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THE GUARDIAN Saturday November 21 19G4 OVERSEAS NEWS Plea for evidence on Nazis Bonn hands Thant a $500,000 cheque A gift with a warning From HELLA PICK United Nations (NY), November 20 Herr von Braun, the West German permanent observer at the United Nations, is reported to have gone to Thant yesterday, waved a $500,000 cheque at him as West Germany's Ia'test contribution towards the Cyprus peace-keeping operation and said he hoped that this would not have to be Germany's last contribution to the UN. This gesture followed the Secretary-General's enigmatic remarks when he introduced the UN1 annual Thant's intentions regarding the presence of countries that are not members of the UN are obscuring the remainder his long introduction to the annual report which covers the whole range of UN activities. Yet it provides a valuable summary of UN activi The Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York Harbour, Unking Brooklyn (foreground) with Staten Island, which is to be officially opened today. It is the world's longest single-span bridge, long with towers 690ft. high, and it took rive years to build.

It is so long that the perpendicular towers are ljin. farther apart at the top than at the bottom because of the curvature of the earth More tolerance proposed over mixed marriages Vatican City, November 20 Conservative and progressive Bishops clashed today at the Vatican Council on proposals to soften the Roman Catholic Church's strict laws on mixed marriages. The Assembly voted by 1,592 to 427 to turn the whole question over to Pope Paul for quick action. Otherwise Peking again on warpath By VICTOR ZOHZA Communist China yesterday challengec1 the now Soviet leadership along the whole front of its earlier struggle with Mr Khrushchev. An article in the Red Flag." the chief ideological magazine of the Chinese Communist Party, listed all the old points at issue between Peking and Moscow in a highly polemical way which made it clear that the disagreement on them persists.

The article, entitled Why Khrushchev fell," firmly rejected the official Soviet explanation. "The downfall of a fellow like Khrushchev," it said, is certainly not due to old age or ill health." It also rejected the explanation given in private briefings to Soviet Communists and to foreign Communist loaders, who were assured by the Kremlin that it was the manner rather than the matter of Khrushchev's policies that has caused them to depose hmi. His fall, says Red Flag," was not due to mistakes in his methods of work and style of leadership, but it was "the result of the revisionist general line and the many erroneous policies he pursued at home and abroad." The article lists these policies under 12 headings, choosing sometimes the very words in which the new Soviet leaders and the Soviet press has outlined the Kremlin's course after the fall of Khrushchev, or impl; ing in other ways that the more things appear to "change in Moscow the les they change. Treaty opposed Among the more interesting charges is the claim that, in trying to prevent the building up of China's defences, Mr Khrushchev did not hesitate to damage the defence capabilities of the Soviet Union itself" by concluding the nuclear test ban treaty. This would appear to be a wink in the direction ot those Soviet military leaders who gave indications of opposition to the treaty at the time it was being negotiated.

One of the first actions ot the new Soviet leadership was to indicate its own distrust of the treaty by issuing a slogan for the banning of all tests, not just those carried out underground. More recently, however, they have reaffirmed their continuing interest in the present limited treaty. Red Flag also reaffirmed Peking's opposition to the world Communist conference originally scheduled for December, which the Russians are thought to have agreed to postpone anyway. The Peking paper also recalled Mr Khrushchev's schemes to carry out subversive and disruptive activities" against other Communist parties. The wording of this complaint, its references to the buying of political degenerates, renegades, and turncoats," suggests that Peking is still very much exercised about the support Moscow has given even after the fall of Khrushchev to the rebel elements in the largely pro-Chinese Communist Party of Japan.

report and wondered whether the time has not come when other countries not represented in New York should be enabled to maintain contact with the world body and listen to its deliberations. Bonn immediately sought an assurance from Thant that he was not advocating observer status in the UN for East Germany and the Secretary-General was told plainly that the Federal Republic would have to think again about its financial contributions to the UN if any more were heard of the matter. Thant is reported to have replied that he was not advocating the presence of East Germany with observer status on a par with the Federal Republic. Senior UN officials, however, suggest that Thant nevertheless has in mind some kind of status for East Germany as well as for the other divided countries such as North Korea and North Vietnam that would allow them to open New York offices and have access to UN meetings and documents. Hornet's nest He must presumably be aware of the political hornet's nest lie hag opened, although his remarks seemed to be directed primarily at the United States authorities who alone have the power to grant visas.

