PACIFIC ISLANDS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 5

PACIFIC ISLANDS

AMERICAN TRUSTEESHIP PLAN DELAYED NEWYORK, Feb. 5. “Britain, Australia and Russia have declined to approve at present the United States proposal for an American trusteeship over the Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific, says James Reston, Washington coriespondent of the New York Times. The three nations stated that the United States proposal should not be considered until the Japanese peace settlement. t , “None of the three countries objected to the United States continuing to occupy the islands nor did they indicate any opposition in principle to the United States as the administering Power under the United Nations trusteeship system. These observations by the three Pacific Powers who are also members of the Security Council will almost certainly prevent the United States terms of trusteeship being accepted at this stage.” ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS STILL IN PROGRESS (Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 6. Discussions are in progress oetween the-British and United States Governments concerning the United States proposals for trusteeship of Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific, bik no formal British note ol protest has been sent to the United States says Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. No official British statement is likely to be made before the United States proposals come before the Security Council.