CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PEACE TREATY FOR JAPS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Rec. 8.15 pm).—A State Department spokesman said tonight thft the conference between Britain, Australia and New Zealand to discuss, among other things, the Japanese Peace Treaty, was a logical development, at this stage, when the United States was working on its position regarding the treaty.
The spokesman added: However, there has been no exchange of information on the subject with the other members of the eleven-nation Far-Eastern Commission, but they are fully aware that the United States has been anxious to conclude the treaty for the past two years. The delay is generally attributed to Russian insistence that the treaty should be negotiated between the Big Five—Russia, Britain, the United States, France and China—but the Western Powers strongly resisted this attitude. The fact that the United States is busy working on the stand it will take on the peace treaty has led to speculation whether she is now prepared to go ahead with the treaty conference without Russia if the Soviet still objects to the inclusion of the smaller Pacific nations. This belief is strengthened by the calling of the Canberra Conference, which is seen here as closely paralleling the recent consultations in the State Department with American Far Eastern experts.
There is considerable overlapping in all these discussions, which touch on recognition of the Chinese Communist regime, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as the peace treaty. They are tied in with the study of the whole Far Eastern situation by Dr. Philip Jessup, Ambassador at large. Dr. Jessup’s report to Secretary of State Dean Acheson is expected to recommend important changes in the over-all American Far East policy. It will probably not be completed until December. Dr. Jessup is expected to leave early in 1950 for the Far East to begin a first-hand study of the political and economic situation.
The greatest importance is attached to Dr. Jessup’s report. It is expected to form the basis for recasting the whole American Far Eastern policy.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 10 November 1949, Page 5
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