The Secretary-General's point appears to be that East Germany has been able to maintain offices in Geneva and keep in close touch with UN activities simply because the Swiss authorities do In fact grant visas to them. These contacts, Thant believes, have been beneficial to all concerned and he would like to see them extended to the UN headquarters nd made available to all countries which are not now represented in the UN. Among the plethora of speculation surrounding Thanfs initiative there is also the suggestion that the Secretary-General is thinking of the day when the General Assembly would give Peking the Chinese seat, and that he is trying to suggest that Formosa should then be given observer status. This might be an alternative to the idea of the two China representations which has so far dominated all discussions that envisage the eventual presence of Peking at the UN. Under the Charter no Assembly vote would be required to admit countries as observers or to grant them the status that Thant seems to be advocating.

Speculation concerning COMPROMISE VOTE ON MLF From Nesta Roberts Paris, November 20 General de Gaulle is expected to make French opposition to the MLF a main part of his speech when he visits Strasbourg on Sunday for the twentieth anniversary of the liberation of the city. Coming shortly after the Paris visit of Dr Adenauer and shortlv before the French National Assembly debates the military programme, it is a timely occasion for a survey of national policy and international politics, which the President has not given since his press conference in July. It was on his instruction that the military debate, which had been scheduled for the spring session of the Assembly, was tabled for December 1 and 2. The NATO parliamentarians at the end of their tenth conference this afternoon, passed a compromise motion on the MLF which was carefully worded to take into account a variety of national viewpoints, while not committing anybody to anything. During the debate.

Mr Mendel Rivers (United Stales 1 denied vigorously that his country-sought to establish a hegemony-over Europe through the MLF. Enthusiasm lacking Few members gave wholehearted approval to the project as it stands, and there was a suggestion that a meeting between General de Gaulle and Mr Johnson offered the best hope of a way out of the present situation. A hint from General Billotte that when the Common Market id solved its agricultural problem (an allusion to Germ-n cereal prices) there might be a fresh outlook on the -MLF, is thought to have been purely an individual statement, not an indication of French Government thinking. NATO assured of W. German co-operation From our own Correspondent Bonn, November 20 The Secrctarv-General of NATO.

Signor Manlio Brosio, who has made visits to a number of NATO since he took oniee, has been having talks in Bonn with the Federal Chancellor and the Federal foreign, defence, and finance ministers. A communique issued after the talks stated that Dr Erhard had repeated the assurance that West German co-operation in NATO was the cornerstone of German foreign policy. According to the Federal Government spokesman today, the agreement of all NATO partner; was necessarv if the MLF were to be fully integrated into the alliance But it was possible that this integration could take place phases. could be very harmful in the United States. Archbishop John Heenan of Westminister, for the Roman Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales, spoke for retention of the promises to bring up children of a mixed marriage as Catholics.

But he supported suggestions for sacred rites at mixed marriages. Archbishop Heenan asked the Bishops to view the problem in a realistic way." He said In our country at least, by far the majority of mixed marriages take place between Catholics and ihose who are Protestants only in name. Usually the non-Catholic partner is not a churchgoer of any kind." Traditional law' Dr Heenan said the Ohurch should not give the impression that she was saying, "It is not necessary to put up any fight for your children. For the sake of peace by all means let them abandon the faith." He said Venerable brothers, the Vatican Council was called by good Pope John to renew, not to destroy, the Catholic Church." The draft text ought to say something about the way a mixed marriage is to be celebrated when the non-Catholic party is an active member of another religious community." Archbishop William Conwav, or Armagh. Primate of All Ireland.

said the Church's tendency should be rather to prohibit than to favour mixed marriages in any way. lie complained: "We have had hardly more than a few hours to discuss this matter no parliament in the world would act so hastilv to change a serious and traditional law." Renter. From Norman Crossland Bonn. November 20 The West German Govern' inent today issued a world-wide appeal for evidence of as yet uninvestigated Nazi war crimes. Under the Statute of Limitations proceedings may not be brought after next May in those cases where preliminary inquiries have not started.

