disposing of powerful military forcest and each in alliance with one of the two most powerful countries in the world. 36. In these circumstanccs, it seems to us incontravertible that there exists a situation likely to endanger the maintenance of int~ationalpeace and security. Il seems to us equally incontrovertible, thereforet that this matter is within the province of the Security Council. 1 would go further: in our viewt this is pre.eminently the kind of prcblem for which the Security Couneil is designed, and indeed called upon, to deaJ. 37. It is not my intention, and it would not he proper for me to attempt at tms procedural stage in our debate to analyse the situation in detail or to suggest the specifie action which the Security Council might take. 1 did consider it essential, and 1 trust it has been useful, to define the scope and objective of our proposed item. 38. 1 have an additional point to make. In our view the eroper consideration of tms problem by the Couneil ' requires the presence of a representative of the Central People's Govemment of the Peoplets Republic of China. It is my intention, foIlowing the adoption of the agend8t to ask the CounciPs agreement to the extension of an invitation to that Govemment to send a representative to be present in the Council during the discussion of this item. Such a representative would of course parti· eipate in the debate in order to present the views of ms Government. 1 shan also propose that the Secretary- General he asked to convey this invitation to the, Central People'! Govemmento The Secretary-General has aIready established direct contact with the Foreign Minister of that Government;- It is the hopeof my delegation 'that this. valuable contact will permit him personally 10 urge upon the Central People's Government the desirability of accepting this invi.tation. It is our view that a representative of that Government should be here for the discussion of this item. It is the earnest hope of my Govemment that the invitation will he accepted. 39. Ifthe Council accepts the procedure 1have outlined ~d 1 must of course stress that tms is entirely a matter for the Council's decision-I shall then propose that we adjourn in order to allow :an adequate time for the invitation to be conveyed and for a reply ta he receivedt before be~nning our substantive debate on the item. 1 would stresst however, that the question is One of actual armed conflict, and therefore prima fade an urgentmattet. It seems to us essential; thereforet tha1;. an i~vitationshould he extended iinm,~ately and 1 ~I'ould ask that every endeavo\..'II' !ge made V,o complete 41. If, by reason ofour initiative, tension cau he reduced, the possibility of adjusting other problems in ,the area peacefully and in accordànce with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, rather than by resort to force, will he increased. On the other hand, the existence ofa threat ofcontinued and extended ' hostilities and of a danger to international peace and security must diminish this possibility. The threat ~d ' the danger can, only be removed by putting an end to the fightingaltogether. On this ail our efforts, ail our energies, must he concentrated. 42. So seriously does my Govemment regard the, situation creatèd by the hostilities in the off·shore islands that las,t week a special approach was made, in coJijun~ tionwith and through the United Kingdom Government, to the Govemments of the Chinese People's Republic and the Soviet Union. We have sought to stress to those Govemments 'the importence of the action.wc proposeas a contribution to a smble peace. Wetrust that on careful reftection, not only they, but a11 concemed' will accept our view that a termination of these hostilities is an indispensable step towards a reduction of inter- . national tension, and that accordingly the initiative of my Government merits the support of a11 who proclaim ' the cause of peace. 