Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21

JAW AND GENERAL MOTORS
Auto Workers (CIO), and C. E
session of the fact-finding panel
ton in the spring, as suggested by
Mr.. Byrnes.
AS result of protests by the
French and other Embassies, when
Mr.. Byrnes held press conference
only for American correspondents on
his arrival it was said today he
would give conference to any cor
respondent who wants it, regardless
Of the country he represents or the
language he speaks.
The Chinese Ambassador, Foo
Peng-sheung, called on Mr.. Byrnes
today for the second time since the
Foreign Ministers met.
The Secretary of State plans to
return to the United States before
going to London for the United
Nations meeting January 10.
Stains seth Birthday.
As"c ongra tory messages
poured into the Kremlin from all
over the world congratulating Stain
on his 66th birthday. the three For
'eign Ministers got down to business
again today at 4p.m.
Premier Stain, tanned and rested
after his long vacation. was reported
to be spending the day at his desk
in the Kremlin, according to his
custom of pursuing his regular
schedule on his birthday.
The event, however, overshadowed
the meeting of Foreign Commissar
V. M. Molotov, Mr. Byrnes and Mr..
Bevln as far as public interest here
was concerned. for Premier Stain
IN the eyes of millions of Soviet
citizens is regarded as the greatest
of all Russians.
While the conference was reported
to be going smoothly, news reports
and commentaries in the Soviet
press left no doubt about the diff
cultles involved in some of the prob
lens under discussion. .
Turkish Issue Spotlighted.
Several major issues have been
spotlighted by. the press since Mr..
Byrnes and Mr.. Bevin arrived in
Moscow. the latest of these being
demands that Turkey give up GER
tain frontier areas. to the Georgian
republic, where Premier Stain was
was born. ,..-.
The demands for the areas, reach
ing lac, miles southwest of the
Russian oil port of Batumi to Gre
sum-, and stretching inland as deep
as rs miles, were made in a letter
from two intellectuals of the
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic,
S. r. Djanashia and N. Berdzenish-
viii, both members of the Science
Academy of the Georgian Republic.
The letter demanded that Turkey
turn over to the Georgians the
districts of Artvin, Arabian, Oltu,
Tortrum, Ispir. Bayburt, Guemue-
sane, GireSun and Trabzon.
Trabzon, an important port no
miles southwest of Batumi, has a
population of approximately $4,000,
and is the largest city in the area
named. The Vilayet or administra-
tive district of Trabzon has a popu-
latlon OF some 91,00G.
The newspapers Izvestia, Red Star
and Pravda published the letter,
and said it had been printed earlier
in Communist newspaper at
Titles, the Georgian capital.
Georgian History Traced.
The letter traced the history of
the Georgian peoples for 1000
years, declaring that "in far anti
guilty the Georgian people lived,
toiled and struggled on this terri
tory -" creating new centers of
civilization and government.
"The Georgian people have shown
amazingly vital and creative ability
and stubborn attachment to their
dear land and an unshakable will
to defend it." /
In the 18th century, the letter
said, the Turks seized Southern
Georgia after bitter fight.
Georgia has seen many con-
querors," it added. by rights the
Turks have deserved the title of the
worst of them. They brought only
death and destruction.
In 1921, the letter said, the Turks
invaded Southern Georgia and occu-
pied the southern section of Batumi.
1t charged that under Turkish rule
geographical names were changed
and historical monuments ruined.
Again the Georgian population
i resettled in masses to the far off
/ districtS-sent away from their ma
tive place." the letter asserted. "Tfle
Georgian people, who have made a
considerable contribution in the
cause of the defeat of Fascism, de-
serve right to submit their rightful
demands"
Problems arising out of relations
between Turkey and Russia had been
brought to the attention of the
: recent council of Foreign Ministers
in London.
These included demands from
Soviet Armenia that the provinces
/ OF Kars and Ardagan, which lie
south of the territory mentioned in
today's letter, be returned to Ar
menia. These demands also have
been carried in the Soviet press.
The Dardanelles, controlled by
Turkey, were mentioned as among
subjects for consideration at the
! current conference of the three
Foreign Ministers. Revision of the
Montreux convention governing pas
Isage of ships through that entrance
to the Black Sea has been proposed
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