RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 July 1945, Page 5

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

RELATIONS WITH TURKEY LONDON, July 24. “The Times,” in a leading article on Russian-Turkish relations, says: “The most important changes the Soviet is likely to desire relate to the vexed question of the Straits. It seems probable that a case can now be made out for revision of the Montreaux system, but the correct remedy would appear to run on multilateral rather than bilateral lines. Some arrangement for bases held jointly on behal of the United Nations or the world organisation would probably be the right solution for what is essentially a Question of general security. This is "on a of several Middle Eastern problems which are ripe for preliminary examination by the three Powers in consultation with other affected countries. Such consultations would prepare the way for common policies in a vital region of the world where unilateral action has been too frequent in the past.” TRADE UNION MISSION NEW YORK, July 23. Mr Vassili Kuznetsov, leader of the Soviet Trade Union delegation to America, said that partial demobilisation of the Russian Army was m propress. Production of munitions was being cut back. The delegation, which is the first Russian trade union body to arrive in the United States since the revolution, was invited by the Congress of Industrial Organisations.