Jebb Charges 'Misquotation' Of Talk Here

Sir Gladwyn, Jebb, British delegate to the United Nations, yesterday denied that he called General Douglas MacArthur probably the most unpopular American in England today. He made the original statement at a meeting with the Harvard United Nations Council here Saturday.

The CRIMSON reported Jebb's meeting and his statement about MacArthur on Monday morning. Last night both the CRIMSON reporter and some U.N. Council members present at the affair agreed that Jebb definitely made the statement as reported.

In a release from his New York headquarters, Jebb stated he told the group only that "there were obvious differences of opinion in the United Kingdom as regards his (MacArthur's) policies."

At the same time, U.N. Council President Hugh Schwartzberg '53 said yesterday that "it was the Council's own decision" to invite the press. Statements attributed to his quotation of Jebb were actually direct quotes from Jebb's remarks. The Council, Schwartzberg said, gave out no release of its own.

Reports Delayed Two Days

The Council decided, he said in a statement to the press, "that, because of the private nature of Sir Gladwyn's visit, no publicity be released on it while he was here." Thus no mention of the visit appeared until Monday, two days after he left for New York."

The Council statement made, in all, three points: that Schwartzberg did not release its own statement of Jebb's remarks; that the Council asked the press not to make any direct quotes of those remarks; that the Council asked for reports to be held up until Jebb's return to New York.

In answer to queries by the London press, Jebb made his statement.