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and economic collaboration among
the 81 American Republics.
Mr.. Truman is scheduled tt
speak at 4 pm. tomorrow at tn,
inaugural session of the confer
Ience-officially called the Fourth
Meeting of Consultation of Min.
listers of Foreign Affairs of thu
American States-in Constitution
Hall.
Secretary of State Acheson anC
the other foreign ministers have
scheduled preliminary session
at 1890 am. tomorrow, but will.
not get down to the real business
of the conference until Tuesday
morning.
La Prensa Not on Agenda.
The conference delegates got a
jolt yesterday from an announce
ment by Argentine President Juan
Peron in Buenos Aires that his
country has succeeded in develop
ing the controlled release OF
atomic power.
Such a development could have
far-reach effect on South Ameri-
can politics. Some diplomats sug
gested that the Peron announce
ment was timed so as to raise
Argentina's prestige at the con-
ference here.
One view was that the an
nouncement might make dele
gates from other Latin American
countries cautious about criticiz-
ing the Peron regime over the
closing of the anti-Peron news
paper La Prensa, whose editor
has been branded fugitive from
justice by an Argentine congress
sional committee that has taken
over the paper.
The La Prensa situation is not
on the conference agenda and
Argentine can veto any attempt to
bring it up.
To Outline Policies.
Subjects for discussion at the
meetings here have been set in
advance as:
l. Political and military CO.
operation for the defense OF the
Americas and to prevent and repel
aggression.
2. Strengthening of the internal
security of the American Repub-
lies.
3. Emergency economic COOP
Grafton.
officials expect general policies
in these three fields to be laid
down in a series of resolutions
adopted at the end of the confer
ence IN two or three weeks, with
details left for working out by
technical agencies of the Organi
cation of American States.
Mr.. Truman will greet the
Latin American Foreign Ministers
individually in a private gather
ing back of the stage at Constitu-
ton Hall just before the formal
session opens tomorrow. Members
OF the Latin American Embassy
STATS here and their guests are
expected to fill all seats in the
hall.
The inaugural session will end
after a speech by Joao Neves da
Fontoura, Brazilian Foreign Min
lister. in reply to Mr.. Truman s
address.
Many Social Events.
Other Foreign Ministers here
for the conference are: Hipolito
Jesus Paz of Argentina; Pedro
zilveti Arce of Bolivia: Horacio
Walker Larrain of Chile; Gonzalo
Restrepo Jaramillo of Colombia ::
Mario Echandi of Costa RIGA; DR..
Ernesto Dihigo of Cuba; Virgilio
Diaz Ordonez of the Dominican
Republic; DR.. Neftali Ponce of
Ecuador; Roberto E. Canessa of
Ell Salvador; Manuel Galich of
Guatemala; Jacques Leger of
Haiti; DR.. j. Edgardo Valenzuela
of Honduras; Manuel Tello of
Mexico; DR.. Carlos N. Brin of
Panama; DR.. Bernardo Ocampos
OF Paraguay; DR.. Manuel C. Gal
lagher of Peru; DR.. Alberto Do
minguez Campora of Uruguay
and DR.. Luis E. Gomez Ruiz of
Venezuela. Nicaragua will be rep
resented by her Ambassador here,
DR.. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa.
Aside from business of the con-
ference, many social events have
been arranged for the visiting
foreign ministers.
Board of Trade Luncheon.
The Washington Board of Trade
will honor the visitors at a lunch
con in the Mayf1ower Hotel on