43. At this critica1 âme, 1 ask ah those who sit around this table to consider the consequences of what wc say and do, and with promptitude and vigour ta press on today to a decision on the adoption of our item. 1trust that our deliberations will contribute to·pesee in the area of these islands and help to avert the dreacl results of an extension of the hostilities nowaftlicting them. 44. Mr. SOBOLEV (Union of Soviet Soclatist Republies)' (translated,/rom Rusiian): On the instrUCtioiül of the Sovièt Govemment, 1 have iubmitted, a proposai to' include' in the '.Secw.ityCOuncil's.agmdà .'an ,item entitled· cc United States aetac~' àgrësSiOI1 .agaûtstthe Cbinese People's Republic in tlioarea'of Taiwan (Fôt.. 46...TJiê,~urity:Council,which, undcr the .Charter of 'o~ ,~gamzati~n,.bears tb.e m8in RSPonsibility for the ~t~ce.·~r ~~~ona1 pCace and security, cannot faiho:~e into aceo~t the numerous aets ofaggression committed: by .the ,United States of Americaagàinst the ]:teop,le's Republic.of.China in the stes ofthe islands .~r;r~~ the Pescad.Ores, and other COBStal islands, of Chiiia.which they haVe seized. United States acts of ~on have làkenAh~ fonn ofunprovokedarmed' .a~~,,~t -townS and .coastal areas of'China. by àrDied forces c:OntioDedby' the United States, of the concentration of United States naval and air forces iD. 't1Ult 'a:rea, and alsoof official statements by United ~tes: ~~entofficials eont8inîDI threats. of the use .otaimed'force agaiDSt thé People's Republic or ClUna. "" 41.1 ~ nqt dweD in detau now on alfthese aets of ~o~.~1 jntend to do 50 during the ,~scussion 9,f,~es.ubstanee of the question. 1 will take the, liberty, how;evçr,to dweD bridy on sameof the mostrccent ,. ·48: ·Aswe ,know, on 24 January, the' President of the 'United 'States sent a.. message·to Congres8 in which he:dù'ec.tly threstenedwar'8gaÜlSt the People'sRepublic ofcmûna:'andaskedtobe·givenfullpowers touse armed ~V~ts whicl1~v~ 41 serious and~ignificant bearing OD the maintenance of peace in the Far East. ;fo~rorthe:so-èalIed ".protection" of Formosa andthe' :PescactoresISlands,situatedin the China Scàs, and tielongiri'g;toChina, or~ 'in àther words, fouse the àl'med forces· of:'the,United. States for open interfcrencein the' internai afl'airs of! China. "" ",rïeures ~~~:i:.ti;~pQ~itQ:th~:~i~ent~s appeal, the con~ O:t;the"JJïîi~:,s~t~:.p,tèd.a!'esoliltion ep1powénng' .ihe~iaênt àfïhëUDitcdStatèS '.'·wem 10' .the arined f~ot',fiîèuJÛtê(fState8BS'hedeeJns n~ tor the ~cp~se9f~al1d'Pro~gFormosaan!1 !~.'._:..:.'~.,.~ .• '.'.'.•.::..'ffi) .•._' ,.·res. :.'.' ",'.'.•',:~.ga .•'..••..in.st ..•...·a....•'*ô*..~. :,'..:.. ,.·.:.t... atm~. ...~ttac.k. ·~~ngto\,the.resolution,. th_ ppwers are. noto~y ~ iO'::ih'é,·porm.osaàteà/but :·âi'e-to.inClude"'.ttie '~'aIld/proiecüQn. ofl. :relateêl,"poSition$ âlia ~.~l.~tiêi; qr',!bâ~ar~"'à44'êthê .t#kii'l8'ots:ocli.! Qther DîéiSürefai:lien~the i'feSideD.t df the United Stat~ . . > .' ..., . , ' ' . ' . (I,bIê:1gés';t6 'bë'rèquiiétrol:, approprla~ ,in assuring' the defense pt Formosa and the ':pe'scàdôres '~. ' . . , .• ! ,'r' ' ..... C, , .... ··'t',i.c·' :.~;.:}·~~~~illk2ab()ut;.~.~seèlliini"3Dd ,:,:.~ :iÎl~;Ptg~~~ j!tenitotiêS::w~ch·haVeILëVer,·been ~iri::·'4J'~th'7reprd: .,tQ'Whiê::h:taaressivef;citClêS :~ ...'. ·..ve/.1•.'·........ '. ;~pJaDj~ cannqt ·diàttact· ~e"'attentio1l" of yp~lîêi' .'.... ..;fTQ~ the.i'êa1"aiins"ot'the: UlÛtëd States 51. The agressive nature oftheresolutioD' isiD. f&!t_ recopùzed. bythe Preeident of the·United Stateâ himsetr in bis message to Congress, in whichhe saysthatthe Unitèd States must rem.ove any doubt reprdins ita readi· ness to fight, if·necessary, to preserve the vitalstabo( the Cree world iD. a ftee Formosa, and ita readiiless te engqe' in whatever operations may he required to carry out that purpose. . 