PRESSURE ON NEUTRALS
AID FOR WAR VICTIMS BRITISH AND U.S. SUPPORT tlO a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 20. Steps are shortly to be taken to bring pressure on countries which were neutral in wartime to contribute •.owards the cost of economic rehabilitation in the war-shattered areas. In making this announcement, the Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent ays it is in keeping with the suggestion made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton, when he was in Washington. He then said that countries like Switzerland. Argentina, and Sweden, which had enriched themselves or any which did not suffer economically as a result of the war should now aid countries like Greece. The correspondent adds that the procedure will be for “beggar countries” to apply for help to neutrals. Their applications will receive full support of the British and American Governments.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22210, 21 December 1946, Page 3
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