The appeal is addressed to all Governments, organisations, and individuals to send documcntary matenal to the central office for the investigation of Nazi crimes at Ludwigsburg. Herr von Hose, the Federal Government spokesman said a way would be found of informing of the details of the appeal those Governments with -whom West Germany had no diplomatic relations. Evidence submitted from East Germany, for instance, would be no less carefully examined than that from anywhere else. Heavy hearts The Government, he said, was determined to punish Nazi criminals and to attempt to make amends for the damage to human rights. But for constitutional reasons it was not possible to defer the entry of the Statute of Limitations.

No member of the Cabinet had taken this decision with a light heart. (The Federal Chancellor himself told a press conference in September that he was in favour of an extension in the case of murder.) The Central Council of Jews today called on the Federal Government to introduce a new-statute under which trials for murder could take place up to 30 years after the crime, an extension of 20 years of the present act. This should become law before May 1 next year, anil in this way the Government would not have to introduce legislation to make an exception in respect of Nazi crimes. It is expected that the Government's decision not to defer the operation of the present statute will result in protests from many-parts of the world. But.

as it is, preliminary inquiries are now-being made into 750 alleged Nai crimes and it is expected that trials will he taking place for manv more years. Bonn accused of cowardice on Nazi issue From our Corrcspondnct Brussels, November 20 A conference of 25 dele- gales to the Union of Resist ance Fighters and Deportees in Antwerp today accused the German Federal Government of lacking courage when it failed to extend the 20-vear limit on the prosecution of war criminals. M. Hubert Halin. an official of the Belgian Ministry of Justice ant' the conference's spokesman, said that the Bonn Government, after sounding out public opinion with next year's elections in mind, had decided that to extend the proscription period would be unpopular.

The conference, which spent three days studying reports from Germany and other countries, saui that neo-Nazism was increasing. Nazi publications, many of which distorted the facts of the N'azi regime, had doubled in recent years. There was more contact between national organisation, whose cells were being planted throughout the world. M. Halin said that the proscription period was least where it was needed most in Germany and Austria; it was 30 years in Italy and would soon be 30 in Belgium.

Next year many notorious Nazis who were now hiding abroad or had changed their names and were pretending to be dead would be able to come out into the open. Among them was a doctor who nad experimented on Jewish children in an attempt to produce blue Aryan eves. He was now working for Dr Nkruinah in Ghana. Heinnch Midler, the former Gestapo leader, was among those presumed dead," but the Union knew for certain that he was in South America. It was scandalous, he said, that the German Ministry of Justice had not brought certain Nazis lo trial when asked to do so.

One was General Lammerding, condemned to death in his absence by a French court hut now a prosperous industrialist in Inisscldorf. The Ministry had refused to prosecute him on the ground that he had already been convicted. Accused man 'saw killings in ghetto' Pretoria. November 20 The mother of a young Jewish South African charged with sabotage today gave evidence of his sufferings the Warsaw-ghetto which, he said, had left him mentally disturbed. The accused.

Raymond Eisen-stem (27). is standing trial with Martin Hirson (40), Hugh Lewin (24). and Frederick Prager (55). His mother said that in 1940 she and her husband were taken to the Warsaw ghetto with Raymond, then aged 4. The child had witnessed killings and beatings." she said.

Mr F. Zwarenstem. Eisen-stem's lawyer, handed in a psychiatrist's report from the Paris Faculty of Medicine certifying Eiscnstein's lack of emotional balance, arising out of his I experiences in tne gnetio. Tne I hearing will continue on Mondav. Renter.

Pressure on Britain to drop surcharge soon ties in the field of disarmament, economic development, and peace-keeping. Praise, for Britain He also makes some controversial remarks. At one point, for example, he discusses the difficulties which frequently arise over the participation of South Africa and Portugal at meetings of the UN specialised agencies. Although he makes no secret of his abhorrence for apartheid and his disagreement with Portugal's views on the status of its overseas possesions, he believes that no member country should be prevented from participating in the work of UN agencies unless the General Assembly first excludes theni from the parent body. Thant has praise for Britain whose recent warning to Rhodesia on the consequences of a unilateral declaration of independence helped to clear any doubt as to the position of the United Kingdom Government, and has at least for the time being averted what would most certainly have been a crisis." The British Government may also have reason to be satisfied that Thant again endorses the view of the UN Malaysia mission which came to the conclusion that Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak had freely expressed their wish to federate with Malaya.

