INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 12 FOR WEEK ENDING 28 MARCH 1950 THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 28, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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The top level NATO ,eoinntttees are ir.f eta.ng in an effort to
: trengLheri t.:e NAT structure and aEree c.1 firm mutual defense
d;:tafs. Tike ';ouncl t of uropc U s Corimi tte : of Ministers meeting in
., trasbourg this week faces tie prob emm cs admitting Germany and
:,fie Saar to the Council. While a Yoave f Communist instigated
trlkes spread over Western Europe, the Free Trcde Union Confedera.T
~ilo.n in Brussels authorized treasures tc increase the effe :tlveness
resistance to the Communist drive. At the UN, the Soviet bloc's
boycott was extended to both the conami. sions on Human Rights and
'irr nsportation., Meanwhile in Geneva, ,he Trusteeship Council coma
:~eLed its draft of a Jerusalem statuta.
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rr.errhershlr of 48 i .11. 1_ ..o 7 won leers has recently t&ke.u deci s cns
wliL h w3!1. enable it co exe t in,rea=ed influence in tree East--
P;c ccr~flic?t ciu,Jn hi- :-fu ir,g !-f.xtntLs, ir!.ith virtual unpinl.ailty
tie ~'~ t-_~ t ex x labor ieauers h:e ve ; (1) reached agreement wit-hi the
it .:,rr~atic, a? Tre,fle :ax~cretwr i.ats (representing about, 2-1/2 r.-ii:ii.on
worker:) to work together as one 1.,.,1er-
nat i na l_ trade union rQva ;en r."E ; (2) scheduled a. May confers-nee of
Wo tern European vrntie univr::a to crnsider the progress rad icy the
tr Rners and i etal `o, Kuars tcvwards trade union representati.o;Rr on the
Buhr Authcrl. t i (1) pledged: support to the "vigilance committees"
of 1--he Ira sport W'or: rs row combatting Corrunist ir.terferc~nce
wi :-: arms st:ipirer.,s - ~snc (4) decided to serd an ICFTU ie'l :zt;i.on..
tc ,ts;heat sia.. probably In .Air.i1, to develop and str?eni;tberi
L < ;i= union c.c:ver ents in. that arcs..
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The s .r~ec cr.ex,=; w i-th tie Irternational Trade Secretaria
s re-
1,oL're; a k.riotty tip. ssdict1cra1 problem and will thus facil~.tate
c .t c:. er coo rd I at: t r~ ac:tweeri the C UU and the veteran Indu;;trial
i.rj - rratlcns.1s s. 4 ,:;s alre: d.y nsuxaed coordination of r. eefsurer
tL'_k1-n by the Wes"1:?:.rn ' 3f icr jaoc,r c:rganizations and the Inter-
r, ~Tr{ nsport; Workers t,.c counter the Conn:unist drive =.n VIDA?
pcr?t;s and will prubabiy promote similar coordination with the
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irr tf rant 1oiiai Hiram k'ecerat ion.
`1`i e deg: i loci t:.:+ : enci ar I(.FT U deleg . tion to Southeast Asia
i :av prove even acre IrL.portar ? sire it constitutes belated recogni
t.io-n c>.f' the iie essi't::i fc r vi crotzs action by Western labor to pre-
ven*t, the C N.n unisLs or gai-,in1 control of labor in tkils aarea.
iicv ever , t ,is de1eg~~K;lor,, operating from Bcnbay,, may find t1ff1
In e3 t b115hi11g ccrdi + I relations with governirent dominated
ur' Fins in Itnd.i.a, ` hal land, and other Southeast Asian countries un=
It M rcu_?f ies f;1,e 1CFTU s ,n The recent decision of: the
Sovwety(-.-or trot' ed World Fecieratir n of Trk-de Unions to ejea t. the
_Y:u g,osiav Tr-~dde Ur. .on Fed.erati.orr .a a been strongly protester, by the
' iak;oslav's. The ) u?o:,'Jav labor federation, whose leader still
c t j_i?s to be a WI"aU vice spre-3idei t, Iras con.piaired to all t TU
of I's ; .l Imo, ter of tnl, character of the de{',i.s on q
s ?. svess :.rag. Soviet r-es pain, i'oi r. L , and appealing to the oche national
a.L ur crganizatic>ris i-)gairist his ac icn. Awthcugh the pr test is
1.1} lee I;y to van anv c',~;er si,rntr to
Comrrunists seek to crvF;n. -err1ca1 workers In " eace"
froz.t < Es L abl s Pr~n t,; t: he i crld Feder t ion of Trt-de Unions of
an Internati.cr.a2 Union of Chetr:ica1, Eubber and Glass W orker at
Budapest is an i.mpz:>rt,}nt development in -the Conrcunist strategy c:-f'
opposition to Western :ail:ti.tary &nd c.oncmic aid programs.: The
& vowed principal cbje,rotive of tt is new international union will
be to aid the "struggle for peace:' by preventing the use of
-herric?fa1 products for ware To aiJ:i:eve this cbjectlve, chemical
workers in the Western Ear pe n :ountric-s will be organized in
"defense of pez cell covi ittees simi'lar to those formed among
dockers and raritirr.e order The scope of activity envisaged by
the new WFTU "trade departrnent" Is indi?::ated In its clain: that
delegates .f:a oni 12 crur't r tes representing 668,000 chemical workers
attended tho organi zi ng ,,:or-ifere n4 e. The participation of trade
unionists from China. Japan, 'fiat Nam and Australia suggests `"!'rat
this effort will also be extended to Far Eastern areas..
