THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1950,
MR ATTLEE FULLY SATISFIED Talks With President Truman Were Frank And Friendly Stable Position In Far East
SOLEMN
FARCE AT COMMONS
London, Dec. 12.
As Long-Range Objective
London, Dec. 12.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, declared in In dead silence Members of the House of Commons today that he was fully satisfied with his talks in Washington with President Truman on
subject of the atomic bomb.
Parliament
today watched
Communist sponsored
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peace
petition carried ceremoniously
into the House of Commons.
The petition,, said to have been signed by 134,000 people,
the
called for a five-power meeting the
to secure .. the
atomic weapons.
banning of
He added that he had good hopes that the forces of United Nations would maintain themselves in Korea. Cheers from a crowded House of Commons It was sponsored by the Communist-led British Peace greeted the Prime Minister when he entered the Committee as a by-product of Chamber a few hours after his return by air from the Warsaw World Peace Congress.
Canada and the United States.
At the beginning of today's session, nine solemn attendants, formally dressed in black tail-
ed before the atom bomb would be used in any military action. for the debate.”
Mr
Attlee told him: "Wait
VERY PLAIN
Mr James Hudson, Labour, asked if President Truman said condi-
no
that, under the present
He
Mr Attlee told the House: "I would ask the coats, and white ties, bore in. 38 House to accept my assurance that there is bundles of documents containing difference between us on this vital matter." the signatures.
A Labour Member, Mr Sydney said that the atmosphere of the talks in Washing- Silverman, bowing, approached ton was both frank and friendly. the Speaker's chair and formally presented the text of the Peace petition.
The attendants once more en- tered in a grave procession and this time removed the pile of signatures which throughout the ceremony had remained touched and uninspected.*
Parliament is likely to take no further action than this on the petition.-Reuter.
un-
France To Be
Made Au Fait
and
He believed such meetings clear that the general directives United States and the British followed." between the President of the of the United Nations have been Prime Minister served not only mutual interest terests of the whole world.
but the in-
Mr Attlee continued: covered a wide range of topics "We political, military and econo- mic-and I believe we made progress on all of them.
"I had no hesitation in Stating the British position in all these matters with the ut- most frankness. Our object was to reach the greatest pos- sible identity of view, in our approach on these mafters and we achieved this in very large measure.
our
On the different attitudes of Britain and the United States to the subjects of recognition of ment and Chinese the Chinese Communist Govern- tion in the United Nations, Mr representa- Attlee said: "We did not expect that these differences could be resolved in talks lasting only only a few days."
He went on to say that the first task of all the members of defence of the West remained the the Atlantic community.
He said that he was convinced that in the present circum "On Korea and the Far East stances the proposed early ap- diate course. we have agreed on the imme-pointment of a Supreme Com- representa-mander in the West could do tives at the United Nations more than anything else to should follow.
accelerate progress in streng- "We were agreed that aggres-thening Western defences. sion must be halted and we were
Mr Attlee-said that the over- equally certain that every effort riding purpose of the talks had should be made to prevent an
been to prevent war. extension of the conflict."
London, Dec. 12. Sir Roger Makins, Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, will go to Paris tomorrow to report to the French Prime Minister, M. Rene Pleven, and the Foreign Minister, M. Robert Schuman,
on. the talks be- tween President Truman. M. Clement Attlee.
Sir Roger Makins was the senior member of the Foreign Office staff who accompanied Mr Attlee on his visit to MAIN OBJECTIVE Washington. The decision send him to Paris to make a Mr Attlee said that their personal report is a courtesy long-range objective was reply to the London visit of reach a stable position in the the French Premier and M. Far East. Schuman before Mr Attlee went to Washington. Reuter.
to
to
With regard to the campaign in Korea, Mr Attlee said: "It is
This rarity, three apples with a common stem, turn- ed up in Cleveland. It is the Cortland variety. Twin apples are reasonably common but triplets are rare.
HOPEFUL
tions, he hoped there would be no use of the atomic bomb.
Could Mr Attlee now give a similar assurance?
The Prime Minister replied: think the statement in the Washington communique was very plain. The President hoped that never would there be an occasion to use the atomic bomb."-Reuter.
Singapore Casualties
The
Singapore, Dec, 12.
latest figures of casualties in the Singapore rloting gave, the number of wounded as over 200,
The police disclosed that two Malay rioters had been killed and 17 wounded to- day. Fifty rioters had been arrested. Reuter.
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On his visit to Canada, he said he found himself in close agreement with the
Canadians on the matters under considera- tion,
"We reviewed the results of my talks' in Washington and I gave particular attention to the economic aspects of the situa- tion, including the difficulties of the supply of raw materials.
"The talks were extreme-
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Mr Attlee said that while
he was in Washington he kept in close touch with the repre- sentatives of the other Com- monwealth Governments. "I am hopeful that this visit will have resulted in an increasing. appreciation by all these coun- tries of our respective points of view and will have helped towards the preservation peace," he added amid cheers.
ATOMIC BOMB
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Mr Winston Churchill, the leader of the Conservative Op- position, said that the state- ment made by the Prime Minister had not added much to the information already given in communiques.
He said that some clearer de- finition of the extremely im-* portant issue of the use of the atomic bomb should be available before Parliament debated the question on Thursday.”
When Mr Attlee said he pro- posed to open Thursday's "de- bate, Mr Churchill commented: "I am very glad this statement today cannot be taken as giv- ing the House the information it requiries over the whole range of topics.".
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