58. United States ruling circles are trying to masktheir aets of 8ggressïon apinst the People'sRepublic ofChina with .specïous statements.about "the defense of the United States" and" the protectionof Formosa and the Pescàdères". It is peff~tly obvious, however, that these statements are fabricatedand unfounded, since no one bas threatenedor intends to threaten the United States. The action taken by the Central Pcople's Govemment· :of thë People's Republic of China to clear its own teiTitory does not constitute a threat to any foreign State and is a"domestic aft"air of China. Any interference' -hy the.Unitoo States Govemment with the action taken. by the Cbmese people to liberate its territory from the Chiang Kai-shek bands can ooly be regarded as an act· of aggression against the People's Republic of China. 59. The frequently reiterated statements by United' States officiaIs, to the effect that Chinasupposedly, co,nstitutes a threat to security in that area, are absolutely ·unfounded and are being -~ for the sole purpose of: distracting the attention of.world public. opinion from' the acts of aggression committed by the United States: 8gainst the People's Republic of China. It is the armed, forces of the United States which have for Many years' systematically violated the air space ~d territorial: waters of. China, and not the a~ed forces of China: which.have violated the air space and territorial waters. of the United States;.it is the United States lIeet which' bas virtu4illy: blockaded the Chinese coast, and it is not the Cbinese lIeet whi~h bas made its appearance oft'· Sail Franci~ or New York. ~. . 60. The acta of aggression committedby the United S~tes against the People's Republic of China and inter-' feî'erice in· the internal aft"airs of China are not new. Thê ho~eacts now beiilg cOmmitted by ~e United States G()veriiment against the Chinese people 'merely 'repreSênf another link: in the long chain of acts of 'aQiession. . 61.' As is ktlown,.on 27 June 1950, the Pres~dent of the .lJmted States ordered .the United States ·Seventh· FlC# anc:l UnitêdStates'àrmed fOfces to take fotcible 'rpe8sures withr~8ard to't~e Chinese islandof Taiwan .and,other.iSlandsofChina and to.undertakethe defence pt the"Cmm;lg~-sh~kb~ncJ_(wJ;aiçhl:1a<il#Ii e"pelled by the Chinèsé People and had 'enttenchedthèm,selv~iil -TaiwalÏ-and..a numbe1'cofother ~coastaLislancis. .Asa', Jè$ùltthé~wholêatea'oflTaiwân was plâcéd>'Utléfer the ~nttol c)f ttie"Am~ricanlleet,and'the.islânditself 'WâS r~piêdandconvertèdÙîté)à United Statesmilitarybase. 65. Thesr. aets by thll United States are a fiagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the People'a Republic of China, and hencc' a violation o.f the' United Nations Charter, particp1arly of Article 2, paragraph 4, which directiy provides that: "An Members sball refrainin their in ternational relations from the threat or use of force. against the territorial integrity or political independence of any " State, or in any othermanner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United ~ations." 66. These activities on the part of the United States are also a violation of thé obligations that country assumed both under tbe'Cairo'Dec~tionof 1943,alid under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945,which provided that after the capitulation of Japan Taiwan and the Pescadores'were to he restored to continental China:' 67. AIl that 1 have just said indicates·that the aètivitiei of United Statesarmed forces in the regionof Taiwan and other islands of China.constituteaggressionagaînst th~ People's Republic ~f~. . . ' 'or '.," 70•., The PRESIDENT: As a matter of fact, when the representative·of -,the United States moved his point ofOrder"I was just about,to,intervenc•. When the repre- Rntative of the Soviet Unionbegan his· speech, he said tbat he was not going to deal with the substance .of the Q\lC8ûon•.It·.ppqm,to, me ~t he~ done so. I do not ~,~C?j1;1~rrupt bis speech on this Ù1:lportant matter, but lwould àSkhim toconform .to the intention which he'origiDany' eXpressed. _It;doès appcar ~o me that he. lia$en~Crated.: ijl support of his ,statements, a detailed ~~ ,ot~hat 1 càn on1ydcscri~ as an enUy into thè fièld of substance. '. ' ,..~ ,'. _....,., , .