The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-08
White House
Says Farley
Is Underway
Black Sea Area Is Locale =
Secure Peace Is
Planned


A second momentous meeting Of
President Roosevelt, Premier Jo-
SET Stain and Prime Minister
Winston Churchill is in progress
in the 'Black Sea area" the White
House disclosed officially today.
and the Big Three already have
reached complete agreement" on
joint military operation for the
final defeat Of Nazi Germany.
The announcement said they are
discussing problems involved in
establishing secure peace"
joint plans for the occupation and
control of Germany, political and
economic problems of liberated
Europe and proposals for 1.-The
earliest possible establishment Of
an international organization to
maintain peace"
meetings are proceeding con-
tinuously," according to a state
ment issued simultaneously here
and in Moscow and London.
1t said the purpose Of the Big
Three meeting is to concert plans
for completing the defeat of the
common enemy and for building,
with their Allies, firm foundations
for a lasting peace"
There was no uggestion-direc
or indirect-that the conferees
were discussing the war against
Japan, in which Russia is a neu.
trail. The statement merely refer
red to plans for the defeat of ''the
common enemy" Tokyo officials.
however, have lately betrayed un-
|easiness over the Big Three par
ley, fearing that Japan's fate also
is under discussion.
The Russo-Japanese non-aggres-
sion pact expires April Is unless
either nation exercises six months
renewal option.
Lack of renewal overtures from
the Russians are occasioning tho
Japanese some concern. The Rus
slams in addition have been I'M
usually critical Of Nipponese war
strategy.
The announcement said a COM
munique would be issued when
the extraordinary conference is
completed, but it did not hint when
the meeting began or would end,
nor specifically where it was being
held.
There has been speculation that
Sevastopol on the Crimean penin-
sula or Odessa might be the scene
of the historic conference. An ideal
location would be Yalta, n once
wealthy resort community near
|Sevastopol now devoted to rest
camps for Russian workers. Ger
man and other European reports
have speculated that the meetings
is at or near Burgas, Bulgarian
Black Sea port, or Constanta. Ro-
mania.
The disclosure marked depar-
ture from the 1913 Big Three meet
ing at Teherran. which was not
revealed officially until they had
concluded their meeting.
But todays announcement was
somewhat anti-climactica1 mas
much as news dispatches and
broadcasts from Europe in the past
few days had placed the locale
Gin the Black Sea area" Ameri-
can censorship, however, had bar.
red stories to this effect In the
United States unless they came
from or wera attributed to foreign
sources.
This Likewise was the first off,
cial disclosure that Mr.. Roosevelt
is out of the country, but his abb
sence had been plainly evident from
his failure to hold regular news con-
ferences and to attend his own
birthday party here January 30.
It is reported, entirely without
confirmation, that after the Euro
pean session he officials will meet
in the United States.
Participating in the current dis
cussions are the foreign ministers
of the Big Three-U. S. Secretary
of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,
Russian Foreign Commissar v. M.
Molotov and British Foreign Minis.
ter Anthony Eden.
The White House statement said
that military chiefs of staff of the
three governments and "other adj
visers" also were participating
This would indicate that General
of the Army George c. Marshall,
Z. S. Army chief of staff; Fleet
Admiral Ernest J. King, comman-
der-in-chief Of the U. S. Fleet, and
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.