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RUSSIA CREATING AN IRON CURTAIN COLD WAR CABINET

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Co-ordination of arming and diplomatic policies

London, May 29.

Diplomatic advices reaching the Foreign Office indicated today that Kus- sia may soon set up an Iron Curtain counterpart to the permanent "cold war Cobinet" created by the Atlantic Pact powers. Some diplomats here expect that the Supreme Soviet, which convenes on June 12, will be confronted with a new diplomatic and defence pro gramme aimed to co-ordinate rearmament and unify the diplomatic policies of Russia and her European and Asiatic partners.

The political side is expected to come undor the direct leadership of V.M Molotov, Deputy President of the Soviet Council of Ministers.

Albanian "election" result

London, May 29.

Tirana Radio ¡reported

D

G.M. Malenkov, who is also widely separated as Hungary and and Albania Outer Mongolia, President, Deputy

of the

Когел indications ti tho Supreme Soviet and a member

Communist area was being "tidi- of the organising committee,

ed up" to cope with a long drawn is expected to take charge of out cold war. co-ordiantion of rearmament.

Diplomatic reports said mem- bors of the Soviet missions to all well 0% satellite countries,

to

for

from Japan and Siam, are pro- coeding to Moscow in this con- to- nection. night that the ruling Commun- The new Soviet Council is be- ists have received an over-lieved to intend to mobilise all economic resources of its whelming vote in Albania's the 1950 Parliamentary election. members, including China, The election was held yester- ensure maximum readiness

war. day. The radio, heard in London, sald that incomplete returns showed that the Communists won the endorsement from 97.9 per cent to 99.03 per cent of the vote in various parts of the country.

Albania is under a tight dicta- torship headed by Enver Hoxha. His candidates stood under the label of "The Democratie Front". The broadcast said that initial the showed that returns Communics won 97.9 per cent of the vote in Tirana, 09.58 per cent In Corcha, 99.41 per cent in Ver- Jona, 00.83 per cent in Peshaopi and 08.23 per cent in Durres.

The radio account did not ex-

plain where the votes went which

were not won by the party, Associated Press.

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Washington, May 29. Position of the Treasury: Total Debt $250.242,127,445.78 compared to $251,690,349,816.05 a year ago.

Gold Assets $24,230,452,197.34 against $24,338,833,257.20 a year ago. Associated Press.

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One source here said it was be- lleved that China has already been asked to restrain her policy of expansionism in Asla until it is seen whether a long-term ar mistice with the West is possible,

Diplomatie

received here sald the proposal for crea- ilon of an all-Communist United Nations had met with the appro- val of Generalissimo Josef Stalin.

reports

Speeding up

The source

sald thera had been numerous signs recently that the advent of such A Council had been accelerated. He referred to recent diploma- tie negotiations between areas as

VOTE FOR KMT IN UNESCO

Florence, May 29.

A Credentials Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ- isation tonight voted to accept the representation of Nation- alist China.

If the Committee's vote, is ac- cepted by the plenary conference of the 50-nation Organisation to- morrow, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the only two Eastern European countries represented, are expected to resign.

In the nine-nation Credentials Committee, India and Yugoslavia were the only two to vote against admission of Nationalist. China.

The theory that Russia plans to form. Its own alliance is given weight, this source sald, by the fact that Russia and her satellites have ceased to participate in the work of the United Nations as a result of the dispute over whe- ther Nationalist or Communist China should be represented.

is not believed that Moscow would be the scene of a Foreign Ministers meeting such as was held in London by the West. ..Such a congregation of high- level oficials was held in Moscow late last year.

THE CHINA_MAIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1950.

Trygve Lie

sees Truman and. Acheson

Washington, May 29, President Harry Truman to-

first-hand re-. day received

ports on gold war devetop- ments from Mr. Daan Acho- an, the U.S. Becretary of State, and Mr., Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the UN.

The White House confer- ences, which together lasted 85 minutes, followed 70- minute talk at the State Do- partment between Mr. Acha. son and Mr. Lio,

The

discussions were scribed as confidential.

All Mr. Llc would say was the comment which, he said. he had made at least 10 times: "I am not bringing any mes- sage from Stalin to Mr. Tru man."

He also said he did not take any message from Mr. Tru man to Marshal Stalin-As- scalated Press.

MINORITY REPORT

AT UN

Lake Success, ¡May 29, The report of the United Nations Sub-Commission on economic development just made public has showed that its Chairman, Dr. V.K.A.V. Rao (India), and the Vice-Chair- man, Mr. Manuel Bravo Jim- Inez (Mexico), did not agree But Indications are that ex-with the majority resolution on perts on lower levels will meet in methods of stimulating foreign the Soviet capital-United Press. Investment.

WORLD RICE CROP FORECAST

This resolution called upon |under-developed countries to adopt the following measures, among others, to attract foreign capital:

(1) Non-discriminatory treat- ment to foreign enterprises in economic fields, not reserved on political or social grounds to na- tionals,

into

Slim to conduct talks on Suez Canal defence

London, May 29. Well-informed quarters consider it likely that Field- Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Im- 'perial General Staff, will go to Cairo in the

near future for military talks on the defanca ¦ of the Suez Canal xono.

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No official confirmation is available, but reliable quarters expect an announcement regarding his visit within a few days.

