The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-22
Behind The
World News
BY WILLIAM JoLEScH.
Associated Press Writer

Preparations already are un-
der way for the Western Big
Three foreign ministers confer
/ ence in London next month.
The meeting promises to be of
prime Importance, and the agen-
da will be full. In order to cover
all the ground. preparatory SEES
slons viii convene in London
two weeks ahead of the main
conference, This meeting is ex-
pected to get started in little
more than a week from now,
with the United States represent
ed by Ambassador At Large
Philip Jessup and Assistant Sec
rotary Of State George Perkins.
They viii confer with both the
British and French delegations.
The introductory details should
be out of the way when Secre-
taTy of State Dean Acheson sits
down with his British and French
counterparts at the conference it,
self. Most observers concede that
the foreign ministers viii have
their haads full for they viii be
concerned with one central prob
leIn-the cold war. The western
foreign ministers win have to
decide on strategy TO counter
act the Russian tactics,
It is easy TO see then that al
most anything relating to the
cold war between East and West
viii have a place at the confer
ence discussions The agenda
most likely win range the globe,
from Southeast Asia to Baltic
defenses. Even phases. of atomic
energy will be incladed sss
It is scec tain, for instance, that
the conference viii initiate an
! aid program for Southeast Asia.
lkThe. Western Big Threes are ex-
Ihcted ta provide large scale aid,
mostly American, to defend these
areas from the Communist
threat
Coming nearer home, the Big
Three are bound TO turn their
attention 10 the problem of Ger
many. This of course will bring
up Britain's reluctance to link
its fortunes with the European
continent. AT the same time,
France has not been overly CO.
operative on the German issue.
Other topics which undoubted-
~ viii come up during the meet
ing include problems of Atlantic
defense, the friction between In
dia and Pakistan and the west
ern propaganda drive to pene-
trafe the Iron Curtain
Expansive as the conference
agenda may be, there are certain
topics which have been ruled out
in advance. The parley is not
going to- be a major economic
conference. Secretary Acheson
! has decided that Britain's dollar
problem viii be mentioned only
as it touches Britain's ability to
build adequate defenses for her
self and other nations.
There are elements in the
British government that would
like to see the conference broad
en- the Atlantic pact into an
economic alliance as well. 1t is
said that British Foreign Secre-
tary Ernest Bevin fayors a kind
Of North Atlantic economic
group.
The conference viii not try to
dictate Europe's politics or the
future Of such a typically Euro
pean BODY as the Council of Eu-
rope. However, the Council of
Europe doubtlesSly will come up
for discussion during delibera-
tons on the future of Germany.
The foreign ministers are
bound TO take note of Russia's
late feaction to- alleged foreign
intruders in the Baltic area. The
Soviet attitude was sharply UNI
! derlined this week in the incident
over the. disappearance of ten
American Naval flierS some
where in Northern Europe. The
Russians charged that an Ameri-
can plane fired on a Soviet plane
over Latvia, and from the tone
of the official Soviet protest
Russia apparently regards the
Baltic as her own private lake,
with no visiting permits allowed.
This. and other examples of
Soviet enIaity, indicate 70 the
western foreign ministers need
10 coordinate their allied strate-
the purchase Of the Candy
Bridge, I can probably find a
e,iy who viii sell EN- to you. Re-