INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 24 FOR THE WEEK ENDING 14 JUNE 1949

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INTERNATIONAL URGA JIZATIONS GROUP
'WEEKLY SUtWRY NO. 24
For week ending 14 June 1949
The International Week
Volume II
".1th the OFIM in its fourth creek. the few remaining hopes of
a settleraent lay in the possibility of a permanent and effective
Lifting of the Berlin blockade, relaxation of East-.Vest German trade
barriers and possibly some headway toward an Austrian peace treaty.:
squally gloomy was the outlook In the Palestine case which might
.uell_ be headed. back to the Security Council in view of the gathering
evide.ice on Israel's aggressive intentions. Senate ratification of
the International '-heat Agreer,ient is expected to bring numerous
rthar ratifications in its tr'aina. i"eenwhiia the UEEC is still seek
tng ? corrmuromise on the new 1%.449-1950 lntra -European Trade Agreefient
.in~i the division. of ERP aid _ with the UK the chief opponent of the
HS point of view.
'iestern labor organizaationi3 face leftwing revolt over ,"FTTI 3tetus,
A serious cnal range to non-l:ommu ~ st abet leadership n a number of
countries outside the Soviet orbit is developing as leftwing unions
repw iate their national organizations! decisions to withdraw from
the "orid Federation of Trade Unions. During recent weeks: (1)
the Canadian District of the United Public ";orkers (CIO) raid a group
of Communist-dominated Australian unions have decided to
,=rrtic late
in the 28 June 'JFTU Congress in Milan; (2) the British Electrical
Trades and Civil ;Service Unions threaten to right for TUC re-entry
into the .IFTU; (3) the US International Longshoremen '.7orkers (CI- 0)
strategic west coast maritime union, has rejected the ClO Nat;on,Al
Committee's withdrawal from the "!FTU. Participation in the f:'ilao
Congress by any of these )_sftwinr unions in addition to ' astern
European labor federations still under Communist domination (the
French CGT1 Italian CGI7, and Dutch EVC), would strengthen ','IU s
clairi to represent a substantial portion of ':estern labor. T'ar3 xbil_.
ity c,' the non-Cormunist national organizations to meet this ?Ch 1enge
will iepend largely on what disciplinary action they take arr;iirts,.
their recalcitrant unions and or Low willing the leftwingers i.my be
to face expulsion for failure to comply.
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Possible setback to ':extern huro9ean morale. The cumu :-rtise
i Yrlpaet cif Congresslonrl Pastponement of the tary Aid Pr! era! i,
substantial cuts in ECA ?approprtation i and a failare of the Co,, n.cl.l
of #'nrei ;n ~"inisters to reduce least-':est- tension would zarre
16a- 1,18trini? affect on the improvi r?f; rr:oral.e of '"extern Europe tie
li..ftini of the T3crlin blockade, the stepped-up Soviet "Peace ofrens-
and the conveni~ rr of the C P,,! have '-aised hopes in Europe for
a slackening of the cold war tension and a period of stabilization.
If these hopes are dashed, there will be a natural public let-down.
In the econoraia f 1 eld f where '>`restern i'iirope is anxiously watching
sir;ris ref an approacr `ns- U recession, a Congressional cut in '20A
fipprop~?iati.ons would be taken as an indication that the US,, no 4%
midway In the ERP, is already slackening its interest in full i.mple-
mentata.on of the European Recovery Program. The psy~cholo7ica1
etfeet of such e conviction would of itself do rnue'n to retard wur--
ope: n recovery efforts and thu-i :a,-)a} en measures of self-defense?
In :d.dition, failure to p=iss the *"AP at this session of Cortr;r?ess
would convince many Europeans ttia t US strategy contemplates at be43t
the eventual liberation of 'e3t.3rn "urope rather than resistance to
initial Soviet aggression. The pro1peet cf eventual liberation
hold?r no attraction #'or Europeac.is and widespread at.trtbu.tion r;f such
in..~ r Lion urn the US 4bo1id deal a st= gerino; blow to European r,eter?-
mi.r..Lion to re3i3t the or Communism.
onsequently, it sear?3 clear t at the combined psycholc4 cal
ei'f: ct of these adverse developments would be to weaken Eurcpoan
determination to resist ~znd to retard the growing consolidation of
a Western European anti-Corrimunist. biocn Some cf the momentutr, of
xtr?'Gi--iCommuni3t ear 11'''ation .vi11 ii ve been lost, and e r'nevv d
riffo t at greater coat may b~! -eoeessary to revive the former :.spirit,
'"o_r.eover, the USSR :..tse1 t,, ~4hi~.h may be expected to watch c;l c::: aiy
rrx~a ndicaticns of _a recasslon an(1 slackenl.ng US effort: t3 . -)ai1.d up
?.'3st; ur?n 4t,'trope, may be encouraged t;o continue its ag7resr-.iverose-
('it.' On u f t'h'e col to Wtt t'.,
V'ulnerabilit of LOR. Anc;t'.her soviet attempt to ter r~ t:e
ti L ~~"; s n i c ptte - t t t."to s:rrent Region One International "'els-
?vir?R ..ir2i.c'. 1o.ns Unioc 4cnfero; oe at. Geneva. The USSR may ar '...~,~y~ Its
o e'en-vote blue In erg. attm,,t to have the Conference cons'tder and
?e;iec:t the recoranendation of the February LORAN Conference t. ,nit the
ice be continued .,tntil 1952, Continuation of LORM is considered.
