POST-WAR PROBLEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25172, 12 March 1943, Page 3

POST-WAR PROBLEMS

PREPARATIONS FOR SOLUTION DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON RUGBY, Mar. 10. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, answering questions in the House of Commons regarding the preparations being made to meet post-war problems, said Britain would naturally desire to be represented at any discussions held by the United States, but until the agenda had been more precisely defined he could not state what form that participation would take. Britain warmly welcomed Mr Sumner Welles’s proposal for discussions on economic matters, and the Government had been in touch with the dominions and India on various post-war financial questions of common interest. It had also had a number of informal meetings with the Allied Governments in London. These consultations would be continued. , , . , In addition to the work undertaken by many Government departments, there were a number of independent committees engaged in studying these problems and preparing the ground for negotiation with the United Britain had informed the United States that she welcomed the suggested discussions on refugee problems. Some of the Governments concerned had also had discussions on the question of the trial of Axis war criminals, but he was not in a position to make a statement on the question of the jurisdiction for such trials. Asked for an assurance that the British Government was in no way bound by the Vienna award of 194 U, fixing a ’ new boundary between Rumania and Hungary, Mr Eden said the Government’s attitude had been expressed by Mr Churchill when he said we would not recognise any territorial changes unless they took place with the consent and goodwill of the parties concerned. ______