Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-01-09
F O REIGN.


10-U. N security council
:. guarantees independence
of Trieste.
11-Chinese civil warfare continues to rage.
15-Truce becomes effective between French
troops and native rebel forces in French
Indo-China.
10 Poland holds first election for parliament
| tary offices since 1885.
21-Paul Ramadier chosen new premier Of
France. New cabinet leans to left. but
2s-U: S. abandons efforts to mediate
Chinese civil strife.
February
2Premier Alcide de Gasperi forms new
Italian cabinet composed Of coalition Of
+Anglo.Arab conference on Palestine ad.
journs in failure. as Arabs reject pard.
7-British military government of Germany
ANNOUNCES plan to free 100000 Of the
1;5oo, 200 Nazi suspects in zone.
formed by Josef Cyrankiewicz. Ten key
positions held by Communists or Social.
2o-BrItish announce withdrawal from India
before June. 1913.
25-Foreign ministers end London confer.
with 18th little he ad on peace
March
1-Chinese Communist troops open large
scale offensive against Changchun.
| fGreek government appeals to U. S. for
8-Jewish underground forces battle Brit.
.. ish soldiers in Palestine.
4-U. S. and Philippines sign treaty grant.
| ing U. S. 99.year leases for naval bases.
| 24-Dutch and Indonesians sign treaty rec.
| ognizing Indonesian Republic. with SOW.
| ereignty by January l. 1919.
April
2-U. N. grants u s. strategic trustee
| ship over former Japanese-mandated
islands. the Caroline. Marshall and
| Mariana groups.
marines. wound Is in raid on marine
after reaching agreement on only 4
few points for Austrian and German
28-Peace negotiations begin between Indo.
| Chinese rebels and French forces.
May
s-communists ousted from French cab
viding $50 million dollars for Austria,
Greece. Hungary. Italy. Poland. Trieste
2o-First Japanese premier under new con.
| stitution Is Tetsu Katayama, SO, lawyer
and Christian.
3l-Russia seizes control Of Hungarian gov.
eminent through Hungarian Communist
Premier de Casper OF Italy forms new
| cabinet. minus Communists or Social.
lists.
June
5-Secretary Marshall reveals Marshall
| Plan" for European aid.
| y. S. senate ratifies peace treaties with
27-Austria and i. S. reach Settlement on
occupation costs.
President Of Chile Gabriel videla pro.
| poses inter-Amercan army to guard
the continent.
3O-UNRRA largest relief effort in history.
| ends after spending three billion dollars
| In four years, 70 per cent OF funds com.
ing from the U. S.
July
big Three conference in Paris on Mar.
shall plan ends in failure on Russian
15-Paris economic conference establishes
| donation organization for European
economic cooperation under Marshall
2o-Dutch forces. with air support. attack
| Indonesan Republic installations on
| Java and Sumatra claiming breach Of
2s-Protests on undeclared war in Neither.
lands East Indies pour into U. N.
| 29-Russian U. N. delegate Gromyko vetoes
| U. S. resolution to set up two-year
frontier commission in Balkans.
August
l-U. N. atomic energy commission re:
| leases SIX papers on atomic COntrOl
| plans. Russia rejects proposals.
| 15-Inda becomes free of foreign rule as
British relinquish powers. Two sover.
pakst siG govern most of huge ao land ana
Transioraania, Fire. Portugal from U.
% Government Of Ecuador seized in blood.
less coup by defense minister Col. Car.
| los Mancheno.
September
2-Inter.American treaty Of reciprocal as.
and South American nations at Rio de
| Janeiro.
Of fatalities
22-European nations ask 22,a billion dollars
in aid under Marshall plan.
| 29-Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
| tells U. N. commission Arabs will fight
| to keep Palestine an Arab.controlled
| state.
3O-Greek government reports 45.214 Greek
| civilians and 1000 soldiers and police
men killed by rebels since October. 1874.
October
5-communist parties of nine European
nations form "Cominform.' revived
ls-French anti: Communist party. Charles
deGaulle's RPF., replaces Communists
as largest French party.
2l-U. N. establishes permanent Balkan
| 'border-watch' committee to cover
| Greece fuSoSlaVla. bulgaria and Al
| bania.
November
3-British and Scotch elections turn to
| conservative side as Labor and Com.
| munist parties lose ground.
| 8-Britain forced to ration potatoes.
l3-U N. creates Little Assembly" to act
during recess Of main body.
| l5-Communist.inspire riots and strikes
| sweep France and Italy.
III. N accept Geneva trade agreement,
| signed by % nations.
| 20-Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and It.
| Philip Mountbatten In London draws
worldwide interest.
| 24+Strikes in France and Italy fall, as
| workers return to Jobs.
gu. N. partitions Palestine into Jewish
| and Arab states.
December
gu 5 turbids shipment Of arms to Pales.
| tine.
s-Russia breaks off trade pact discus.
| sion with France.
II General strike grips Rome: Commun
| lists march on city.
Is Soviet government revalues Russia's
| curreny
Is London Big -Four foreign ministers' par.