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FAILURE OF PLAN
FOR CEASE-FIRE
Counter-Proposal By
Peking Regime
TOKYO, Jan 18: In a broadcast from Peking
radio yesterday the Chinese Communist Foreign
Minister (Mr. Chou En-lai) rejected as
"impossible" the five-point United Nations
proposal for peate in Korea and the settlement
of other Far Easter, issues.
Chou said that the
purpose of the cease-fire
proposal was "merely to
give the United States
forces a chance to rest."
His stand now was the same
as it had been on December
22, when he rejected a previous
cease-fire proposal, he con-
tinued. Offering a counter-
proposal, he said that he would
take part in a seven-nation con-
ference to discuss Korea and
all Far Eastern problems. He
stipulated that the conference
should be held in China, be
tween Communist China, Rus-
sia, Britain, the United States,
France, India and Egypt.
Chou demanded the with-
drawal of all foreign troops
from Korea and settlement of
-the problem of Korea's internal
administration by the Korean
people as the premise upon
which the countries concerned
would confer and endeavour to
bring about an early end of the
Korean war.
Reds' Demands
He demanded, further, the with-
drawal of the United States armed
forces from Formosa and the
Straits of Formosa and that the
legal status of the People's Re-
public of China in the United
Nations be decided by the seven-
nation conference.
Chou described the United
Nations proposals as ambiguous.
He declared that negotiations
during a cease-fire would be
"drawn out in endless discussions
without solving any problems."
He concluded by saying that if the
Peking proposals met with the
concurrence of the United Nations
and the nations concerned "we
believe early negotiations will be
advantageous to the speedy con-
clusion of the war in Korea and
a peaceful solution of the prob-
lems of Asia."-A.P.
"Unacceptable"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The
U.S. Secretary of State (Mr.
Acheson) announced yesterday
that the Chinese Communist
counter-proposal for a Korean
settlement was "unacceptable to
the United States Government."
He issued the following state-
ment through his Press office:
"The Chinese Communist answer,
as reported in the Press, is a com-
plete rejection of the United
Nations cease-fire proposal of
January 13. The reported counter-
proposal is unacceptable to the
UInited States Government and,
I have no doubt, will be to the
United Nations generally."
Mr. Acheson's response came
with unusual speed. Normally,
State Department officials are ex-
tremely reluctant to comment in
any definite way on statements
by other countries which are
known here only through unoffi-
cial dispatches.
At Lake Success yesterday dip-
lomats began hurried consulta-
tions on the rejection and a meet-
ing of the Political Committee of
U.N.O. has been called to con-
sider the situation. According to
informed sources the United
States delegation is ready to press
immediately for approval of its
plans to condemn Communist
China as an aggressor. The plan
has been ready for more than a
week, but was held up to give
the Peking regime another chance
to accept a truce.
Task For U.N.O.
The chief American delegate
(Mr. Warren Austin) in request-
ing the Political Committee to
meet, declared that the 'spirit of
Peking's reply was as "intransigent"
as the speeches of The Soviet dele-
gates. It closed the current chap-
ter on attempts by the United
Nations to find a peaceful solu-
tion of the Korean problem. The
task now before the United Na-
tions was, to repel the aggression
of the Chinese Communists and
carry out the purposes of the
United Nations.
The American Associated Press
says that the American delegation
is expected to have a long list of
sponsors for its resolution con-
demning the Chinese Communists.
The United Press says, however,
that at least some of the Arab
Asian bloc which, under India's
leadership, inspired the futile
mediation efforts in mid-Decem-
ber, would be reluctant to shut
the door on further negotiations.
The American resolution is ex-
pected to have four main points:
First, condemnation of Commu-
nist China as, an aggressor;
secondly, a demand for the with-
drawal of Chinese Communist
troops from Korea; thirdly, action
by the Collective Measures Com-
mittee to determine what re-
sources are available for waging
war against the Chinese Commu-
nist armies; fourthly, an appeal
to all United Nations members to
refrain from aiding the Peking
Government.
(Other Reaction, Page 3.)
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