~ . "li, ',1 Should like the répresentative of the Soviet Union to'procecd, ,and I respectfully request him to bear· in Diind that·we are now discussing the adoption of the .nda.. 72•., Ml.' SÇ>BOLEV"(UnionofSovietsocialist Republics) (trtinskitedfromlblisitIn): 1 amwell aware, Mr.President, thatwè~ iu)w'disèussing oo1y the-question o,fincluding . ~ the: ~secUrity.Çouncl1's agenda a partiCular item I,U'O~! .' "... . . 73. 1 am dealing with, or rather touching upon, the 8U~cei:of the question.O,nlyso far as is necessary to ~cijçà~·:tJj~·u,fgèncy,and ~portance of the .item and the ~ql~tiQil:jvhiéh 1 have proposed on ,behalf .of the .SijVJe( 9()veinm~llt.· .Naturally.lc;lo not intend to,make .~~c4. review .ofthe whole substance.of the question. Fo.r tmt.tî:woJJJd need fai' more ofthe Security Council's ~~..'t1uPt Iintelld to take up n()w. .. . . 14*,;1 ask·you w: have alitt le patience. It is perfectly legitimate for 80y member of the,8ecurity,Council, when p!~ga .•ven._ for inclusion.in the agenda, that lJ,,::~~w4,1l~ ~c1alify,.th,eessential points of the g~~9.~i·).I;V~' Y9~, Mr~,·, Presiden~ ,..i,n the statem.ent J9~~ot9.daY.as.,th.e.representative of New Zea1ànd, 9,9~4.cl)ê;)t.JI:ypi9" tQUC;~g ul'OIl~esubstance of ~e ~~"Y,Qll,,~PP9~,f(lr ,~on by ,the Security .~~~.:.Jr~.9~teC)~vious' ,tba~..weallJta,ve the same rJM~ ,·,MY· ~~lQent willnotbe·too len$thy. .-.., .•. ~J.<J', -.," ·;J"•....-.-, ...l.· -, .',' " -,' ...... '. -. '. 1.5.·, :l'hé PRESIDENT: 'l.must once again intertupt the SOviet,dUnion,reptesentative. Mystatement as the representative of New Zealand was brier. As the Soviet q,JPc!~'J·~'~~D,qlJ.Jv~.truthfJillyobserved, the, statem~nt 4i.~,~~~th~·;~~~cç: of theOUltter, but itdi4 not ~~~,.C?D,,~ .~~ ()(,d~~ils.Withgreatre~ 1 a,sk ~i$\9»~tJJ~()J,l.re~ptativ.e to ~ .tbat ~ mind.. '7(.... Mt.:SOBQL.EV(UniQnofSovietSocia1istRepUblics) ("'(lflSiflted flôm,~,~ian):, :All that,1 have saidso .far ~·to.;~hO)V1tthat' tbei,aetivitiesof, Uniœd:·States armed f....~ Ù'141le area.~of Taiwan~ other.islandsofChina constitûte' aggressi()n .against..th~;;"eople?s ,Rep~blic. 'of 78. Itis quite evident tbat the'dangeroua state oftension in the international situation in the Far East will he removed only when the United States ceases its inter.. vention in the internai affaira of China and ·removea its aniled forces from·Taiwan and the other'islands ofChina. That is why it is essential tbat the Security Council should give urgent consideration to the Soviet UniOl1'S draft resolution [8/3355) wbich ~mmends. that the United States Govemment should take immediate steps to put an end to ita acta of agression against the People', Republic of China, cease intervening in the internai dairs of China, and immediately withdraw aU ils naval, air and land forces trom the island of Taiwan and other territories belonging to China. 79. 'The draft resolution,o!'-the Soviet Union also provides that no military'action should he permitted .in the Taiwan area by either side, so tbat the evacuation from the is1ands in this area of aU armed''forces not controlled by the Peoplc's Republic of China may he facilitated. 80. In introducing tbis draft resolution we ~'convinCed that the adopüon by the Security Council·.of a decision a\ong these lines will not only lead to a ~firet, but will also remove the causes of the international .tension . prevailing in tbis are&. The Sovietdeîegation is sbnul. taneouslyintroducinga proposaUhatthe SecurityCouncil should invite a representative of the ~ese Peoplc's Rcpublic to particlpate in the discussion oftbis question. .. 81. The New zeaJand representaüve's proposai to eonsider the qUeflÜOn. of hostilities in the area of certain islands oft" the coast of the mainland of China sidest~PI the vital question of removing the causes of tension in the Far East. It reduces the whole matter to the question ofa cease-1iR and cven this would applyonly to a BJDa1l group ot Chincse islands off the coast. . 82. The New Zaland representativc's leUer [8/33511' ref~.~theocc~qf armed hostilitics; ÎI).l~·area· of certain islands oft" the ~t of the mainJandof CbiIla 13 The meeting 'Olt 0' 1.15 p.m• . Priee : $U.S.'O.15; (or equi~ in.