INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 30

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1949
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP
IEEJKLY SUMMARY NO. 30
For week ending 26 July 1949
volume II
The International 'eek
Ratification of the Atlantic Pact by the US Senate (82-13)
was the week's most outstanding event, The UN Trusteeship Council
concluded its fifth session, endorsing US administration of the
Pacific Islands. Meanwhile, in Geneva,ECOSOC turned to consider-
ation of the Point IV program. The US proposed that the UN
Atomic Energy Commission drop further talks on atomic energy
control until such time as the great powers corild attain some
agreement. In the world of labor, a committee of sixteen non-
Communist trade unions set to work in London drafting a constitu-
tion and program for the new non-Communist international.
A Rising European concern over MAP. `1ith the Atlantic Pact
about- uropean Pact members and other
prospective arms recipients are anxiously awaiting the Congres-
sional debate on the MAP. .',Testern Europe is well aware that the
AP, despite Congressional doubletalk, is a firm US commitment to
aid them if attacked; but it is in mortal fear that such a com-
rnitment, unless implemented by sufficient aid to nut it in a
posture of defense, will guarantee no more than eventual liber-
ation from Soviet occupation. Several countries,particularly
France, have already strongly urged that the arms program is
essential to give reality to the AP, and should Congress appear
hesitant to pass MAP in full this year, their pressure on the US
will mount steadily in intensity. The 1'.estern European states
are acutely conscious of their almost complete lack of adequate
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forces at present and have consistently looked to the r
indispensable complement of the Atlantic Pact. Consequently, US
failure to initiate arms aid promptly will not only cause a
severe psychological reaction in Western Europe but will also
delay and undercut present ':;estern Union efforts to build up its
common defense.
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A :? maritime international may create anti-US "Pacific
C a r t e l . T nternat ono Union of ong--
ahcireraen and "laritine '' ozker , having; tailed to prolong the
Txond.or dock strike, may soon atte,mot to brim, into being; 'the
Pacif1c Cartel of longshoremen and maritime 'vo ,ers long
championed by its US presideit,, Harry Bridges,, ,._Ii1s "cartel"
),jai conceived by Bridges as a nechanisrn for blocking supply lines
tto anti--Communist forces in the !'ar East anti furnishing; sabotage
a a espionage tearis to Commun.i t forces. The '.'.'771? incorporating
this conception in its strategy, may se,61t to shutoff anticipated
11 .eri_can aid to none-Co_mm.uriist portions of Asia by calling; a
series of rlaritirle strikes this fall and winter extending; from
the Philippines to ports in J'aPun, South China and 1'alaya. In
planning t;ese :strikes, the Australian-born Bridges could prob-
ably count on substantial support from the powerful Australian
aterside '','orders and Seaman's Unions and also from the New
Zealand "aters.ide ':porkers.
'Keenwhile, pro:?tpt exposure and deportation by UK authorities
of three representatives of the ".' 'U maritime international ended
the belated ';:FTU effort to na o1.on~-- the London dockers strike
";'his effort was to have been au mented by refusal of CG' ^ookers,
in all French ports to unload ships arriving from Londona. Al-
though these moves care too late to affect the outcome of the
9riti sh strike, the IarseiilesT-based seamen's intornat ional is
unlikely to be deterred b~ ttl initial repulse and will prepare
for a more serious test of its streri th and capabilities for
interfering with "'e^t r?n shippinr,.
A Second try at Lausanr a, Aithouph the PC : has reconvened at
i.ausanne a axpres n iz of aptiraisn, there is little basic for
belief that anythinn substantial an be achieved before the
General Assembly meets in September. ''11th the advent of Yr. Porter,
the PCC is expected to take on a new dynamism and submit settle-
ment proposals of its own in contrast to its previous "post office"
lready been
service between the nnrties. US approaches have already'
made both to Arabs and Israelis. :3yria in particular has indicated
a desire to return to Lausanne in i more conciliatory fr:jr;ie of
r~.ind with new ne otintors but at the same time it is clear that
Damascus expects the US to brim- about concrete Israeli concessions.
Furthermore, what understandings the current Arab League nesting
will produce is uncertain. Israel vaguely hints tat it is sending
its new representative, :.:-hiloah, to -a.usanne with authority to
offer cider concessions. 11orvever, until these are spelled out in
specific terns of territory, refugees and 3erusalem, it "aould be
pre.:.ature to ='ive -aay to -any optimism as to what the PCO, may
accomplish. In. all prob