,sxtrftmeiy irapo.rtan.t by the US sinfce it Is the only long; ranf? .radio
nave.::-ation.ai aid ;*1viny full, coverage of the North Atlantic .lea and
ir routes,. It is used extensively by US ships and aircraft, =jnd by
ttjo: e or Belgium, Canada, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, ,Norway,
13vseden and the UK as well, In view of the strategic value of LORAN
to the Atlantic Pact powers, it seems reasonably certain that current
US efforts to obtain sufficient voting suptiort for LORAN will be sue-
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US notions of freedom of information making headway. 'A Sub-
commission of the Ecanom c and octia Council has vote to-receive
and discuss complaints or criticisms against states regarding their
information principles or practices, orrered by any proper press,
information, broadcasting or newsreel association or any member of a
professional organization with competence in this field. Identity
of complainants will be protected from disclosure vatttheir request,
although anonymous complaints are barred. The the receipt of individual complaints, arguing that no self-respecting
government would tolerate such "meddling". Nevertheless, while it
would be crass over-optimism to expect Iron Curtain countries to
ratify the POI Convention, knowledge that interference with the free
transmission of news can be laid before the UN will tend to bring
practices of some non-Communist States which have hitherto followed
repressive information policies into line with US conce-ptes
Czech delegate seeks to undermine UNCIP. Oldrich Chyle, Czech
delega a to t s $I~~"omm anion for Ind a an akistan, has recently
alienated other Commission members by his overt promotion of Soviet
interests through typical delaying tactics. During recent and fre-
quent talks with Sheikh Abdullah, the Kashmir leader, Chyle may
have discussed the possibility of an independent Kashmir backed by
the Soviet bloc. Despite recent denials, Abdullah primarily seeks
Kashmir independence and seems loath to agree to the speedy appoint-
ment of a Plebiscite Administrator following the conclusion of a
truce. Another link connecting the USSR to Kashmir is the reported
trips of persons close to Abdullah back and forth across the northern
Kashmir frontier, an escape route for many refugees from Communist
areas to the Forth. In any case, Chyle is informing Abdullah and
local Communists of Commission moves. Although the US, Colombian,
Argentine and Belgian delegates on the Commission will scarcely be
misled by the Czech's tactics, his actions are a hindrance to the
Commission's work.
G/IO NOTES
ITU Conference rejects Jarman. The US proposal that an official
Japanese a egat on be sea as has been rejected by the Telephone and
Telegraph Conference in Paris. Rather than suffer a similar defeat
a t the Geneva Region Three ITU (International Telecommunications
Union) Conference, thereby further prejudicing its case before the
subsequent session of the ITU Administrative Council, the Department
of State favors withdrawal of the Japanese application.
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OSR o oses Bizone coal price increase. The Office of the
ECA Special epresen at ve n Paris strong; y opposes the Bizone"s
planned increase in coal prices as a major break with the US
economic policy of liberalizing trade in Europe. The US has made
some progress in its eff its to secure reduction of European coal
export prices in order t riaximize use of European coal and thus
curtail the still substantial use of US solid, fuels. OSR fears
that the Bizone increase will undercut the present British
Benelux and Polish trend toward reduction of coal prices to more
competitive levels, which is an essential step in European re-
covery.
Belgium and France o ose "est German participation in ILO
Conference. rance an a g.ium eve brought unexpected suppor to
recent Polish and Czech efforts to block attendance of West Garman
"observers" at the Geneva International Labor Organization Confer-
ence. The French Government delegate urges that admission be 'ost-
poned in order to avoid a split among the Western Powers on this
issue; the Belgian Government representative has indicated that he
too will have to oppose admission at this time. Latin American
representatives are reportedly ready to abstain. Although the
T7crker and Employer delegates would probably support admission now,
the negative votes and abstentions of most of the Government del-
egates (including those of Germany's western neighbors) might prove
embarrassing to the Western Powers. Postponement of a decision
until the end of the Conference (early July), while not likely to
please 'est German labor, would permit the 'estern Powers to con-
sider this issue without risking Soviet exploitation of their dif-
ferences while the Council of voreign r:'inisters is still in
session,
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." A new problem
in Ens s - uss an trans st on ha-s--been raised by the erudite T'.r.
Vishinsky at the Cfl. When Secretary Acheson characterized a Soviet
proposal as being "as full of propaganda as a dog is full of fleas --
in fact, I think It's all fleas and no dog," Vishinsky invited
attention to a Biblical passage (identified by G/I0 as Matthew 23:24,
"Ye blind guides, who strain at gnats and swallow camels"),, which
he quoted as "You should not try to catch fleas, lest a camel slip
through your fingers." Mr. Bevin impliedly challenged Vishinsky's
accuracy by stating that he could not identify the passage in the
King James version. Vishinsky quoted his source as the Russian
version, translated by St. Vladimir. 11. Schuman, with commendable
restraint, refrained from citing a French version., suggesting
instead that the flea question be referred to the Deputies for ap-
propriate action, possibly so that they could start from scratch,
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