THE TALKS IN MOSCOW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 301, 21 December 1945, Page 5

THE TALKS IN MOSCOW

RETICENCE IS OBSERVED RUSSIAN PRESS CRITICAL OF U.S. STRENGTH IN EAST Recd. 8.40 p.m. .Moscow, Dec. 20. Reticence is still being observed regarding the Foreign Ministers’ talks, but Moscow newspapers are giving prominence to news from the Far East, which may point to matters under discussion. says “The Times” correspondent. A long Tass agency despatch describes mounting dissatisfaction of Japanese left wing parties with Japanese political elements seeking to shield the Emperor. It describes the. Japanese financial and labour situation as chaotic. “Pravda” deals bluntly with the presence of large American forces in China, which seem inconsistent with the respect for Chinese sovereign rights and the principle of non-intervention. The paper also criticises President Truman’s explanation of American policy in China, and says that the disarming of the Japanese docs not require the presence of American tanks, aeroplanes and warships. It also says that no American intervention is needed in China where local Chinese forces have proved themselves capable of dealing alone with the task of disarming the defeated enemy. The paper draws a significant conclusion that the presence of a foreign army in North China justifies the Soviet Union maintaining troops in Manchuria for a certain period, especially as Manchuria was so long in Japanese occupation, and lies on the Soviet borders.