INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION

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• Publication Date: December 20, 1949
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INTE1 NATICN.AL OBGJ NIZATIONS DIVISION
?.EEKLY SUMMARY NO. 51
For week ending 20 December 1949
The ynternational Week
Volume 11
The Marshall Plan countries are meeting in Paris to consider
strengthening the CEEC. In another step toward completion o.1" the
North Atlantic Treaty structure, a Defense Finance and Economic
Committee was organized and met in London. Meanwhile, the UN
Trusteeship Council called upon its president to draft a Jeru).salem
statute, after first ascertaining the positions of Jordan and
Israel.
Small pca .wer E European 1 ?bnr encouraFed new inernation,.al.
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The Socialist trade union leasers of Belgium and Sweden, long
critical of British tutelage of Western labor's course, have
returned from London generally satisfied over the formation:of the
US-oriented Free Trade Union Confederation (ICFTU). They cite the
"spirit of cooperation" displayed at London, the absence of big
power domination, and the recognition of small. nation influence
,reflected in the location of the headouarters in Brussels and the
choice of the Dutch-born Oldenbroek as General Secretary. The
Swedes, who were observers at. the London Conference, have intimated
that the Swedish national federation may soon enter the new Inter-
national. Belgian Catholic trade unionists, although less convinced
of the absence of domination by US labor, also appear to be Impressed
with the balance struck in the Confederation?s constitution,oetween
Socialism and US capitalism. However, they have pointedly warned
that anti -Communism is not enough and that the new international
must create a positive program if it hopes to bind its affiliated
labor movements into a going concern.
OEEC stren thcpn ng in_,p opp As the Marshall Plan countries
meet to consider the US proposal for appointment of an outstanding
individual to strengthen the OEEC, it seems likely the US will have
its way although former Belgian Prime Minister Spaak may not be the
choice for the post. Most continental states have responded favor-
ably to the US suggestion, while the UK and Scandinavia, though
hesitant, are not strongly opposed. However, the British have been
distinctly unenthusiastic about such strengthening.of the OEC, a
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reflection of their generally cautious attitude toward such organi-
zations as well as their concern lest appointment of a man like
~paak would reduce their hitherto. dominant GESC role. They have
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also fears Spaak?s strong stand in favor of positive European
3conomic integration and it is possible that while agreeing in
principle to a new OEhC post, they may propose another candidate..
Should this occur, the continentals would be disposed to go along
with any genuinely adequate personality, but men of Spaak ? s calibre
are very hard to find.
Will Albania (;orfu Cha. L ,.lord`? It is questionable
whether or not Albania will pay the 1 b43,000. damages recently
awarded by the ICJ to the UK In the Corfu Channel case with the
soviet and Czechoslovak judges dissenting. The sum is not trivial
for Albania, but could of course easily be supplied by the USSR,
should it so desire.. The USSh rants Albania as a UV member, and
compliance with an order of the Th tribunal would be a necessary
preliminary to admission. The soviet also obviously believes it
advantageous to adhere to the ICJ statute, for one of its nationals
is a judge of the Court. Moreover, no country has ever refused
outright to comply with an award of an international tribunal.
It is probable, therefore, that the USSR will suggest to Albania
that it negotiate with the U( informally in an endeavor to secure
time, or possibly some reduction in the amount to be paid, sc that
no definite repudiation. will mar its record when it next applies
'"ifor membership. Should Albania refuse to pay, the UK may, under
she ICJ statute, have recourse to the SC for enforcement, although
this would be subject to the veto.
WFTU seeks, to err ~n ze uraz e n ra spor$ workers. Renewec
Communist efforts to win support among Western European transport
workers will probably follow the recent Bucharest conference to
organize an International Federation of Transport Workers. This
conference, steered by the Soviet Assistant WFTU General Secrettry,
Was attended by representatives from East Germany, the Satellite
countries and France. The presence of a large delegation of French
railroad union officials may foresriad,ow early attempts by the F:? enc,h
Communist railroad workers federation to tie up French rail transport.
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New UN Secretary Genera :a Although i'rygve Lie has c ec.iare(i
will nab be a candida e o succeed li._aselt when his term expires
1951, probable Soviet opposition to any other acceptable candid?at,
nay result in his being drafted.. Lie was originally selected
because, among other reasons, he was ,person rata to the USSR at
the time (the SYG"s election is subject to veto Neither General
Romulo n:r former Australian Foreign Minister Evatt, who have been
suggested as potential successors, would be satisfactory to the
USSR. Any Latin American candidate would probably also be unaccepta-
ble to the Soviet bloc. Should Lie refuse to run again, or should
the USSR oppose his re-election, a hard and bitter struggle is in
prospect.
WF'i'U Asian Bureau to o o arevo.lt in Southeast Asia 9 The
formation of Communist ".labor cadres in Southeast Asia to assist in
the development of "national liberation armies," is apparently the
immediate task which the USSR has assigned to the 1W?FTU Asian
Liaison bureau recently established In Peiping. A call for such
cadres was implicit in the speech of Liu Shao-chi, Chinese Communist
theoretician, at the WFTU Peiping Conference characterizing "armed
struggle" as the chief form of "peoples liberation" in the colonial
areas. This analysis was echoed at the Peiping Asian Womens
Conference by Madame thou En=-tai who called upon the women of
Vietnam and Korea to overthrow '`American imperialism" and, more,
specifically, to drive out "aggressive forces in South Korea."
Meanwhile, something like a ground-plan for political upheaval in
the Middle and Far East was sketched by the WFTU General Secretary,
currently In China. In terms of the development of the Communist
drive in this area, he divided isia into: (1) countries where "the
people" have already obtained the leadership like China, Mongolia
and North Korea; (2) countries in which Communist-led labor forces
"have the possibility of developing tk. eir influence" in the struggle
for "national liberation" such as Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia,
Thailand, the Philippines and Malaya; (3) countries where Corrm:unist
labor may have to go underground to combat "terrorism," i.e. India,
Burma, Ceylon, Pakistan, Iran and Japan.
The opposition to this Communist offensive is still relatively
unorganized. Although an attempt to counteract it will probably be
Initiated in mid-January by the anti-Communist Asian Labor Fet leration
at Ceylon, this federation as presently constituted, is unUSkely
to offer a substantial challenge to the Communists. Little more than
a committee of Nehru-oriented Asian labor leaders, it does not yet
command resources or popular support sufficient for such an objective
and in effect leaves the field open to Communist exploitation.
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