Evening star., 1943-03-13
Eden
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tend to you their warmest congratu-
lations on the signal victory (Bis-
marck Sea-" he added.
Mr.. Eden saw Prime Minister
Churchill Wednesday evening before
he left London, he said. and reported
that Mr.. Churchill once more is
"at the top of his form" The
Foreign Secretary flew to America
against head winds, he said-in the
Liberator bomber that carried Mr..
Churchill on his January trip to
Casablanca, Turkey, Cyprus and
other areas.
Plans One Speech.
Mr., Eden said he planned to de-
liver one speech in the United States,
but he did not yet know where.
The 45-year- -old diplomat, looking
even younger, wore dark suit and
blue shirt and tie. He was cheerful
after what he said was pretty good
trip.
Mr.. Eden brought with him one OF
Britains outstanding experts on Rus
sian problems-William Strang, as
sistant undersecretary OF state in
the Foreign Office, who participated
in the 1899 Franco -British-Soviet
talks in Moscow.
After comforting with the Presi-
dent at the White House, Mr.. Eden
is expected to continue discus
sions with Secretary of State Hull
and other Government officials. Mr..
Hull broke off Florida vacation to
return to the Capital.
May Confer With LitvinOff.
In the course OF his stay it was
considered likely Mr.. Eden also
would confer with Soviet Ambas-
sador Maxim LitvinofI, China's For
eign Minister T. V. Soong and per-
haps with Nine. Chang Kai-shek,
wife of the generaliSsimo.
Here and in London, the purpose
of Mr.. Edens visit was seen as two
fold: Cd A general exchange of
views with the President and his
policy making advisers and (2) a
through exploration of the best
means of preparing for meetings Of
all the United Nations governments
for consideration Of all aspects of
the war and the problems arising
out of it.
One of the difficulties to be faced
in planning for such general United
Nations conferences is the fact that
not all of the United Nations are
fighting both Germany and Japan.
All of them could confer on the gen.
eral war and postwar situation, but
Russia, for instance, is not at war
with Japan and would not be likely
to participate in any discussion of
specific problems involving the war
with Nippon.
Relief Discussions Likely.
Both American and British OBJ
servers expected Mr.. Eden to touch
on wide variety Of questions in
his discussions here. Among them
will be-
! /. The general problem OF emer-
gency and postwar relief and re-
habilitation. In this connection it is
| significant that Mr.. Eden's official
party includes Hubert Miles Glad
wyn Jebb, head of the British For
eign Offices Economic and Recon-
struction Department..
2 Methods of achieving the long
range economic objectives of the At
lantic Charter involving interna.
tional arrangements to eliminate
trade Determinations and stimulate
| production and equitable distribu-
ton of staple goods throughout the
world.
3. Formation of some type o
inter-Allied council to coordinate
aims and resolve conflicts between
various members of the United Ma
tions. Cases in point are the Pc
lish Russian dispute over postwa
boundaries
4. Britain's attitude toward re
constitution of its Far Eastern EN-
pire, including the future status o
Hong Kong and postwar plans 70
India.
Postwar Bases Big Item.
S, The future Of Africa, part o
which has been lost by Italy.
6. The question OF postwar al
and naval bases in the Pacific, whicl
the United States already has de
clared 1t does not want to Transform
into "an American lake." but doe