Peace-keeping Thant does not go in any detail into the UN role as a peace-keeper, although this is surely one of the most controversial issues now facing the organisation, lie does, however, make one eminently practical suggestion he asks that the UN authorise a study of how best to train and line the stand-by peace-keeping forces i Canada, the Scandinavian countries, and several others have offered to maintain for UN peace-keeping operations. So far Thant has been able to do no more than acknowledge the offers. He is now asking that the UN undertake a study of the question of establishing a standby peace-keeping force in all its aspects. including manpower, logistics, and finance. of the Stockholm Convention, they would, in the Hnlish Mew, have been more damaging to EFTA and to the development of EFTA trade in the United Kingdom market, lintish Ministers affirmed that Hie charge was a tempor.irv measure and that the British l.overnment was (irmly resohed in the interests of the I ruled Kingdom, as well as of their EFTA pjrtners, to reduce it and to abolish at the earliest possible moment.

4. They explained that it was not possible to lix precise dates for reducing and eliminating the surcharge, but it was intended that this would begin in a matter of monihs. 5. As rcg.irds contracts, British Ministeis drc attention to the fact that in response to the representation made by a number of EFTA Governments, provision had been included in the Finance Bill to relieve exporters who. under the terms of pre-existing contracts, would have had to bear the charge.

6. Other Ministers requested the United Kingdom Government to undertake bilateral negotiations with EFTA countries about any losses forced upon individual firm's which have concluded contracts I i upon the EFTA Convention. The Council of Ministers agreed to keep the situation under close and continuous review. Thev instructed the working partv. which had examined the British economic situation, to reconvene in December with a view to preparing a new report on the recent developments and steps planned by the British Government lo restore the equilibrium of the balance of payments It was understood that legal rights of all parties to the agreement remained unprejudiced.

The Ministerial Council decided to review the situation at its next meeting in February. 1105. S. Furtnermore, in order to provide better means for giving eilect in future to the consultations pro-ided for in Article SO of the Convention. Ministers decided to set up au economic committee of senior otHcers from capitals to meet as as necessary Australian call From our Melbourne, November 20 The Labour campaign against compulsory service for tfie Army was formally launched in Brisbane tonight by the Opposition leader, Mr Arthur Cahvell who said the conscription was ineffective, inefficient.

unfair. unjust, unwarranted, foolish and immoral." He charged the Government with covering up Us neglect of lefenee hv the conscrlnti.in ot 1 i oi-vear-olds and with having let lts stau, of preparedness run i mill d.mee cer point. 4.7M. LOAN TO 11SD1A FOR DEFENCE By CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, our Defence Correspondent The Indian Defence Minister, Mr Chavan, has signed a loan agreement for 4.7 millions which will be made available by the British Government over the next four years to help to finance the rebuilding of the Mazagon dockyard and the construction of three Leander-class frigates. This was stated yesterday by the Commonwealth Relations Oilice at the end of talks which have been in progress for two weeks.

As the official statement the Indian Minister's visit came at a difficult time when the British Government was currently engaged in an urgent review of their own defence policy." However, British Ministers conscious of the fart that Britain has been for many years past the mam supplier of military equipment to the Indian defence forces, have assured Air Chaan of their desire to cooperate with the Indian authorities in solving problems relating to defence supplies, and that they would continue to help India." Exposed coast During the talks Mr Chavan reminded the British Government that India's sea coast was exposed not only to China but also to Indonesia. While India's naval vessels were outdated, Indonesia had numerous modern vessels which had been purchased or provided by the Soviet Union and the United States of America. In addition to the frigates, the British Government has agreed to provide a Hoyal Naval submarine for a period each year for antisubmarine training. Mr Chavan was anxious to buy a modern submarine hut this will be discussed after Britain's own defence policy has been reorganised. Fortherocord 43 rescued after ships go aground A Royal Navy frigate yesterday rescued 43 members of the crews of two ships which had gone aground near a reef i in the South China Seas, some 70 miles olt Palawan Island in the Philippines.

IIMS Zest, an anti-submarine frigate on its way to Hongkong after carrying out patrol duties on the Sabah coast, went to the rescue after the master of the British salvage tug. Salvonia, radioed for help. Salvonia went to the aid of Pompadour, a coastal vessel of Panamanian registration, which had gone aground. Salvonia also ran agrour .1. Israel condemned The UN mixed armistice commission in Israel yesterday condemned Israel for sending a patrol into Egyptian territory to move the border marker about 40 yards inside Kgypt.

