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Talks At The
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now requires only Mar- Bulgacin's asgent
Ishal
and the oft-rooted Big Four top-level talks will become a reality this sum mer. And there is no reason to believe the Soviet Premier will be other than a ready partner to the proposal, for as recently a last month he stated be was in favour of a con- ference "at the summit," cheerfully adding that
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WEST'S PLAN FOR BIG FOUR TALKS
Two Stage Conference New Soviet
Russia Proposed To Russia Disarmament
TRIPARTITE NOTE RELEASED
Washington, May 10. The three Western powers today proposed a top-level was for President Eisen Four conference to be held in two stages.
hower and
Sir Anthony
Eden to suggest the date.
The practical value of such a meeting must await de- monstration; it could be great or negligible, but that the Soviet leaders have been thinking along the same lines as Sir Anthony Eden and his"advisers is of more than passing inter- est. Without straining cre- dibility too far it suggests that the Russians prepared to make some so of change in their attitude to the Western powers which, in due course, may also bring about a change in Soviet international
art
policies and relations. Looming in the background to Britain's urgent 10- sistence that now is the
*
top- appropriate time for level talks, and the Krem- lin's apparent willingness to take part in such a meet- of the ing, is ratification
They proposed, in identical notes to the Soviet Union:
WATER SUPPLY || Threat Of
Plan For INCREASED
Moscow, May 11. The Soviet Union today announced a new disarma- ment plan for Atomic and Bigother weapons.
1. A meeting of President Eisenhower, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, Sir Anthony Eden and M. Edgar Faure, accompanied by their Foreign Ministers.
They suggested this top-level conference be preceded by a preparatory, conference of the four Foreign Ministers.
2. This would be followed by a second stage of detailed discussions by "such methods, organs, and participants as it appears will be more fruitful, according to the nature of the issues." The American, British and French notes containing the proposal were deliver ed to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow today:
Y
THE FULL TEXT
Here is the text of the Western tripartite note to Russia:
"The Governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States believe the time has now come for, s new, We, effort to resolve the great problems which confront as. therefore, invite the Soviet Government to join with us in an effort to remove sources of conflict between us.
"We recognise the solution of these problems will take time and patience. They will
style not be solved at 4
do so meeting nor in a hasty manner. Indeed, any effort
Ac- could set back real progress toward their settlement. completed
cordingly, we think it would be helpful to try a new pro- cedure for dealing with these problems.
Paris agreements, and the now almost Austrian state treaty.
THE widespread fear
was
that ratification of the Paris pacts would auto- matically create a barrier to any sort of Big Four conference. Such misgivings : have proved unfounded. On
the contrary it has been, noticeable that since rati fication became inevitable, there has been an out- standing change in Russian policy, highlighted by the sudden Russian decision to get on with the job of concluding an Austrian treaty.
Here was one of those "unre- solved" European problems which Moscow had declined to discuss, in the words of Mr Molotov, "outside the German problem." Today it is not only being discussed, but a settlement is prac. tically certain. It is a sign which .cannot be - diere- garded.
This does not mean that a "summit" conference of the Big Four will automatically succeed. Experiences of the are a past eight years against warning
easy optimism. But it can be claimed that with ratifica- tion of the Paris agreo- ments the realism of the Soviet leaders is being the rapidly adjusted to new situation, and that the Kremlin is aware the
"In view of their complexity and importance, our sug- Eestion is that these problems be approached in two stages. We think it would be fruitful to begin with a meeting of "the heads of government, accompanied by...their. Foreign
Ministers, for, an exchange of views.
A New Impetus.
•
"In the limited time for which the heads of government could meet, they would not undertake to agree upon substantive answers to the major difficulties facing the world. Bach meeting could, however, provide a new impetus by establishing the basis for the detailed work which will be required.
"For this purpose,
the heads of government could devote themselves to
formulating the issues to be worked on and to agreeing on methods to be followed in exploring solutions. *****We further propose that the Foreign Ministers, to assist the heads of government in their task, should come together shortly in advance of the meeting of the heads of govern- ment and at the saine place.
"This first stage would lay the foundation for the second stage in which their problems would be examined in detall by such methods, organs and participants as it appears will be more fruitful, according to the nature of the issues.
