The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-21

stan, and Admiral Ernest J. King, U. S. chief of naval operations.
 President Truman dined privately last night with Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, It. Gen. Lucius Clay and Vice Admiral Elm ory s. Land, chairman of the War Shipping Administration.
 Reunion Held
 During the evening he held an informal reunion with an old friend of his World War One service, Col. L. Curtis Tiernan, Kansas City, Mo, chief chaplain of American forces in the European theater.
 Col Tiernan served with the pres ident in the 129th Infantry regi- ment in the last war, and they spent a great part of the evening talking over their mutual experiences.
 The brief announcement from the American delegation apparently was intended to offset the social ac- cent" which has marked most of the publiShable news of the conference thus far.
 While there was no amplification of the statement, it was understood that the serious business" trans acted thus far was concerned main ly with European political and ec- onomic reconstruction, rather than with military questions linked to the Far Eastern war.
 AS the conference moved into its fifth day, there was every indica- tion that the negotiations were still on the political level, with the American, British and Russian mil itary staffs remaining temporarily on the sidelines.
 Russia and Japs
 Well-informed sources said Rus sia's possible Gentry into the war against Japan and her role if she should join the conflict had not yet been discussed formally. That view was supported by the continued ab- sence of Marshal Gregory K. zhu- kov, Premier Stalin's top military adviser, from the conference room.
 zhukov is the Red Army's lead- ing expert on ground operations and he undoubtedly would have been on hand if the big three had taken up direct military matters.
 In addition, there has been no an- nouncement of any joint meeting of the three military delegations. al- though each group undoubtedly has held separate discussions in the past week.
 The daily conference schedule has worked down to a more or less reg ular routine of meetings by the three foreign secretaries in the morning at which top level matters are mapped out for negotiation later in the day by the big three leaders.
 President Truman, Prime Minis ter Churchill and Generalissimo Stalin were believed to be canvass ing the grave European economic situation and what Is to be done about it.
 Truman Adamant
 The president, however, was un- derstood to be in no mood to dole out American material wealth with out the receiving nations helping themselves and, in doing so, follow ing out the basic aims of the United Nations.
 MT. Truman was said to be ex- erting his influence in opposition to any slicing up of the spoils of war among the major powers at this time, preferring to leave the settlement of territorial questions to the peace conference at which all the Allied states. large and small. would be represented.
 This attitude was underlined in his speech as the American flag raising ceremony yesterday when he said the United States wants no territorial or monetary gain from the war. That long-standing policy of the Presidents Is based on his belief that what Americans want more than anything else Is to end all war and to help work out . prosperous and enduring peace.
 In his meetings with stalin, Mir. Truman was said to De getting along famously with the Soviet leader. Both men are blunt. direct takers and the word from the compound ls that they understand each other perfectly In spite Of their language barriers.
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