Internation’l News
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Switzerland, the Netherl a n d s ,
Norway, Sweden, Belgium and
Denmark.
The western allies, counter
blockade has stopped the move
ment of goods through their zone
to the Soviet area of Germany, i
but east Germany still gets sup-1
plies from several western coun-!
tries over other routes, mostly by
sea.
The plan to create a new West
German state is bumping into
strong opposition from various
sources. Observers give it no bet
ter than a 50-50 chance of
worked out.
The opposition includes the j
strong socialist party in Western
Germany, the French military gov
ernment and a new German na
tionalist movement which aims at |
a united Germany.
The German communists have
been opposed all along to any
West German government. It
would leave out their eastern zone
of Germany and minimize com
munist influence in the west.
Proposals for the United States
to support some new non-com
munist defense pacts are expected
in Washington as soon as the
North Atlantic treaty is out of the
way.
Diplomatic informants said two
alliance proposals probably will
receive primary consideration—an
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eastern Mediterranean-Near East
ern treaty based on Iran, Turkey
and Greece, and a southeast Asian
southwest Pacific system to deal
with the threat resulting from
communist successes in China.
Nationalist China’s cabinet
named a peace conference delega
tion today. At the same time a
government spokesman warned
that communist troops were being
deployed toward the Yangtze
river.
Observers said such Red tactics
would strengthen the communists’
power to back up any demands
they might make at the peace
table.
Friday, March 25. 1949
Russia continued to shuffle
around its top officials today and
named a new armed forces chief.
He is Marshal Alexander M. Vasi
levsky, who made a brilliant rec
ord in World War II as a warrion
and tactician.
As in other recent shifts, the
presidium of the supreme Soviet
announced without explanation
that Vasilevsky was taking over
from Marshal Nikolai A. Bulgan
in as minister of armed forces of
the Soviet Union. This is the high
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est military post in all Russia.
Belganin, who has held the min
j istry since he took it over from
i Prime Minister Stalin in March,
j 1947, will retain his post as depu
ty prime minister. He also will
i continue as a member of the pow
j erful politburo.
j Observers outside Russia inter
1 preted the new’ change as fitting
into the same pattern as earlier
ones, which relieved politburo
members of active administrative
work, apparently so they can give
full time to policy problems.
It follows the release of V. M.
Molotov as foreign minister and
appointment of Andrei Y. Vishin
sky to succeed him.
Vasilevsky, personally well
known to Gen. Eisenhower* and
British Field Marshal Viscount
Montgomery, moved up raDidly in
World War II. From the rank of
major general he rose in not much
more than a year to general of the
army, Jan. 18, 1943, and became a
marshal and chief of staff not
long afterward. .
The cultural and scientific con
ference for world peace opens in
New York tonight with thousands
; of pickets and demonstrators pre
pared to carry placards protesting
against “communist demonstra
tion” of the parley.
In Rangoon, the Burmese gov
ernment reported today that troops
are massing to retake rebel-held
Mandalay and were within four
miles of the sacred city.
, Burmese planes were reported
bombing positions of the Karens
and communist allies ahead of the
Burmese army forces.
India, disappointed with United
Shelve Veterans’
Pension Bill
WA8HIN GTON, (A*) — The
j House voted yesterday to shelve
! the Rankin veterans’ pension bill,
but friends of the measure lmme
. diately sought a new vote.
( It adopted, 171 to 168 by a teller
vote, a motion by Rep. Teague
<D.-Tex.> to strike out the bill’s
enacting clause.
! Ordinarily, that is a killing ac
tion but Teague sa*d he intended
it only as a preliminary to a mo
tion to send the bill back to the
veterans committee for further
study.
After the teller vote on which
the members are not recorded,
Teague moved to send the bill
back to committee.
A roll-call was ordered on that
motion.
In the debate before the first
I vote, Rep. Rankin <D.-Miss.) au
thor of the bill, shouted that
Teague ‘‘need not kid himself.”
“If this motion is adopted, that
kills this legislation for this Con
gress,” Rankin said.
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sian-Duteh dispute, is reported
planning new consultations with
other Asian nations to determine
! how best to prod for more decisive
action.
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