Eaten by lions An African game guard was eaten by lions last week in a game camp in the Lundazn area of East Zambia. Crocodile killed A crocodile over 13ft. km- terrorised villages of Chumporn Province, South Thailand, for several months has been killed 1 with antitank bombs. More cars West German car manufacturers produced 2.425.1(10 vehicles the first 10 months of this year, SS per cent more than in the same period of up 'immoral' Correspondent Mr Calwell was, opening the Labour campaign for the Senate election on December 5 which Labour, having already opposed the conscription legislation in Parliament has chosen to make it the centra! issue of the election and to what nucht almost amount lo a vote by referendum on the Government's decision. Labour is in a minority in both Hotiics.

The result on December 5 cannot dislodge the Government, but if it wroihieeil L.lhilnr mninritv in the Senate it could frustrate" ami damage the Government. I i i i the Bishops would have to wait several years until the Church's code of canon law, which contains the mixed marriage regulations, could be revised. Under the present laws sacred rites, such as mass and blessing, are forbidden at mixed marriages. The non-Catholic partner must give a written promise not to interfere with the religion the Catholic, and to bring up children of the marriage as Catholics. The Catholic is obliged to work for the eon-version of the other partner.

A Pcmar. Catholic who marries before a non-Catholic minister is excommunicated, and the marriage is regarded as null and void. Cardinal Julius Docpfner, of Munich, said the question of mixed marriages was extremely urgent." lie approved proposals to soften the regulations contained in a draft text on matrimony. The promises Cardinal Joseph Bitter, of Saint Louis, approved proposals that the promises in mixed marriages should only be made by the Catholic partner. He was supported by Bishop Paul Taguchi Yosliigoro.

of Osaka. Bishop Francois Charriere, of Lausanne, called for modification of the Church's attitude to mixed marriages. He said it was out of place to demand the promises. which often alienate persons from the Church and cause grave Bishop John Fcarns. Auxiliary (Assistant) Bishop of New York, speaking for Cardinal Francis Spellnian and 100 United States bishops, said proposals to change legislation on mixed marriages Convicted raanj insists on death sentence i Mexico City, November 20 An American sentenced to death by firing squail in Mexico -s rejected a chance to serve a prison sentence instead because he insists he is not guilty of murder.

I'm completely innocent and I doervc no punishment whatso-I e'er. I'm ready to die for tl-at statement," Dykes Askew Simmons told a rort Worth lYxas) radio station in a telephone interview from his Monterrey prison cell. Simmons was convicted of killing three teenage members of a prominent Monterrey family five years ago. People on both sides o' the border have since tried to get the conviction quashed on the ground that it was based on coincidence and a 1 evidence. The local governor has said he commute tne a i ii penalty to a ou-vear prison sentence.

It is not known whether Simmons will be able to insisl on being put to death if not freed. British I'mted Press. Helicopter ambulance shot down Saigon. November 20 An attack by 7.000 South Vietnamese troops against the encountered the first attempt at resistance today, the third day of Operation Brush-fire," when guerrillas shot di xn a helicopter which was evacuating the wounded. At least 10 people were kilied Vietnamese Force pianos then bombed and strafed the area.

Incomplete reports of the operation. 35 miles north-west of S.ugon. put Government casualties at It) dead and up to 40 wounded. Vietcong (Communist) casualties were put at six kilied by ground fore i 40 killed by air attacks i on Wednesday, and a number of suspects captured Renter. Man in trunk: under guard in refugee camp Rome.

November 20 Mordecai Luk, alias Joseph Dahan, the man found bound and gagged at Rome Airport, was moved early today from Rome's police headquarters to a refugee camp outside the city still under police guard. Police sources said that Israel had confirmed through Interpol that Luk is an ex-convict with an Israeli arrest warrant out against him. A police officer said last night that apart from the Egyptian diplomatists who left for Cairo after the incident another two men of United Arab Republic nationality had apparentlv been involved. Luk had not asked for political asylum in Italy. The Ansa re.vs agency stated that Rome police were "drawing up a report on the case for the judicial authorities.

