Wants Understanding Over Foreign Affairs

Chronicle (Levin), 21 September 1949, Page 5

Wants Understanding Over Foreign Affairs

LONDON, Sept. 20. The Glasgow Horabl's diplomatic correspondent says Mr Bevin, who is eontinuing talks 011 foreign poliev with Mr Aeheson in Washington, is anxious to reaeh a general agreement with his Ameriean opposite numher on questiAns of major Anglo-Ainerican poliey likely to arise at Lake Success. Mr Bevirt, f-ays the eorrespondi nt, is quite preparfil to agreu to diiTer with Mr Aeheson on questions which he regards as rolatively ininor — like the control of the for ner Ualian eolonies and internatiunal snpervision of Jerusalem — but he wants to have a elear understanding with the Americans upon matters he eonsiders of major importance — sueh as the eompletion of the Japanese peace treaty and the situation in the Baikans in tlie event of Oreore fulfilling her irajilied threat and taking direct action against Albania. On the formcr question Mr Bevin and Mr Aeheson have already agreed that the eompletion of the peace treaty is iiiglily desirahle lmt tbey do not know t\Lo eonld be invited to represent Ghina and thev do not know what Kussian polie\ i> likely to be. Mr Bevin would like to know whethor, if lloug Ivong is attacked by the Ghinese Gommunists, the Americans will snpport British resistance. Mr Ach- ' esoTi, on the other hand, wants to know what Britain will do if America is ponfrontod with Communist trouble in Horea. On the question of the Baikans, Mr Bo\ in and Mr Aeheson are both re-I-orti'd to 1 anxious to re.strain the Greeks from taking any precipitate action. lt is quite likely, says the correspondent, that Albania will be condemin d bv the General Assembly but. further than that neither the British uor Americans are anxious to go at present.