BRITISH-U.S. TALKS

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26985, 10 March 1953, Page 9

BRITISH-U.S. TALKS

‘Open And Honest Interchange’

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 12.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 9. Several New York newspapers today expressed approval of the announced results of the talks between Britain and the United States in Washington. The “New York Times” said that there had been* “an open and honest interchange of views, sometimes in considerable disagreement, and with it an effort to arrive at the largest possible accord in major policies.”

“What has been happening iri Washington is anything but good news for the Kremlin,” the newspaper said. “In the political field, it is apparent that Britain and the United States are getting closer to a parallel policy. “In some cases, such as the unsuccessful attempt of x Britain to establish normal diplomatic relations .with the Chinese Communists, the division is still wide. Britain, nevertheless, is willing to move us to the extent of tightening up some of the pressure on Red China. We are thinking along the same general lines and seeking the same broad goals.” The “New York Herald Tribune” said there was “every reason to believe .that close association between the United States and Britain, one of the cornerstones of the growing structure of unity in the free world, has been strengthened and clarified by the Eden mission.” The British Government will report to the Commonwealth Governments on the British-American economic talks before the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation meets in Paris on March 23. The talks, which ended in Washington on Saturday night, were mainly on the Commonwealth economic plan for expanding production and increasing the trade of the Western world along the lines drawn up at the Commonwealth economic conference of Prime Ministers in London late last year. The Prime Ministers then decided that Britain, on their behalf, should seek the support of the United States and Western Europe for their plan. « i The British Foreign Secretary (Mr R. A. Eden), who, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Richard Butler) attended the Washington talks, is chairman of the O.E.E.C. He has convened a meeting of the O.E.E.C. Ministerial Council to discuss the plan with European statesmen and. explain the first recation to the plan of President Eisenhower’s Administration. * . ~ Mr Butler will visit Ottawa to discuss American reactions with the Canadian Prime Minister (Mr Louis St. Laurent). . r Financial observers m London saia that a great deal of discussion among the British Commonwealth, the United States, and Western Europe would still have to take place. ARGENTINA SHORT OF MEAT Shipments To Britain ' Halted BUENOS AIRES, March 8. Meat exports to Britain have been suspended as the Result of a Government order to halt shipments until Argentina’s own demands are satisfied. This action followed the reappearance of queues of housewives in front of butchers* shops. Many homes were unable to buy meat this week. The situation has been aggravated by a price war between cattle raisers and the official Meat Board. The United Press stated that it was not known exactly how many head of cattle the Argentine now had. There had - been optimistic estimates of 40,000,000 head, but there had been silence since the, nation-wide farm census was conducted last November. Some circles claimed that the figure was only 28,000,000 head.