PARIS CONFERENCE REACHES BUSINESS FOR WHICH IT WAS CALLED

Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1946, Page 5

PARIS CONFERENCE REACHES BUSINESS FOR WHICH IT WAS CALLED

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Received Monday, 11.50 a.m. LONDON, August 11. The United States Secretary of State, Mr. J. F. Byrnes, will take over the chairmanship of the Paris Conference as the historic parley moves from the wilderness of procedural debate to the business for which it was called — the consideration of draft treaties, says the Associated Press Paris correspondent.

First in order for the business to-morrow is the wTordy debate over the invitation to Albania, Egypt, Mexico,o Persia and Cuba to the conference. The conference has already heard the case of Italy against wThat her Prime Minister, Signor de Gasperi, described as a harsh treaty, and the four former Axis satellites are expected to state their reactions to the drafts during the week-.

The Times' Paris cdrrespoudent. commenting on Signor de Gasperi's speech yesterday, says his suggestion that the Trieste question be cteferred may have been made with an inkling of the wide differences bet.ween members of the committee which has been discussing the statute for Trieste, on which there will be four reports, although the British, American and French reports are not fundamentally dibcordant. There is little peace-making activity in Paris to-day beyond conversations between the deiegktions. c. 1