1948-08-26 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948.

IMPORTANT MEETING AT

Stalin's Intervention Changes The "Waiting Period" Expected Stars And

For Several Days

Moscow, August 24.

The Western envoys' long talk with Marshal Stalin last night was believed here today to have completely changed the picture in the great powers negotiations over Germany,

It was thought that the Western Governments would take several days to consider Marshal Stalin's communication and co-ordinato a reply which will form the basis of the next approach. When it is fully ready and has been discussed by the envoys here, they may be expected to ask for another appointment with the Sovlet Foreign Minister, M. Vyacheslav Molotov, or with Marshal Stalin.

(Wo

will

The next day or therefore be a waiting period

here, it is thought.

ful, endloed to Paris, London and Washington their reports on their meeting with Marshal Stalin and M. Molotov.

One More Meeting?

com-

Stripes

KREMLIN Colonial

¿Washington, August 24. Marshall, Plani goods ship. ped to Europe' are", to carry a label with the Stars and Stripes the Economic ·Co. operation Administration an- -nounced today.

The fabels werd designed to emphasise that recovery goods are betry supplied by The United States-Reuter.

BANK TOOL OF AMERICA"

Picture

KASHMIR FIGHTING CLAIMS

New Delhi, August 24.

Materials For US

·~· London August. 24. British .contributions to a strategic, máterials stock pile being built up in the United States will come almost en- tirely from the colonies.

This was stated today by a spokesman of the American. Mis- "A Government of India mili-ion to the Economie Co-opera- táry spokesman said today that Hön Administr:stion (ECA). after ten months of war in

Kashmir the raiders were still

The Mission members; headed

"Just as for from their objec-by Mr. Evan Just, Director of Me Strategie · Materials Division ilve." the sinte capital of of ECA, had further discussions Srinagar.

today with the Board of Trade, The rokiers were new near Ministry of Supply and the Chardtbl, 60 miles Wes; of the Colonial Omce. capital, he said.

Cha

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was

expinined, that the The spokesman, ouillping be present military situation in primary, purpose is not to "buy Kashmir, said that the raftersome materials that might be ly held districts are flie Muzaffarn-

in ing about a British ware- house" but to provide long term neccss to such materials as rub- ber, manganese, tin and various ibres.

bnd district in Kustunir Province, the Poonch Jagir mud the districts of Shimzer, Mirpur, Palendal and Dagh.

Neither Mr. Frank Roberts, Britain's special envoy, ner M. Yves Chataigneau, the French Ambassador, had so far

Members of the Mission ex- mented on last night's talk, but

The total raider-held arca the Un

United States Ambassador,

Geneva, August 24.

covered hardly one-sixth of the pect to go to The Hague at the Rumours of another Kremlin General

Bedell Smith, Walter

Charges of political dis- provinces of Jammu

of the week,-Associated and end meeting tonight were not consid that he thought there would

crimination by

Press. the

adried-Reuter... United Kenmor, he firmed in circ.es close to the be another meeting and added:

have made a little Nations International Bank and impres- "I think we Storal enveys. The Lepresentatives

levelled slan here was that this would progress,

Monetary Fund were We rually do." be a quiet evauing and it was

Whether there would be an- by Eastern European delegates the only poss!. thought that

the Economic and Social Kremlin to ar more bility of another Kremlin

talks nobody here was prepar-Council during a four-day de meeting for arother 48 hours

ed to cay today. it was learn-bate, which ended today. could be on Soviet initiative.

ad on good nuthority that the Observers considered

envoys thems-ives expected be the last night's meeting 'to trial one.

The Western were understood to be extremely satisfled with the nature of the Striin Marshal conmuntention

nade to them 1ts mature war not ilisclosed, but it will certain- ly need the highest level niten-

the Wester tion by ments.

Govern-

there seven-

I might even be another

day rap before the next riveting but, assuming the initiative will come from the West, the answer is in Louston, Washington that Paris, not in Moscow..

All reports relating in last night's talks should be treated with some reserve for the great- est secrecy in still being main-

Olgervers think twined.

The Western envoys, instructed

and

The Western envoys were back

by their Guverents-had-been-at-work by today after hav-

other one

The Russian delegate, M. Al- exander Morozow, declared in the Council's Economic Commit- tee that the Bank, and Fund, by

States were

Meth.

TUC TURNS DOWN JOINT BOARDS

London, August 24. ·

General Bede': Smith's com- their discrimination" oguinst the Trade union chiefs have rejected the suggestion that

mut last night implied that he Eastern European thought the Western Govern- becoming merely the tools of

Have to answer American foreign policy." ments woul Marshal Stalin's communication,

The report of the Monetary told clearly the fral position of if snatched a few hours sleep., in which else at least one more

he said, showed that the Western which it is believed they, would the envoys, who seemned cheer- Kremlin.Reuter.

not bulge.

