FOUR HUNDRED RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM SIXTEEN COUNTRIES WHO WERE ATTENDING A PEACE CONFERENCE IN TOKYO ON TUESDAY HEARD RUSSIAN AND PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DELEGATES CLASH ON PROBLEMS OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND THE EAST-WEST PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY.

A RUSSIAN PRELATE, ARCHBISHOP KOTLYAROV, UPHELD THE TREATY AS THE FIRST STEP FOR COMPLETE PROHIBITION OF ALL NUCLEAR TESTING AND FOR DISARMAMENT DESIRED BY THE SOVIET UNION.

THE BUDDHIST DELEGATE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HSIAO PU SHIH, ATTACKING AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, SAID MORE THAN 20 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

TURNING TO PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE, ARCHBISHOP KOTLYAROV SAID EVERY ATTEMPT TO OPPOSE IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO OPPOSE PEACE ITSELF.

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DELEGATE SAID PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE COULD BE ACHIEVED ONLY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY OF SOVEREIGNTY, NON-INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF OTHER NATIONS, RECIPROCITY AND EQUALITY.