"Begin. Promptly”.
"This work should be started as soon as practicable after the meeting of the heads of government.
"This procedure would facilitate the essential prepara- tion and orderly negotiation most likely to bring about an agreement by progressive stares. The important thing is to begin the process promptly and to pursue it with patience and determination
"We hope this proposal will commend itself to the Soviet Union as a useful basis for progress toward a better relation between us. If the Soviet Union agrees that an early meeting of heads of government to explore such a programme would be useful, we suggest that our Foreign Biinisters settle through diplomatic channels or otherwise upon a time and place for such a meriing.
The forthcoming meeting of the Foreign, Ministers at Vienna
for the signing of the Austrian state treaty might provide an opportunity for preliminary discussion, of this proposal"-France-Presse.
Western allies ean now Optimism in Washington:
discuss European and in-
ternational problems from
a position of strength.
*
THE subjects which the
Big Four leaders caD
THE
tackle are numerous and
proposal that there befo
Sir Anthony Says:
The Soviet News Agency, Tasa, which published the plan said it was proposed to the London Disarmament Confer-
ence by the Soviet representa tive, Mr Malik, on May 10
This plac proposed that the
UN General Assembly should
recommend
the
cordem- nation of "any form of pro- paganda for » new war," abatention Zom
of "threats
force and respect for the "ter ritorial integrity and political independence of every state".
The proposal said successes in negotiations on the Korean, Indo-Chinese and Austrian ques-
Lau
and
Beginning tomorrow morning, the Colony is to have nine and a half hours of domestic water supply daily, it was officially announced today.
All areas will have water supply through taps from 6 to 10.30 a.m., and from 5 to 10 p.m.
HEAVY RAINS BRING
935m GALLONS
New Dock. Strikes
London, May 10.
Britain again. faces "the threat of a nation-wide dock strike as the result of a anion decision which I re- ported to have been taken tonight.
The National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union is reported to be planning strikes in London, Liverpool, Manches ter and Bull
It has called mass meetings at all four key ports for later this week at which Union leaders are expected to recommend strike action until the post authorities recomies the union jointly with the bir Transport and General Workers Union,
This decision threatens dock strikes throughout the country similar to those which began in
Continuing torrential rains brought to the Colony's September last year and which tions "show that the possibilities water storage during the 24 hours ended 8 am, today, spread to eight ports involving for settling unsolved interna- an additional 935.02 million gallons, raising the present 45,000 men and tying up more tional problems by means of total storage to 3,029,63 million gallons. This means that than 350 ships.
UNION RIVALRY negulation between the powers all of the reservoirs are more than half full.
News of this threat came ab Patience And in the interests of peace, free-
dom
The severe thunderstorm which kept the Colony the close of a day in which there the national In- dependence of peoples are still awake the whole of last night also yielded a further heavy was no sign of a break in the from being fully ex- rainfall and between midnight and 11. o'clock this morning six-day old strike of more than
the Royal Observatory registered 2.09 inches. ***POLICE FORCES
until ships.ew strike threat stems plan proposed the with-
cupation troops from Germany with the exception of strictly limited contingents of troops which
would be left temporarily German terrikey until the conclusion
Perseverance ploited.
Total rainfall since midnight last Saturday
Are Neededdrawal of the Four Powers oc-11 a.m. today has been 14.58 inches.
4
London, May 10. The Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, said tonight on a Big Four conference would not "solve everything" and
that patience and per severance" would be needed. In an election speech at Cardiff, the Prime Minister, said "I don't want anybody to think
withdrawal."
Bridge Foundations. Washed Away
!
600 tugboat men in Liverpool which has tied up more than 80
| Tho
from
the intense rivalry be tween the NASD and the 1,300,-
000 strong Transport and e
General Workers Union, the Rains last night washed away the foundations of a stone largest union outside alleges that joint NASD traffic between Kowloon and Un Long on that route has been
port committees of employers about stod of any agreement bridge on the Castle Peat Road near the 18 milestone and motor world's
been. It was proposed that this suspended. trictly limited continuance of
A bus on the No. 16 reute from Un Long to Yauman was and unica leaders have local poilee forces should exist passing over the bridge in a heavy downpour when the structure tening to admit their local
leaders. began sliding away.
