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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1958.

U.S.-Canadian Committee

Joint Defence Of

North America

Ottawa, July 10.

announced The United States and Canada

today the creation of a six-man joint com. mittee to deal with political questions con- cerning the joint defence of North America within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

QUESTIONS ON EXPORT OF BRITISH ATOMIC PLANTS

London. July 10, Labour members sught a

assurance in the House of Commons today that foreign countries which bought British atomic plants would not be able to extract military plutonium from them.

civilian

The Committee

will be ut

| Ministertug Jevel.

The Committee, to be proibied Alternatively by American Secretary of State, John Foster Dulies; and Canadian Minister at External Affairs, Sidney Smith, will meet periodically in Washington or Ottawa.

Communique

A Joint communique Issued t the end of the falks between

| Presìlem Eisenhower and Cana- |

bran Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker said the two states- men had taken note of the close

co-operation existing between their govertiments in the fluids concerning the defence of the American continent.

In Record with theie corn-

mon conviction that these ques- tons were the competence of |the elvit authority, the two gov- ernments had decided to treate Mr. John Stonebowe, (La-instertal committee, to be bour), urged the Governmeal to make thus

of a condition sale to Brazil. Germany. Spain end other countries,

INSPECTION

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as the "Canadian- American Committee on Joint Defence."

on

The Comunice would consist, the Canadian side, of the Ministers of External Affairs, De- tence and Finance, and on the American stde, of the Secre- of State. Defence and

These countries should agree to continuous Inspection of the plants by the International | tories Atonuc Agency for this pur-the Treasury, the communique

suld.

pose.

of the Com-

The

Mr Prime Minister,

At the reqWEST Harold Macmillan, repiled that millee, other Ministers could, f

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the International Atomic need be, attend the meetings on Agency had not yet worked out an ad hoe basis.

for

methods

Inspection and other safeguards this point was premature,

the

Consultations

The Comunittee would hold consultations on

The important thing far that

all questiona we should put into our contacts concerning the joint defence of right of supervision by the North American continent appropriate international which was included within the agency." the Prime Minister Nato zone, the communique added.

an

NO URGENCY

There was

suid.

It would complete, by super- vising It, the role summed up

no real urgency ull now by the folnt Councils

because even contracts placed

Miss Europe

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· 1958 ·

Nineteen-year-old Hanni Ehrenstrasser seen in Istanbul after she had won the title of "Misa Europe" recently.-Keystone,