Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Byrnes Reveals
Big 3Aton1 Pact,
Leaves Moscow
4-Power Rule of Jops,
Korean Trusteeship
Reported Agreed On
Ey the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 27.-The For
eign Ministers of the Unitet
States, Soviet Russia and Grea
Britain have reached an agree
ment on the atomic question
Secretary of State Byrnes dis
closed today at the conclusion
OF their 11-day conference.
He also said the Big Three For
eign Ministers had agreed OF
many" other problems of worlt
peace, but did not indicate wha
they were. Issues on their agendf
had included control of Japan ane
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Iran.
Government officials in Wash
ington said today that the Big
Three Foreign Ministers had
agreed to establish a four-poWer
control council to administer ia
pan, with the United States,
Russia, Britain and China par
ticipating.
Earlier a reliable source in
London, making the same report,
had said the unanimity rule
would apply. There was no indi-
cation here or in London Of the
councils relationship to Gen.
Macarthur, the supreme Allied
commander in Japan.)
ION the question of atomic
energy, the London source said
the Big Three had adopted the
American-Britis plan of pre-
senting a resolution to the United
Nations General Assembly in
January, outlining their sugges-
tons.
"a five-year trusteeship of
Korea also was said to have been
agreed on)
Announcement Tonight.
Mr.. Byrnes said details of the
atomic agreement and of accords or
other problems would be announced
simultaneously in Moscow, Wash
ington and London at am. Friday
Go pm. Thursday EST.
Immediately after making hi
statement Mr.. Byrnes left for TIT
Moscow airport and took off on hi
return trip to Washington at "a!
am. Q2:45 am. EST.
CThe State Department said
Mr.. Byrnes was expected to reach
Washington about ! am. Satur-
day.
OF equal Importance with the
agreements reached, Mr.. Byrnes
said, was a general improvement Of
relations between himself, Soviet
Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Mol
otov and British Foreign Secretary
Ernest Beyin, which he said woule
open broad avenues for future I'm.
derstandings.
Diplomatic observers here sale
that in their opinion relations O
the Big Three had been strength
ened considerably by the discussion
and were better than at any tim
since the end of the war.
All Agreements to Be Revealed.
Mr.. Byrnes said the communiqu
would be very lengthy because o
the broad scope of the subjects i
covered.
There was no agreement on an,
subject which will not be covered il
the communique," the Secretary o
State declared When you read tn
atomic agreement you will know
that no phase, other than that Sc
forth, was discussed"
He added, however, that the thre,
Foreign Ministers had discussed
number of other matters and. b.
their exchange of views, had "clari
fed subjects for the three govern
ments" so that it will be easier IL
the future to obtain agreeable" re
suits.
Mr.. Byrnes made his remarks a
a press conference shortly befor,
leaving Spasso House, residence o
the American Ambassador, for tn
Moscow airport.
Farley Every Constructive"
Mr.: Byrnes explained that he hat
stated that nothing was agreed II
which was not set forth in the com
munique because some people ar
always anxious to know if there ar
secret agreements.
He declared that the conferenc,
had been very constructive" not onl,
because of the settlement of man,
problems, but also because "of thu
cordial relations between the thre'
countries represented"
There is great hope" he added
"for the settlement of other prob
lens in the same friendly spirit"
Asked if he could say what per
centage of agreement was reache,
on the matters discussed, Mr.. Byrne
replied that there will never come
time when there will not be matter
pending because new matters al
ways arise"
He disclosed that there still ha
been no reply from the French gov
eminent on the three-power formul
for drafting European peace treaties
The agreement, announced Christ
mas eve, was subject to approval b,
France and China. China was re
ported to have agreed to the plar
The final conference between tn
three Foreign Ministers lasted L
hours. beginning at 2::30 pm. yes
terday and ending at $3.50 am. (7:3
pm. yesterday, EST. The Minister
had been meeting daily since De
cember 16.
Mr.. Byrnes appeared in excellen
(see BIG THREE, Page A-6.)