MILITARY HEADS CONFER

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26628, 14 January 1952, Page 7

MILITARY HEADS CONFER

Talks On South-East Asia WASHINGTON, January 11. A tentative blueprint fob the ftefehce df South-east Asia is understood to have been outlined to-ddy by the military leaders of Franbe, Britain, and the Uilited States. Although details of their talk* here were shrouded in secrecy, it i? believed that tocy ihcluded the possible use of United States air poWter fti IhdbChiha If the Cmntese Comtauhlsts Invaded that country. The talks have now been completed. Britain was represented at the talks by Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief tifjhe imperial .Gbneral Staff. Gbneral Blteire Cbgny and LiieutenantGbneral Pahl Ely; and the United General Lawton Collins. Army Chitef liain Fecnteler. Chief of Naval OperaInformed sources are quoted as sdyihg, that General JUlh advocated clbie co-operatibn in. a Unified defehbe sHteim Which wotild have ite bWn reserves of air, lahd and sea power, to block any neW Communist drive against IndoChina, Burma, Malriya ahd Thailand, , It is suggested that thte dbfiehbe system would ihcltide Canada, Australia, and NbW Zealand, Whose air force ,tepresbntatlves attended the cohfbbtence as observers. The British view at the talfca ta understood W be that While Indo-Chinte is a danger spot, there should be greater ttoheentratibn oft the rttotintBurta rtdt 01 * Cbhlh ’ unlst npriWng ir >