Sir William's visit would in dicate strong British emphasis on the military rather than political aspects of the current Egyptian request for discus- sions of the evacuation British troops.

of

RULING IN LABOUR DISPUTE

The Foreign Office has never acknowledged the opening of talks with Cairo on the Egyptian re- quest to resums negotiations on the 1040 treaty, which provides for the maintenance of British troops in the Canal Zone,

Rangoon, May 29, learned from reliablo It was

The Burmese Court of In- sources, however, that oral dis- cussions have been under way dustrial Arbitration said to- since an Egyptian memerandum day that employers in Burma was presented here on March 11. must within reasonable Umits Sir Ralph Stevenson, the British be responsible for rellet when Ambassador in Catro, gavo an there is involuntary unem- private oral reply to the Premier, Nahas | ployment, so long as Pasha, during the past fortnight,industries exlat and Burma has

The sources said the Brilláh no social security scheme. would insist that strategie con- siderations in case of war with Russia ruled out the possibility of carly or outright evacuation.

They did

not eliminate the possiblity of compromise be- tween the British and Egyptian points of view, however, Egyptian military leaders, ac- cording to well-informed sources, are ready to accept the Western point of view that Britain or the United States, or both countries, must aasist in guaranteeing de- fence of the Canal Zone.

Nile Valley

It was announcing an award in a trade dispute between Steel Brothers and Company and the Saw Mill Workers Union.

The company's workers de- manded a compassionate allow ance, a cost of living allowance,

and gratulty

other relief, aollowing dismissal.

had to close down its sawmill, The company cantended that it employing 579 workers, because

logs were not available. The com- pany was now dependent for its supply of logs on the State Tim- ber Board, as all its forest leases had been nationailsed.

The Court decided that retron- at least ched employees with

a compassionate allowance equi- valent to two months' wages, and a cost of living allowance.

The company had of its own accord paid a gratulty but the Court did not consider this ade- quate. It directed that those with

Best available Information here indicates Washington, May 29.

that the British ore The world's rice harvest of

waiting for a propitious time to enter military and political nego- 1948-50 will be three per, cent

(2) Pledge security of foreign tiations as requested by the below that of 1948-49, the Department

persons and property, including Eyptians. They are not expect- of Agriculture Industrial and intellectual pro-ed to start, however, until after two-year services should be paid Office of Foreign Agricultural perty."

the new British Ambassador, to Relations, estimated today,

(3) Give assurances that, in Cairo, who is to arrive there on The office put the yield at

the event of taking over of

June 10, has had an opportunity

situation on 334,000,000,000 pounds of rough foreign owned properties by pub-sur

the 343,000,000,000 lie auth

ors to survey the rice, against

authority, foreign investors spot. pounds in the proceding harvest, will receive adequate compensa- Reliable sources here said the saying that most of the decline tion, and that its transfer in production was in Asia, with currencies acceptable to them British intend to remain firm in their insistence that evacuation be a moderate decrease in Africa.

should enjoy preference close to kept separate from discussions of paid a gratulty at the rate of one China's crop was put at the that given to essential imports.

Cairo's demand for said

the month's basic pay and others unity sinallest in several years and the Dr. Rao and Mr. Jiminez elump in Burmese and Indo-that detailed obligations of the Nile Valley under the Egyptian a half month's basic pay for each

Crown. The British

point

of year of service. Chinese production was attributed type suggested would be in con-

Diet, with the existing legislation view will require Sudanese ac- to rebel activities.

A The Board was A slight decline occurred In and, in some cases, even of the ceptance of any such proposal.

It is of

considered

possible here party to this case, and the award Pakistan and Korca but produc- constitutions of a number

that, with the example of

of Libya applied to them for the period ton rose in Japan, the Philip-under-developed countries. pines, Slam, Malaya and Taiwan. Instead of "contracts" they before them, the Sudanese might they were partners in the saw-

Europe and North and South preferred "the creation of a spirit be less favourable towards union mill, the Court added. America reported record crops of goodwill and co-operativeness with Egypt than they had been

on both sides."

earlier. Informed quarters be- Itcuter.

love they might ask independence instead United Press.

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This was a matter which could not be hustled into existence by International codes of conduct governing private investment they said in the report.-Reuter.

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FORGERIES OF POUND NOTES

Mombasa, May 29. The Kenya police today asked Scotland Yard for assistance in tracking British seamen who have been passing forged-one pound notes in East African ports.

Britain-bound liners and all banks Ln South and East Africa have been warned to watch for com-forgeries believed to have been

London, May 20. Whitsun holiday motorists streamned homeward along Bri- tah's highways tonight after the

KILLED TWO. biggest week-end joyride they have had since before the war. Michigan City, Indiana, May 23.

Two convicts died and four are De-rationing of petrol on the eve of the first traditional public seriously ill in the Indiana Staty holiday of the British summer Prison after drinking some type: brought out as many cars for the writer cleaning fluid, three-day week-end дв road "Semo convicts will drink any patrols remembered in the "good thing with alcohol in it," Canada, Cuba, Brazli and the old days" before the war-Reu-mented the warden of the prison. made in Egypt or Italy.-United

Britain abstained.

Six countries voting in favour of the Nationalist delegation were the United 'States, France,

Lebanon.

When this fifth annual con- ference of the UNESCO began here a week ago the Czech and Hungarian delegates walked out in protest against the representa- tion of Nationalist China.

They claimed that the Nationalist Government of China represented nothing and

по яде.

The Credentials Committee, in voling to admit the Nationalist Government delegates, proposed that the United Nations should lay down guiding principles for future action where a territory is disputed between two authorities, Its resolution, indicating some uneasiness at its decision, sald that acceptance of the Nationalist representatives was recommend- because of the need for UNESCO to act in harmony with the rest of the United Nations.- Router.

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