Lion results largely in both parts of Germany under
This situation The his, became stuck on a portion of the bridge, and re Tours Power control.
fart that the union has
mained mupended.
*
that everything will' be solved peke deducation took the form | RE The passengers, quickly clambered, out" nobody park was ended from Britain's..
of a proposed resolation for the just because we have a meeting. | Waited
Nations General It is far more difficult than that
Brace and Patience perseverance will
resolution called for both be needed in large doses.
"liquidation of foreign Comilitary "The great thing is to get bases in the territories of other started, to be determined to
understand that tries which would have results and to
#great significance for the re such results must take time duction of international tension Hurried diplomacy, believe me,
usually
bad diplomacy.
凹
"We think the time has come
to make a new effort to solve the problems that divide
and
endanger
Europe world.
New Hope
the
"I have good expectation that these can soon be arranged.: If so, that will give the world encouragement and
new
be
hope
We have ideas as to how these matters should best handled, and we have discussed them fully with our Allles. We hope to begin a method of negotiation which, may prove fruitful but it cannot be carried
through at once,"
The proposal
eni eslled for coun- tries with experience in the Atomic.. energy, feld to give broad industrial, scientide and technical help" to other coun tries for peaceful purposes with out any political or military conditions,
for
TENSE SITUATION The
proposal called settlement
of Far Eastern questions sace "the existing tense situation in certain re- gions of the Far East is peeg-
war."
nant with the danger
of a new
On a control organ for the reduction and prohibition of Atomic weapons the Soviet
beep
Trades
Union Congress for Traffic was immediately diverted to the Talpo Road. The Kowloon Motor Bus has announced cancellation of the posching members from the No. 16 service to Un Long, but it will continue to operate as far TGWU and is no longer repre-
sented on as Tsun Wan
the National Joint The
PWD New Territories Road Office said this morning that Council for the port transport repair crews and equipment had been rushed to the scene and industry-Reuter had begun work.
not parted, A spokesman added that the bridge proper had not but that the rains had washed away some of the foundations,
The Royal Engineers are erecting an emergency bridge and this should be ready to take traffle this afternoon. Police today appealed to motorists not to use this section of the Castle Peak Road unnecessarily,
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There were also a number of minor landslides on the Castle Peak Road between Trun Wan and So Kun Wat and road traffic has been reduced to a single lane.
Agreement On To Vietnam
Solution Crisis
Paris, May 10.
Afghans Leave
the
Karachi, May 10. The safes and belongings of Afghan consulates at Pashawar and Paruchinar, on Afghan-Pakistan border,
the
moved out today in a cavalcade of cars and trucks and later crossed the border
Into Afghanistan. The exodus in
and cluded all the wives children of Afghan" employees- France-Presse.
Easy Election
Rome, May 10, *Professor Giovanni Leone, a The United States and France tonight reached agree- 46-year-old Christian Democrat,
Union proposed that an interment in principle on a compromise solution to the South national body should at 42 Vietnam political crisis. Sir Anthony said there would on the territories of all states probably have to be a series concerned, an
authoritative source,
mutual basis, The agreement, according to which Prime Minister Ngo Dinh of meetings and added: "Per control points in large ports, an
was Diem has just formed in Saigon, sonally. I see some advantage in railway centres, roads and air-reached, during a two-hour con-a State Department spokesman that. We may make headway at felds
ference at the French Premier's said today-France-Presse, The task of these points office tonight between Mr John each one. If so, we shall be. The lucky. Or sometimes we may would be to ensure that there Foster Dulles, the US Secretary be no dangerous con- of State, and M. Antoine Pinay,
get beid up, but we shall go oni sourations of litary Iand the French Foreign Minister.
France Presse..