Fund,

Britain's nationalised industries should bö con- trolled by joint boards represented equally by trade unions and managements.

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powers, beyond Before they went to bed at dawn, meeting nlist take place in the curly 04 per cent of the total their independence would be in Jenme up in a debut at last year's CREAT BRITAIN - USA

That Marshal Stalin's interven-

tion, almril

sane of the

over

a 1000thing

fifferences whileh

had misen, was of such an im-

that the envoys portant unitare had to communicate unmediately with their capitals, with the re- sult that negotictions and diplo- malle exchanges continue.

Desire For Peaco

Washington Gets More Optimistic

Washington, August 24.

Marshal Stalin fa bellaved The State Department confirmed today that the

to have stressed Russia's deatre

for a peaceful regulation of the differences between the Soviet and the Western powers re- garding Berlin'

as a whole.

and Germany

four power talks in Moscow on Gormany "will continue."

Mr. Michael McDermott, the p 2. That the four powers should State Department spokesman, control any currency selected by This would l line with the said that a full account of last them as the currency of Berlin. proclaimed Soviet foreign polley night's session at the Kremlin

and all the published utterances had been received, and added: of Marshal Stalin especially his famous letter to Mr. Henry Wal-"No date has been set for an-

Ince and his wartime statements other

that there is no reason why two would give no different systems-capitalist and ment.

socialist-const placefully exist

together.

Observers

considered

meeting AO fur."

Ho

further

com-

Both

the press

and official talica

the fresction to sixmi- feant the publication in the So-took

of

Kremlin

Familiar Pattern

Diplomatic sources here ex- pected, that new instructions the repre- would be sent fo sentatives of the three Western.

The main renson-a fear that. The Joint boards. proposal

ussistance given by the Fund had danger-is explained in the Congress and since then had been

investigated by Trade

the Economic gone to Marshall Plan countries. Eannual report of the

Committee of the General Coun- Unions Congress' General

eil. The Committee rejected A

Council issued today.

"The Committee's report Polish draft resolution propos-

The report wili

pressed the view that joint ad- Ing that "investment goods and

the 800 delegates, representing ministrative boards- would des credits

should be allocated by

workers, who troy the independence the unions the Bank according to the cri-nearly 8,000,000 terion of their greatest will attend this year's Congress at present have from the ExecU-

opening at the sensitle resort of five

Activity."

A Canadian resolution, amend-Margate ed by China, was adopted. This expressed the hope that the Bank would take immedinte, measures

to hasten the examination of re- construction problems and

To

facilitate loans, particularly for economically undeveloped coun tries.-Rewer.

A

come

on September 6.

before

AIR COLLISION

Middletown, Pa., August 24.

Cx-

[ed industry of the nationalis-

The unions would be compro- mised in their relationships with both the public boards and their awn members.

"Trile unionists elected or ap- painted to Kerva au a

but

ill having ultimate

At least seven were killed when boonsibility to the union, would, i

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BULL RING COLLAPSES

Madrid, August 24.

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Nine persons were in the Da-

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powere In MORCOW and that Two spectators were killed and

they would then discuss a de-400 injured, some seriously, whenketa, going to a religious meeting

interpretation of

proposals with the Soviet For:

sharp swing towards eign Minister, M. Molotov.

This would then be followed by viet journal, New Times; tonight optimism here today. This was a

from of reports by the woman result

oficial another conference with Marshal an article Journalist, Natalio-Sergeyeva (a sources in London, that Gener-Stalin to clear up any differences specialist in foreign affairs) re-alissimo Stalin, at last night's between M. Molotov and the the three envoys over the interpreta- conference with book by Edgar Snow Ave-hour viewing the

of

pro- Marshol Stalin's Western envoye, had introducention Stalin Must Have Peace." Taking Snow

posals. the "certain new ideas". Tusk for

These diplomatic sources said suggestion that Jack of mutual understanding between the Rus These were said to have clear-that was the familiar puttern of

Americans- was

for the continuance negotiation with Soviet derstandable and futural, owing of the talky, which some hud ex- but there were now two import to their different psychology and pected to end. abruptly by this ant differe different approach to many mat-wrek. Officials-declined

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differences.

to say Firstly, the Western diplomats.

ters, Sergeyeva declared that the, what the "new ideas" might be, were now familiar with the So- Into President Roosevelt "ound but they emphasised that the viet technique and were presum- a common tonnue with the lead- fundamental question 'ws' the ably ready to adapt themselves ers of Soviet pulicy."

unequivocal recognition by

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Western observers in Moscow were tonight hoping that Mar- shal Stalin Instright spoke a language underriced by the West

So- to

it to negotiate a settlement of viet Russin of the rights of the the Berlin situation.he

Secondly, on

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