The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
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Lobor Government Vents Only Those Supporting Views

bOUuOl, DCCs 1t-N UT V British foreign policy came under new fire today with rec ported recommendations for the weeding out of reaction ary old school tie career dip- lomats accused among other things of "anti-Russian intrigue and propaganda
 Informed sources said the pnr~ liamentary Labor Party's external affairs committee at a secret nieet- ing last night unanimously adopted report recommending a basic shakeup among diplomats aboard who fail to represent sympathetics ally the views of the Labor govern- ment.
 The report, informants said, was drafted after eight months of study by a subcommittee It was de- scribed as recommending at least eight specific reforms to rejuvenate the Foreign Office and relieve it of the influence of diplomats linked too long to policies of Conservative governments.
 Oppose New Alignment
 The so-called Laborite rebels op- posing Foreign Secretary Ernest BevinS tough-with- Russia policy were joined by the remainder Of the committee members in approv- ing the report, informed quarters said.
 Reports of the new discontent within the high councils of the Labor Party came on the heels of an uprising by party members against what they called an align ment of Britain with the United States for any possible war with Russia.
 The committee report, informants said, accused some British diplo- mats in Europe of entertaining and bolstering hopes of reactionary and diSposSessed representatives of "the old order" By the same token they were said to have failed to establish sympathetic contacts with left wing leaders who emerged from the war in control of governments. Especially in central and eastern European legations there are vary- ing degrees of nti-Russian in- trigue and propaganda, some of it vocal" the report was quoted. Tn sonal behavior leave much to be desired"
 None Mentioned
 It recommended that those rep resentatives be replaced-at least temporarily if no suitable personnel can be found in the Foreign Office with able persons from universi- ties, commerce, the professions, la bor unions and other departments of Civil Service.
 The committee forwarded the re- port to the Foreign Office for the attention of Bevin on his return from New York. He sailed Satur- day aboard the Queen Elizabeth after the Big Four meeting. The report mentioned no names of diplomats whom the committee believed should be removed, leaving that to the consideration of Bevin and his advisers. But it did rec ommend specifically:
 l. Establishment of an ad- visory committee to review the recruiting and training of For. eign Office personnel.
 ?. Temporary appointments of ambassadors and ministers from outside Foreign Office ranks to replace heads of mis- sions who, but for the war,
 would have been retired and
 to fill gaps in personnel left by the war.
 3. Freer interchange of lesser personnel between the Foreign Office and Civil Service staffs
 of other government depart ments.
 4. Improvement of arrange mentS by which members of
 missions abroad could refresh their contacts at home, especi- ally those who have not been in Britain since the Labor Party's election victory.
 5. New divisions within the Foreign Office, such as political
 intelligence, economic and labor research.
 6. Appointment of political intelligence attaches to foreign
  missions and extension of the system of appointing press, labor and commercial attaches.
 '. Assimilation of recruiting for the Foreign Office into rer cruiting for other government departments, possibly with re- placement of the 'Sold school tie" dominated Foreign Offlce personnel board with a selection committee for all government departments.
 8. Required study by all Fsor- eign Office recruits at Unit ed Nations headquarters or
 branches of the Organization and aims of the LIN, if possible jointly with recruits for Foreign Service of other nations, to shift the emphasis from the old ''bal- ance of power" between nations to world government