INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PANEL WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 7 FOR WEEK ENDING 29 JUNE 1948

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2013
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• Publication Date: June 29, 1948
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IIMSRRATIONAL ORGAMIZATIon PAM
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USBALmay seek reconvening 9? CPC The Soviet squeeze on the
Xestern allies in Berlin may well be designed to force a re-
?00nVioning of the Counoil of Foreign Ministers WSW, nos in a
state of suspended animation. The sudden breaking off of the
London Cilf meeting last November is known to have coma as a shook
to Foreign Commissar Molotov. The USSR has already brought about
a situation of such gravity in Berlin that action at highest
government levels would seem to be suggested. Franoe, in her
exposed oontinental position, is already most anxious for the
resumption of ,some Itegotiations between East and West. The USSR
probably has taken the French ,crise 4 wee into account in its
Berlin demarohe.
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Obie_ottops 9f SW countries forogvrovisiog of bilateral
ts. Strong objections by most of the 18 RIP countries,
arp.i'ttcUI1y the US. and France, to the original US draft bi-.
lateral rip agreements, hamsforced the US to modifY these agree-
ments to make them acceptable to these nations. The SRP
participants protested' that their sovereignty was infringed by
the stringent provisions and didactic tone of the US draft, which
would make parliamentary approval ot these agreements difficult
if not Impossible. As a result of these objections, the f US made
substantial concessions designed to make the obligations of the
NW countries more permissive and less mandatory and to soften
the 'most objectionable provisions. The requirement for
consultation on exchange rate revision when desired by the US
was eliminated. UK and French unwillingness to extend most
favored nation (MIN) treatment to occupied Japan and Korea,
forced its deletion from the UK and French agreements altbough
MTh for Germany was included in a separate protocol. ,The RP
nations' insistence upon modification of these agreements in-
dioates that, while anxious to receive US aid, they are unwilling
to accept limitations upon their individual freedom which would
expose them to the politioally explosive charge that they had ,
become subservient to the US.
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Western Trade Unions-consult on ERP. The 15-nation ERP
Trade-UETUEMMZITTOFERITe7177757-fast March by Western
European labor organizations interested in cooperating with the
Recovery Program, will meet 29 ;eine in Paris to review the steps
taken towards this objective and to hear Ambassador Harriman.
Although this body was conceived as the nucleus for a possible
t;estern trade union federation renewing the expected break-up
of the Communist-oriented World Federation of Trade Unions (FTU),
the prolongation of-East-West unity within the !FU has limited
the Committee's field of action. Effective cooperation among the
participating national labor organizations has been handicapped
by conflicting views regarding the Committee's functions. British
trade union Leaders contend that its main task should be to see
that the component labor organizations work closely with their
governments on ECA matters. They favor establishing a small staff
for this purpose. The AFL member, however, visualizes an active
U.RP trade union organization equipped with staff and funds
sufficient for olose liaison with OEEC, participation in OREC
programs, propagandizing of European workers, and preparation of
counter measures against Communist strike saboteurs. The British
unions will probably remain reluctant to develop a vigorous
Western organization along the lines proposed by the AFL so long
as they and the CIO are unprepared to break permanently with the
WETU.
Palestine Truce prospects. Israel's vigorous reaction' against
truce violation perpetrated by the extremist Irgun Zvai Leumi
strengthened the moral position of the newly-proclaimed state in
world opinion. In contrast, UN Mediator Bernadotte denounced
Egypt for two truce violations -- the first breaches of sufficient
gravity to provoke a formal protest. **Meanwhile it would appear
desirable to concentrate efforts on prolonging the truce rather
than attempting to effect a formal settlement.** If the status
gao. can be extended long enough, perhaps a gradual de facto settle-
ment can, be brought about and an unacknowledged acquieseeace in the
existence of a state of Israel will ensue.
Soviet veto of Ceylon UN membership unlikely. There is some
speculation concerning a Soviet veto of Ceylon's application for
UN membership in an attempt,to link, this application with those
of the excluded Satellite states. In view of the recent Soviet ,
courtship of Southeast Asia however, the USSR will probably inter-
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pose no more opposition to Ceylon's application than to Burma's.
Czech Kashmir appointee favors West. Anti-Communist aosef
:orbs', Masaryk-nominated ana Communist-confirmed Czech delegate
tQ the UN Kashmir Commission, has stated he is serving only to
id the western powers. He doubte that any effective control will
e exercised by Prague over his Commission activities.
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USSR believed behind attempted revival of Spanish,itsue. Ath
eeli the USSR and the Ukraine in favor, the SC rejected a recent
eotion to place the Spanish question on its agenda. There has
been no change in the situation since the Generel Assembly last
fall reaffirmed its original policy of diplomatic aloofness. When
.7,ecretary General Lie decided to refer the question to the SC, it
vas thought that no power was backing the move. However, Asyg
Kernel (Czechoslovakia) and Asyg Protich (Yugoslavia), the two
secretariat officials active in tLe matter, are rumored to be
politically subservient to Moscow-controlled Asyg Sobolev.
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Admission of Czech refutees to IRO cam .s is ur ed. Following
e vis t to Czech re gees in German administered camps, the
Fxecutive Secretary of the International Refugee Organization (IRO)
has proposed that these victims of the Communist coup in Czecho-
slovakia be admitted to ILO assembly centers. At present some
e,000 Czechs are living in these camps under conditions which have
been exploited by Communists in Czechoslovakia in order to discredit
the US. While difficulties are expected in caring for the un-
precedented number of refugees now in the US Zone, the IRO-0,4GUS
egreement to give shelter on an emergency basis to Czechs who
entered the US Zone on or after 1 February 1948, will alleviate
the present situation. Consideration is being given to a grant
of fall IRO. status to these refugees as a further move toward
counteracting foreign and domestic criticism.
Soviet inconsistency in UN. That consistency is not the bug-
bear of the Soviet mind appears from its DIN maneuvres in the field
of domestic relations. Chile recently placed on the next agenda its
charge that the USSR prevented the Russian-born wife of a Chilean
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diplomat from emigrating. This brought forth a wrathful Soviet .
protest that Chile was attempting illegally to meddle in a matter
of Soviet domestic jurisdiction. In sharp contrast, the USSR
felt itself called upon in the Trusteeship Council to advocate UN
action in the case of a Bikom Chief in British Cameroon, encumbered
with 110 wiveas The chance to interfere in the internal affairs
of a British mandate was too good to be overlooked. Khalidi,
the Iraqui delegate, more wisely suggested that the Te "leave the
man to discover the futility of his actions himself."
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