Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-03
British Trusteeship
Plan Due Tonight;
Differs From u. ).
BY FLORA LEWIS.
Associated Press Stan Writer,

Associated Press Stan Writer.
SAN FRANCISCO, May Brit
ain will present to the United States,
France, China and Russia tonight
its ideas on international trustee
ships. There are differences on two
important points with the long
debated American plan.
CUnder United States pro-
posals. territories taken from the
enemy in this war, old League
of Nations mandates and colonial
areas voluntarily designated
later would be administered un-
der trusteeship of the new world
organization to be set up by the
United Nations Conference here.
GA special category of "strate-
gic" trusteeships would permit
the United States to maintain
effective control over any Pacific
islands taken from the Japanese
considered essential to American
| security)
How Plans Differ.
The main points of difference be-
tween the British and American
plans concern strategic areas and
the degree of international control.
Here are the main points of the
British document, which was before
the meeting, and modified after the
submission of American views:
/. There should be only single
class Of trusteeships. The British
maintain it is too difficult to define
just what are strategic areas. They
hold that the entire approach to
the problem should be on the basis
of welfare of native populations. To
satisfy special requirements for mill
tary bases, they suggest that the
mandates should apply only to eco
nomic, civil and social aspects of
trusteeships, leaving the trustee
countries free to handle any military
aspects as they see fit.
2. The trusteeships should be
placed under the supervision of the
economic and social council of the
world organization. The Security
Council would have the right to
request military information, how
ever, in accordance with special
agreements to be worked out among
the United Nations.
Ask Increased Freedom.
3. Trustee powers should have in
creased freedom in administering
areas. This means that they could
restrict immigration, or bring the
areas into their tariff and trade
control systems.
4. International supervision should
be similar to that exercised by the
old League of Nations. The world
organization would receive reports
from trustee powers, have the right
to croSs-examine them and the
right to visit the dependent areas
after consulting and obtaining
agreement from the controlling
country.
Each of these points differ from
the American views which are:
l. There should be two categories
of trusteeships-strategic and nom
strategic.
2. Strategic areas would be under
the Military Committee of the Sc
curity Council. There would be no
right of inspection, and reports
would be made to the Military Com
mittee on the same basis as reports
Of national territory which might
come under the special military
agreements. Although the mandate
country wouldn't have title to the
areas, it would have complete and
continuing control.
Special Council Proposed.
g. Nonstrategic areas would come
under the supervision of a special
trusteeship council, to be set up
under the General Assembly of the
new peace agency. A principle is in
cluded pledging the trustee nations
to administer their charges so as to
lead them to a position where they
could choose their own government
and independence, if they pleased.
An important provision-conf1ict-
ing with British ideas-is that there
shall be no discrimination in the
rights of the mandatory and other
countries. This means equal COM
mercial aviation rights. communi-
cations rights and tariff and trade
treatment.
d. The world organization would
have the right to visit nonstrategic
areas any time and make reports on
all phases of administration there.