Evening star., 1946-06-23
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Farley July IS
Ministers Decide to
Meet Twice Daily
To Speed Up Work
BY the Assoeiotad Pres.

rejected another American at
tempt to convoke the general
European peace conference July
Is on grounds that the Confer
ence of Foreign Ministers was not
yet far enough along in its work,
an American informant said.
The ministers then decided to set
next Friday as deadline for work
on the Italian and Balkan treaties,
and to speed up their activities by
meeting twice daily instead of once.
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M
Molotov said he would be ready at
the end of next week to size up the
Councils progress to date, French
informants added.
Secretary of State Byrnes ap-
pealed to the ministers to send out
invitations now to the 2l-nation
peace conference, to keep in session
right up to July Is if necessary, and
to let the larger conference pass on
any differences which still remained
British and American sources said
Day Devoted to Procedure.
Mr.. Byrnes declared that the min
listers were SO near agreement on
peace treaties that there could be no
harm in sending out invitations
now. an American source said.
Mr.. Byrnes told the ministers that
If they could not agree on the
treaties they should admit their
failures and let someone else take
over-the larger peace conference
or the United Nations Assembly,
the American informant said.
BY tacit consent the conference
did not consider the keystone ques-
ton OF Trieste and the Italo-Yugo-
slav frontier at today's session, which
was devoted mainly to issues of
procedure, informants said.
1t was believed that the ministers
were awaiting further developments
in Washington and Moscow on last
nights private dinner talks between
Mr.. Byrnes and Mr.. Molotov, which
were followed today by a trans
Atlantic telephone conversation be-
tween Mr.. Byrnes and President
Truman. Mr.. Molotov was expected
to consult with Moscow.
Warns Time Is Short.
Mr.. Byrnes, reitefating arguments
advanced at the Councils April-May
sessions, proposed that the ministers
convoke now general European
peace conference for July Is. He de-
clared that time was short and II
they delayed too long there would be
no peace conference at all.
British sources said Mr.. MoIotov
objected that 1t was still too soon
that the ministers had not vet
agreed on any peace treaty drafts
which would form the basis of a
peace conference discussion.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
BeVln asserted that the conference
should speed up its work so that
these treaty drafts would be ready
in time He said the ministers
should finish their examination of
the proposed treaties with italy and
the Balkans by next Friday.
Mr.. Molotov concurred and the
ministers then agreed to instruct
their deputies to draw up an agenda
for this goal, beginning Monday
morning with the Italo-Austrian
frontier, the Franco Italian from
tier, and the italian fleet disposal
issues.
Fears Conflict With U. N.
Mr.. Byrnes pointed out that If
the peace conference were DELAYED
too long it would conflict with the
United Nations General Assembly
in September. Mr.. Bevin supported
Mr.. Byrpes. but urged waiting un-
I'll the end OF next week to assay the
conferences efforts, then fix a date
Tor the general peace conference.
The deputies will work tomorrow
on the Monday agenda for the min
listers.
British quarters said the deputies
mad agreed in principle to clauses
in the Italian treaty on war Grim
lnals and prewar bilateral treaties
which could also be applied to other
treaties with Bulgaria, Romania and
Hungary.
Under these the four Ambassa-
dors in Rome would act as COM
mission to supervise arrest and de-
livery OF suspected war criminals
by Italy, and Allied nations would