INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 12

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• Publication Date: March 22, 1949
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i frve agree (i i,o an srt stice, while Syria consented
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. t,) open negotiations with the I'GT f ,;U& OC lased its a firth session afte
numerous meetings fraught with ract-hest dii?ferences,; The Security Council's
"nrutral "" committee adn Lted fa - .luxe the .Berlin currency negctiaticns >
"he Weat Conference ended after drafting an international wheat agreement.
Fleet Adrirel Nirits accepted app Diu c?nt as Kashmir Plebiscite Administrators
t ublitiation of the Atlantic Pact text has elicited an initially favorable
reaction from the non-Soviet, woorid, hut the Soviet bloc and its Communist
party stooges have sharply attacked A as undermining the UN and as an aggresT'
Sive rove toward war
fie :t1an to "Point Four"
The broad concept of to,3)', kcal ass st,:nce to underdeveloped countries,
at forth in tha Presidents inaugarai address, was welcomed with entbusiasm
throughout the non-Soviet worldh initial reacticns, although necessarily
genaral in content becat'se of uncertainty abctt the Pxaet scope of the pro,=ram,
indicate that the most corer: cn approach t.o !'Point Four" will be an atter.;pt to-
f urr_ the emphasis of the progrrarn from t,N ~cn:~i .al to financial assistance on the
xrder of tom'
Latin Arrerica: Chile has taken a prgoi.jaP.nL part in UN ` conorac and
Social Council. (FCOSOC) diseussiCUS of technical assistance and econonnic ce-
ireloprrent and has been (iuick to inform the 115 of its interest in these prob?
lems, The Chilean president has assured just, non?discrivinatory treatment
')f private foreign ca, i'tal, but has stressed the point that the basic type of
development proje is re",-fired could undertaken only through government-to-
government financial al'T tie also warned that continued pro--US, anti --CoiTt unist
orientation in Chile mitjht depend an the imyrovernnt of living standards t:pre?
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expressed interest in rr 2o1nt .Four," while Brazil has stressed the importance
of financial, in addition to technical, assistance..
Near and Far La s+ . The moct poa t rr~e attitude of any Asiatic nation
has been that of Lebanon,, whose ECOSOC representative raised the problems
of promoting the international Blow of capital and assuring freedom from
political strings, wnil., emphasizing the aped for action rather than more
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inspired by, the principles cf the European Recovery Program-" rgypt has
also indicated the necessity of applying the ' ax'shall" approach to the
Middle Fast o
in India there is widespread interest in "Point four"; however, because
of the feeling preval nt among rater xndi,ans that it is the, "duty" of the
United States to grant India financial, technical and material aid, they
Indian ECUSOC representative ,xprassed considerable disappoin-rrant in wi:at
he considered the vague nett re. of the US-sponsored MCU OC resolution.
Turkey, Iraq and Syria have voiced varying degrees of interest in the Pres-
ident's plan and in Ceylon there has been a reversal of the Governraent9c
policy of apposition to outside financial assietance, In the Far Fast, Siam
has evinced serious interest in "Point tour" while senior civil servants and
educators in Burma are anxious for nxtside help from the US or other sources.
USSR and Sat Mites; A1thc*gh the Slav states voted against both
ECWOC resolutions on technical assistance and econcric development, the
USSR has so far taken a cautious position toward the "Point Four" program,
limiting its official cctrroants to generai approval of economic assistance
If it promotes national develop nt toward independence and the developr: nt
of domestic resrurces and is not ,ado contingent on political, economic or
military demands, This initially gild and reasonable approach probably re-
flects a wait=-and-see attitude pez1ing final formulation of the Kremlin line
and in no way impairs Soviet capatilitie.s of attacking the final form of the
'IS program as merely another facet of` US "capitalistic iml rialism." The
Polish ECO3OC representative has indicated the most probable futi.re? Soviet
line by Ms bitter denunciations at` then program as a US scheme designed to
shape the "American Century" throuigh political maneuvering, profiteering; and
espionage.
