IMPORTANT TALKS BEGIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 267, 12 November 1945, Page 5

IMPORTANT TALKS BEGIN

BRITISH AND U.S LEADERS ATOMIC ENERGY AND ALLIED UNITY ARE PARAMOUNT SUBJECT?

Reed. 9 p.m. Washington, Nov. 11. The Prime Minister of Britain (Mr. Attlee) and the chairman of the British Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy (Sir John Anderson) haje arrived in the United States for talks with President Truman and his advisers. The first meeting began ahead of schedule at The White House, Washington, immediately after a luncheon there. Botli the luncheon and the conference were attended by President Truman, Mr. Attlee, the United States Secretary of State (Mr. Byrnes), the British Ambassador to the United States (Lord Halifax), the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. Mackenzie King), the Canadian Ambassador to the United States (Mr. Lester Pearson), President Truman’s Chief of Staff (Admiral Leahy), and his private secretary (Mr. ,T. H. RowanL

The Associated Press says a definite agenda has been prepared but, according to the “New York HeraldTribune’s” Washington correspondent, neither the White House nor the State Department would say specifically what subjects were on it. However some observers believe this means the agenda will be decided in talks at the White House and also aboard a navy yacht. Estimates ot the length of the conference range from three days to a fortnight. It is widely believed one issue certain to be discussed is the Palestine problem. That belief was strengthened when President Truman conferred with the United States Ministers in Egypt, Syria. Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Palestine.

There are distinct indications, both at the White House and in the State Department, that the atomic energy problem cannot be solved without a solution of the paramount British, American and Soviet differences in Europe and the Far East. Newspaper men were informed that the opening sessions would be confined to policy talks and the scientific experts will not be called in. Meanwhile Sir John Anderson, while en route to Washington, told New York reporters that some international arrangement must be made tor the bomb.