Prosraec is for Eai:Iatr xi.it. i:n inrea se.> Sentir:ent for
par?t.itinnin ,iaritrea .long tk,ca li=yes of the US--UK proposal at the
last Genera-.. Assembly is growing in the UN iCon:r-ission of Inquiry
(i1^3CO!iNQ) Under t its plan, all, except the West Province would
be 1,eded to Ethiopia., with the rerialning territory linked, cc the
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.. Tie US and UK are seeking to persuade
Ethiopia to accept tk::is y ulra.tloi would satisfy Trost,, if riot
all,, of its x la.i.rs , 're partition idea will host likely take the
fotit of union of the l as-rerrt area with Ethiopia under the Ethiopian
Crown. Unionist sentiment is a is apparently rising in Eritr .,
with the Independer4=a4e Bloc d.:: slntegrating and former Moslem. League
spokesmen `ciimi.ng on the brndwng.-,n.
Within the Ccr''n:1ssion Norwa. South Africa and Burma are
Likely to favor partition with rederatior~, with Guatemala insistent
on independen'^e and Ps~k fits n supporting Moslem views. The US and
UK ere understendably s=r .x ious for Fin halo-Ethiopian rappro he-
Trent`, t.1 prevent anot1 r kiiIure t_'-settle the Erit.re^n ouestion at
the next GA. z,hr_>i.ald UNf ;M k C p eseit a spilt r'ecor.;rrerdationa The
MK apiaer rs t ;a bel..ie4> i ra }pro :herrz nt prospects will improve
c? T x~y"'E?5e tat l"i of :he 7n :, s : ae_i' repcro In June. Italy, in
any asp? de-sires to s;; that much depends on
".ova ef_ ti.~. ly the U r+ YE p t} :xcpi .
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British C enaican ins rreet 2pPQ$ition. US interest in
assuring the MUSE strategic position in Cyrenaica may be ad-
'versely affected should UN Libyan Coozissioner Peit persist in =
his opposition to Cyrenaican independence and the proposed treaty
of alliance with the UK. Felt considers the British plan an
infraction of the November 1949 General Assembly decision to
create a sovereign and independent Libya by January 1952, He fears
it will imperil unity of Libya notwithstanding the Emirls entici.
pated acceptance of Britain's obligation as administering power
to assist in the establishment of Libyan unity and independence,
However, by exercising a moderating influence on both the British
and Pelt in their forthcoming discussions, the US ray be in a pd-
sition to head off sharp criticism at the next GA, which an un-
favorable report by the Commissioner would stimulate.
TC evades in:DlemeEt&t1on of-Jerusalem statute* In providing
that the draft statute for internationalization of Jerusalem shall
c>oire into for?c : "at a d?,.te to be decided Tateil by the Trustee-'
ship Council," the Council has ingeniously side-stepped the prob .etr.
of actual implementation of the statute, Aware that acceptance
of the statute by Israel and Jordan is a practical impossibility,
the majority of Council. members have nevertheless felt bound to-
~wO draw up such a statute under the 'terms of the GA resolution. ThO.,
US Delegate, for example, has stressed that in voting for the
acct as a who',,: and its numerous Individual articles, he was
participating only in the 1Mtecchr_l al task" of preparing a statute
as instructed by the GA.?
Under the present implementationarticle, the Council Presi?-
dent is expected to present the statute to Jordan and Israel; upon
its anticipated rejection 1,e will report to the Council in June'
;hIc 1 in. turn, All presumably refer the matter to the GA for
further instructions. Meanwhile, although talks between Israel
and Jordan have been suspended fot the time being, any guarantees
of access to and prote,,_~ticn of thti Holy Places on which they cob1d
eventually agree would dilre~Ai.y as fect future GA action. Indeed
such undertakings might provide the basis for a final settlement iz
aac.cepteble to the International c.,mm Y short
ing Jerusalem along the ) Ares of the present statute
States ates brin ore. sure st Jordan-Israel ne oti.atl ?c.s
Pressures to prevent resumption of the presently suspended Jor aan-
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ry.rae..f talks have z e..ert:l.l inc, r I5 _s ; r' ..nw aYTian r"rre N?;
Jcr:t n, should the latter c. icl:.k?"e any arrangement with islau.s..
He rejected a US expression of acx ecy over his announced course
as av unwarranted :1.nter'venuion In ` y ian affairs. At Cairo w ler
the Arab League Council is row meeting $auai Arabia has ini+:iaM.
a move to exclude Jordan from the League and to invoke e conogic
sanctions until Abdullsh a'Ond.ons negotiations with Israel. Irat
Syria and Lebanon seem l.ix;ely to support this plan. Were Jordan
which has so far failed to send a delegation to Cairo, to be
pushed too far, the pra,a ti oal affect might conceivably be to Y~
promote negotiations with Israel. A:ltuough Egypt, to which US
views have been corr:i urdicated will probably counsel some moderati.un,
it still remains doubtful whether such counsels can succeed in
healing the deep breach in the Arab family.
) the lead in t.hreat.enin.' to -lose ;ir ais Yrcnt ies a..'ti
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