Palestine deve2opnt With Lebanon anti Israel about to sign an
armistice while Syria has at last Wood to negotiate, the trend toward
stabilisation of the Palestine conflict Is apparently continuing. The most
serious of the remaining difficulties concerns the Israeli demand for a
rectification of the frontier In Samaria., There the partition boundaries
leave Israa]. with a narrow coastal, strip, in sort, places only eight Ales
wide, The Israelis have reoent].j been conducting a war of nerves in this
area - playing up Arab raids In *a press and ccmcentrating troops -- in
what is evidently an attempt to + ghten Abdullab into granting concessions.
Israel wishes ':he tracks of the north-south railroad line to run entirely
through its territory and to Incorporate Tulkarmm. It appears T'at if Israeli
demands are reasonable, Transjordazi may be prepared to make some accomodation.
Another po'nt at issue Is Jerusalem where the Israelis wan. an arrange-
ment assuring them of ultimate t1 1l to the new city, thus forestalling an
internationalization plan. Mesanwhi1 , the UK and possibly France are taking
'oncrete steps to suprort the Arabs as a means of making clear to the Is-
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raeiis that sore, limit rust by imposed an their advantures~ Israel will
probably continue its charaeteristia:, bargaining technique of stepping '-p
tha? pressure behind Its demands to the critical point of negotiation and
only receding somewhat at the last minute., Following such a tortuous course,
an armistice should eventually be achieved in Palestine.
The Mindszenty case. Bolivia}s decision to put the Mindsaenty case on
the agenda of t} n Apr w ' General As*- ably makes it unlikely that UN debate on
this question can be avoided. The, US feels that, in accordance with Article!
33 of the UN Charter, it must ex!auet the remedies under the Satellite Peace
treaties before it can take any UN e..ct:.cn (see XOG Weekly No. 7). Try Latin
American UN delegations, however, bane decided to take, sore UN action inde-
pendently of the Satellite peace treatags to which they are not parties.
Australia, too, has as l-ed for GA c ens i dor:.ti on. An opportunity can arise
under the pending I*.ungarian applicar:ion for UN me+nboc!rsrip. Neverthelpas, it
is doubtful if rraterial is available to Treet the .inevitable jet couxrte,r-
charges and no result otter than propaganda can be expected.
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'CAFE may saak pros inPntparti n 'wvol nt Fcur.. " At its forthcoming;
Bangkok meeting the 1wconor.^ic Corrwiaton for Asia and the Far Fast may attempt
to carve out for itself a prominent role in the iraplarentat on of President
Truman's proposal for assistance to underdeveloped areas ; The Depart^-Qnt of
State is atte?r!pting to forestall such action, which it considers to be pre=
nature; pending full consideratior, of this problem at t}'. Jtly session ,of
COSOC.
US position at HFB Confprpnce iyoves. The US pas strpngt"anr d its
position at t}h_ t-:exico City High Frequency Broadcast Conference by calling
the Soviet bluff on threatened withdrawal Previously apprehensive delega-
tions are now less concerned over a r:ossible Soviet walkout and will be
encouraged to back the US in opposing exorbitant Soviet denands,
Netherlands and,WFTU. The Dut.,h Federation of Trade Unions (NVV),
which recently approved withdrawal from ? the WFi U, has urged the establishment
of a new, independent labor intarnazional in the shortest possible time~
This move reflects the urgent desire of the Benelux trade unions to see the
non-Communist labor organisations of Western 'E'urope and the US present a
unitad front against the expanding WFTU drive for control of world labor
forces, particularly in colonial and dependent areas.
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S teve$rA= doubt ? . UN Secretary General Lie reportedly doubts
that Soviet national Arkady Seboiev, Assistant Syg in charge of Security
Council affairs and reputed chief $rnw1in agent with the VN, will return to
his post. Sobolev's failure to return amj Soviet failure to replace him
(as recently occurred in the case of five other Soviet 1N employees) would
lease the USSR with few naticne1s en the Secretariat and force it to rely
more and more on the activities of Satellite, fellow traveling and Communist
Staff members for espionage and sabotage of UN activities.
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