We shan't give up. The broad purpose of our method should forces and also air and paval be to win practical results." is control organ will have the right to demand from states the necessary evidence of conducting measures to reduce arms "and" Tallitary
forces
RUSSIA MAY SAY YES'
Washington, May 19,
varied, particularly if the western diplomats were opti-
set agenda meets with Mar-
mistic today about the chances of Russia accepting shal Bulganin's approval.the Western Invitation to a European problems must Big Four meeting this Sum- Inevitably loom large, but
mer.
vlet Government has long been a leading advocate of Euch tallesto relax" world tension, particularly in the
there also should be op-They pointed out that the So portunity for an exchange of views on Far East issues, with both. Russia and the Western, powerz elarifying their positions. The talks are not likely to produce immediately great decisions, but they could, and should, enable the four leaders to reach a measure basic of agreement '»on` principles: conceivably a blueprint for new relations between the Communist countries and the Western democracies could emerge from the meeting. The
to
East, where the United States and China are"; now to each other over
are believed Soviet leaders, are
have been seriously disturbed at the possibility of their Chinese Lally becoming in- volved even in a limited war with the United States. they fear this would fuvolve n heavy, drain on Soviet arms and industrial production to support the lightly
-world-will not expecDEFEd China, Abans doen
litical miracles, but it will fervently hope that between them, Eisenhower, Eden, Faure and Balganin can devise a pattern from which international peace can be
British
sh representatives in cluded Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Am- hassador in Paris and Sir Harold Caccia
FOUR
} agree.
POINTS The source said the ment in principle which was "It would have the right of expected to be endorsed at a access to all materials "concern Smal meeting
between the two ing the budget "assignments of foreign ministers tomorrow
ris makes the
following states for milltary require ments. These measures con points: Emperor Bao Dai to
Ex-Emperor world tensions. It was posscerned the first stage of dis-
Carmament-Reuter. ible however, the Soviet Union might insist on discussions being cofined to European problems in view of the absence of China,
of
China There is no suggestion
being invited to attend the Heads, of Gove
Government meet-
the
No Cause For
Alarm
retain his
of South Vietnam V
2 Prenter Nh
of State
Dinh Diem
lem to
be kept in power but his cabinet
to be enlarged The ministers considered that today's reshufde
qualified concession to the British concept of such con- tacts with the Soviet Union. The President has agreed to abandon his former cautious approach to try out the, Bri- tish proposal of sounding out
In Saigon was not representa the Soviet government at the
tive enough. top level to see how they
The United States will Washington, May 10,--
Vietnam respond to a genuine effort to
Mr Charles Wilson, US Secret insist that the Bouth
will Lise If the Soviet Union should settle East-West differences..
ery of Defence, said today the Government The progress being made to Insist on the Chinese Head of shooting down of two Com-infinence to hait propaganda
·wardis a. settlement of the Government being present, muniert Austrian
this would probably be re-Unied gel Set dehters by tacks on the French is : one question
34 The French Expeditionary the Sabrejets over gunkled in Washington as ocean of Korea was an isolated force to be progressively with- reason for this shift of emphasis on fantamount to a rejection of incident and no care for land drawn from the territory-Reu- Another may be the desire not the Western proposal.
Reuter to precipitate, a major, split
between the United States and
Britain at a time when the British Goverment is in the throes of an election., It is assumed there will be zo attempt at this early meeting of Heads of Government to make final decisions or reach agreements The objective.
Ministers sequent Foreign meeting along lines most likely to produce constructive re
given to his Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, to agree, to a Heads of Gov ernment conference with the Soviet Union was Interpreted Western in diplomatie circles today as
A genuine but carefully
diplomatsald today discussions would range overall
Mr. Wilson said: "This kind of, ter Maja inoldent dia somewhat trouble.US. SUFFOET
sama. I don't think the attack
af
McCarthy Disturbed by the MIG was an indication
a Commmalat build-up Washington May 10. f Senator Joseph McCarthy said awgth. ---Renter.
today he was "deeply die turbed" that Mr Eisenhower, was willing to confer with Russia at a big power con-
morer:
evidence than President basically stands Internationa
hope
---United Prem,
greement Today?
Ite
Washington, May 10 The United States is support" Ing the broadened government
Police Ambushed
Constantine May 10, "May 10.7
rists "ambushed: a conference of group of local the Big Four
be Mening of the taty: by
the end
nish thê't dis their
onsigntina. next two ast night and
ted here tonight."
were on their way another group of kehas had, also been
was elected President of the Lower House of Parliament to- day in succession to Signor Glovanni Gronchi, newly-elected He President of the Republie. was elected by 311 votes to 213 with 26 blank ballots-Reuter
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