It had been ruled out that Luk had ever worked against the security of the Italian State Renter Indian MPs' expulsion of Briton asked to leave Tanzania From our Correspondent Dar es Salaam, November 20 Mr Peter Butchard, a British schoolteacher, left here by air for Britain tonight after spending nearly eighty hours in police cells because he protested against an anti-American demonstration. The Home Affairs Minister, Mr Job Lusinde, said Mr Butchard was dismissed from his Government teaching post today and later asked to leave the country-If he had refused he would have been deported. Mr Butchard hung two posters on the side of lus Land-Rover protesting against an anti-American march in Lindi ofter gift food parcels had arrived the previous day for Mozambique refugees who are accommodated two camps near the town. A Government statement tonight said the posters were an attempt to ridicule the demonstration. At a Dar es Salaam court today another Briton, Mr Kenneth Bailey, aged about 40, who is a former Tanganyika police superintendent, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for being in the country illegally.

Leaning tower Bill Rome, November 20 The Public Works Ministry-today said it had drawn up a Bill to save the leaning tower of Pisa, possibly with the help of an international competition to choose the best project. Reuter. 3.17.6 Joy 5.10.0 to 57 JJ.0 Geneva, November 20 Following is the full text of the EFTA declarator! entitled, Consideration by the joint council of the action taken by the United Kingdom Government to deal with its balance-of-payments problem issued here lo 'a 1. Ministers have considered the report ot the working parly which had been studying the recent British economic measures and their implications for EFTA. 2.

Other Ministers pointed it to the British Ministers that the application of the 15 per cent Charge on imports into the United Kingdom was inconsistent with the United Kingdom's obligation under the Convention and the Association Agreement. It was generally urged on British Minis ters that a firm date in a few months' time should be fixed for removing or reducing the charge. It was also urged that the charge should be reduced to 10 per cent in a matter of weeks, that imports should be exempted from the charge in all cases where there was bona-fidc evidence that contracts were concluded before October 27, 1964. and that the charge should not be applied to goods subject to quantitative restrictions (import quota or other) in the United Kingdom. 3.

British Ministers, while not claiming that the surcharge came within the terms of the Convention and ihc Association Agreement, pointed out that Article 19 provided fir the use of quantitative restrictions on imports to correct a serious balance of payments deficit. Although such measures would have the t'nitcd Kingdom within the terms EFTA hopes for closer contacts Geneva, November 20 Ministers of the Seven agreed that all proposals for closer contact between KFTA and the Common Market should be given careful attention. Other points in a communique issued today were Kennedy round The Ministers welcomed the fact that all the main parties had met the deadline for the tabling of the exception lists to the general cut in industrial tarifTs. The EFTA countries had either abstained from making any exceptions or had kept their lists to a bare minimum. However, the lists tabled by some other countries created great problems for some KFTA members.

Agriculture underlined Ihc need for co-operation in til sector. The annual review procedure utll it-self assist intensified efforts to expand a trade in Agricultural goods within FtTA. "In the meantime, two problems called for special attention, that of the surplus of certain products In some member coun ries. oni that created in t.F A markets by third countries." Router. From Prem Bhatia 300 killed in Philippines Manila, November 20 About three hundred people have been killed by typhoon Louise, landslides, and floods, and an outbreak of cholera in the Northern and Central Philippines, according to press reports today.

Relief operations have been launched by the Philippines Red Cross and the national police. Between 100 am! 200 people are reported to have been killed by typhoon Louise in one province alone. British United Press. demand for Mr Scott started for a political settlement. At the end of the third round of negotiations earlier this week the rebels' representatives made a public declaration that their territory had never been a part of India.

They demanded independence for Nagaland or the reference of the dispute to the International Court at The Hague. While opinion in the country-was already agitated over these developments Mr Scott came out with a separate statement to which strong objection was taken in Parliament today. Manv in the Government suspect that the Naga declaration was drafted bv Mr Scott himself. The Government's replv to criticism in the Lok Sabha todav was given by the Minister for External Affairs who said that the statement made by -Mr Scott was untenable and w-e cannot accept it." He promised further action if it h.ij necessary. New Delhi, November 20 Angry demands for the expulsion from India of the Rev.

Michael Scott for his attitude to the Naga problem were made in the Lok Sabha today. A member even suggested that Mr Scott should be arrested. The trouble has been caused over a public statement Mr Scott made two days ago claiming that Naga tribesmen were not Indians. He also described the cease-fire agreement between the Government forces and the Naga rebels as an international agreement." For several months now Mr Scott has been actively associated with a peace mission in Nagaland. It was mainly through his own associates' efforts that a cease-fire was arranged on 6 and negotiations Septemh I.