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Asia, the commentator smiled and
said:
"Oh, Lord Louis was just en- route
to London on home leave"
The communique made no refer
ence to any steps contemplated
for the rehabilitation of liberated
areas.
Reaction here conformed to the
pattern that could be expected.
Democratic legislators generally
applauded. From the Republican
side, Senator Taft OF Ohio criticized
President Truman for acting with
out consultation with the Senate
and charged that the agreement on
Polish boundaries "sows the seeds OF
future war"
In addition to setting up the Coun-
Gil of Foreign Ministers, which is to
function in London, the Big Three
reiterated the terms of the Yalta
declaration for stripping Germany
of her military and economic power
and wiping out Naziism. The salient
features of their program incor-
porates:
1. The scheme of reparations pay
ments to be exacted from Germany
2. An agreement, subject to the
decision of the peace conference, to
fix Poland's western boundary at
the Oder River, giving her a slice OF
East Germany within 40 to so miles
of Berlin, and the southern sector
of East Prussia, as well as jurisdic-
ton of the Free City of Danzig.
(Poland's eastern boundary,
also subject to peace conference
action, was fixed at the Curzon
line at the Roosevelt Churchill
Stain conference in the Crimea
last winter. British sources said
the new alignment would give the
Poles the city of Stettin, on the
west bank of the Oder.)
Soviet Gets Koenigsberg.
3. ALLEGATION to the Soviet OF the
northern sector of East Prussia, in
cluding Koenigsberg, the capital
which has an outlet on the Baltic.
4. Denial to Franco Spain of ad-
mission to the United Nations.
5. Negotiation of peace treaties
with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland.
On the question of Austria, Pre-
mier Stain advocated extending the
authority of the Austrian provi-
sional government, which Russia
sponsored exclusively, to all of Aus
tria. Mr.. Truman and Mr.. Attlee
appeared to have opposed this, for
the declaration shows it was finally
decided not to make an agreement
on this point until after entry OF
British and American forces into
Vienna, the capital.
The communique laid It's initial
emphasis on the creation OF the
Council of Foreign Ministers which
carries a step further the Yalta plan
for periodic meetings Of the min
listers of the Big Three nations. The
council will meet in London rot
later than September !, and as its
immediate important task" 1t was
instructed to draft the peace treaties
with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland which will be
submitted to the United Nations for
approval. a..
The council also will frame the
peace settlement which ultimately is
to be entered into with Germany
and will propose settlements Of
territorial questions outstanding on
the termination OF the war in Eu-
rope.
Italy's Role Cited.
In amplifying the plan to make
peace with Italy, the communique
recalled that Italy was the first
of the Axis powers to break with
Germany, to whose defeat she has
made material contribution, and
has now joined with the Allies in the
struggle against Japan" italy pres
emily has the status of belligerent.
The communique set out that the
plan for control of Germany en-
visions eventual reconstruction OF
German political life on . demo-
cratic basis and for eventual peace