Evening star., 1950-12-09

AttLee JOtOJUS.
CINCE Prime Minister Attlee
~ arrived in Washington on
December 4, six meetings be-
tween the President and Mr..
Attlee have been held. Among
those who participated as ad-
visers to the President were the
Secretary of State, Dean Ache
son: the Secretary of the Treas
ury, John w. Snyder; the
Secretary of Defense. Gen.
George C. Marshall; the Sec
retary of the Interior, Oscar L.
Chapman; the Secretary of Com
merce, Charles Sawyer; the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, General of the Army
Omar N. Bradley; w. Aver
ell Hartman, the chairman OF
the National Security Resources
Board, w. Stuart Symington, and
Ambassador designate Walter S.
Clifford. Mr.. Attlee's advisers
included the British hnlbassa-
dor, Sir Oliver S. Franks, Field
Marshall Sir William Slim,
Chief of the Imperial General
Staff, Marshal of the Royal Air
Force Lord Tedder; Sir Roger
Makins and r. H. Scott OF
the Foreign Office and Sir I'd
win Plowden, chief of the
Economic Planning Staff.
At the conclusion of their
conferences, the President and
the Prime Minister issued the
following joint statement:
We have reviewed together
the outstanding problems fac
ing our two countries in inter-
national affairs. The objec-
tives of our two nations in for
eign policy are the same: To
maintain world peace and re-
spect for the rights and interests
Of all peoples, to promote
strength and confidence among
the freedom loving countries of
the world, to eliminate the
causes of fear, want and discon-
tent, and to advance the demo-
cratic way Of life.
Defenses Considered.
We first reviewed the changed
aspect of world affairs arising
from the massive Intervention
of Chinese Communists in Ko-
rea. We have discussed the
problems of the Far East and
the situation as it now presents
itself in Europe. We have sur
veyed the economic problems
and the defense programs of our
respective countries, and par
ticularly the existing and threat
ened shortages of raw materials.
We have considered the ar
rangements for the defense of
the Atlantic community, and our
future course in the United
Nations.
The unity of objectives of our
two countries underlay all the
discussions. There is no diff
ference between us as to the
nature of the threat which our
countries face or the basic poi
ices which must be pursued to
overcome it. We recognize that
many of the problems which we
have discussed can only be de-
cided through the procedures of
the United Nations or the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The peoples of the United
States and the United Kingdom
will act together with resolution
and unity to meet the challenge
to peace which recent weeks
have made clear to all.
Korean Situation Grave.
The situation in Korea is one
of gravity and far-reaching
consequences. BY the end of
October, the forces of the
United Nations had all but COM
pleted the mission set for them
by the United Nations ito repel
the armed attack and to restore
international peace and security
in the area" A free and unified
Korea-the objective which the
United Nations has long sought
was we'll on the way to being
realized. At that point Chinese
Communist forces entered Korea
in large numbers, and on No
vember 27 launched a large
scale attack on the United Ma
tions troops. The United Ma
tions forces have the advantage
of superior air power and naval
support, but on the ground they
are confronted by a heavy nu-
merlCal superiority.
The United Nations forces
were sent into Korea on the au-
thority and at the recommended
ton of the United Nations. The
United Nations has not changed
the mission which it has en-
trusted to them and the forces
of our two countries will con-
tinue to discharge their respon-
SibilitieS.
We were in complete agree
ment that there can be no
thought of appeasement or of
rewarding aggression, whether in
the Far East or elsewhere. Last
ing peace and the future of the
United Nations as an instru-
ment for world peace depend