BIG THREE MEETING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 71, Issue 6, 18 October 1950, Page 5

BIG THREE MEETING

Mr Bevin Rejects Proposal (Rec. 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 17. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, to-day, rejected a suggestion in Parliament that Britain should take the initiative in arranging a Truman-Stalin-Attlee meeting to bring about improved relations between Russia and the West.

He preferred the United Nations to settle disputes and prevent aggression, he said. It was also desirable to build up a position of strength through the Atlantic Treaty Organisation and similar measures, “but if circumstances arose in which there was real opportunity to reach a solution of some of these great world problems , through meetings between the Great Powers, Britain would enter into consultations with her friends on any proposals that

may be submitted.” The suggestion of a meeting between President Truman, Mr Stalin, and Mr

Attlee was made by the Conservative, Mr Norman Bower. Mr Bevin said the question of consultations between the Great Powers was now before the United Nations on American proposals for united action for peace. Britain supported these proposals, he said. She was particularly anxious that effective steps should be taken to make sure that the United' Nations had the means necessary to prevent aggression. She believed that as a consequence a solution of problems by negotiation would be facilitated.—Reuter.