ETHNIC BOUNDARY

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 March 1946, Page 5

ETHNIC BOUNDARY

BORDER BETWEEN ITALY AND JUGOSLAVIA

TASK OF COMMISSION LONDON, February 28. Deputies of the Council of Five Foreign Ministers have appointed a commission of experts to prepare a report about recommendations on the boundary between Jugoslavia and Italy. This is announced in a communique issued by tfie deputies. “The boundary will, in the main, be an ethnic line, leaving the minimum of population under alien rule. In carrying out its task the commission will take into consideration not only the ethnic composition of the area to be investigated, but also special economic and geographical features,” the communique says. The deputies have instructed the commission to study documents concerning the boundary submitted to the Council of Foreign Ministers by the Jugoslav and Italian Governments. The commission has also been instructed to study views submitted by other United Nations in accordance with the invitation extended to them by the Council of Foreign Ministers.

The commission, on the completion of its investigations on the spot, will go to London, where it will prepare a final report and recommendations for submission to the Council of Foreign Ministers. The commission, which will arrive at’ Trieste soon, will consist of M. Wolfrom (France), Mr. Geraschenko (Russia), Mr. C. H. M. Waldock (Britain), and Dr. P. E. Mosley (America). JUGOSLAV~TROOPS STRONG REINFORCEMENTS REPORTED (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 1. The Jugoslav forces in the eastern half of the disputed Venezia Giulia region have been heavily augmented, states a report from the United States Army and Navy commanders in the Mediterranean theatres, Lieutenant-General Lee and Rear-Admiral Jules James after an inspection of the area.

The Associated Press Rome correspondent says that the British-.. American-Russian-French Commission due at Trieste soon will make recommendations for fixing a permanent boundary. The American commanders’ report expressed satisfaction with the results of the British and American occupation of the western half of Venezia Giulia. “We saw nothing to justify the lamented report of strife and disorder in spite of the great political interest that is only to be expected on the eve of a settlement of such an important territorial question.’’