Weak Links In The Chain Of World Security
British Conservative Jaro MacMillan charged Russia with attacking weak links in world security and peace. He urged debate on Soviet diplomacy, warning of Mediterranean and Middle East pressure and Russia’s Yugoslav support of Trieste as obstacles to an Italian peace. He noted rumors of a turn in Soviet policy and said Anglo American Soviet ties are in abeyance, reflecting strained great power relations. MacMillan’s WW II era roles shed light on his views.
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London
Jaro MacMillan
Rusia
MacMillan
Russia
Mediterranean
Middle East
Trieste
Winston Churchill
Allied
North Africa
Advisory Council
Italy
Churchill
British cabinet mission to India for constitutional talks
Britain plans a March departure of a three member cabinet mission including Lord Pethick-Lawrence Sir Stafford Cripps and A V Alexander to India to pursue a constituent assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution for India. Officials see this as urgent despite rioting and stress that Indians must lead the constitutional framework for TaNia. Viscount Wavell the viceroy may join with the delegation to push a satisfactory settlement.
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Vital
London
India
Britain
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
A. V
Viscount Wavell
Tania
Roads Under Water The Canadian Occupation Force In Germany
The Canadian occupation area in Germany was nearly cut off for a week as floods washed out bridges but overall damage within the zone was small. Communications were disrupted elsewhere in the British zone while bridges into Holland and Germany failed, with the Ems Leer and Meppen bridges among those lost and routes to Amsterdam blocked by rising waters.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Holland
Wener
Minden
Ems River
Leer
Harren
Meppen
Attempt On Life Of Gosenko Sparks Ottawa Espionage Inquiry
A dramatic Canadian Press report describes a Soviet fifth column infiltrating Ottawa life. Ivor Gosenko and wife allegedly targeted by Russian agents. powers fear orders to kill. Royal commission probes note an expanding ring surfacing military secrets, radar and atomic bomb data. The government seeks to curb the network amid heightened tensions.
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Ottawa
Atla
Ivor Gosenko
Gosenko
Gornko
Ring
Royal Commission
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Canada
Russia
London
Washington
Restlessness grows in postwar Australia reports
Psychiatrists warn Australians face nerves and jitters as wartime sacrifices feel unfulfilled. Housing shortages and crowded transport boost anxiety while nerve tonic sales surge. Experts say the malaise spans the world and should fade after two years postwar.
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Sydney
Australia
Reeds
Japanese officers convicted by US war crimes panel on Panay Island
In Panay Island 1945 a US war crimes commission found two Japanese officers guilty and sentenced them to death while four others received 30 to 40 years hard labor for the torture killing of three unnamed American filers. In early World War II, British lifeboats rescued an average of 46 persons weekly during the first eleven months.
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Manila
Panay Island
Plan Celebration War See rite Vie Parade On May
London plans a wartime victory celebration in May with parades and displays but no stand erection or extra rations. Dominion representation expected. a King’s message card to schoolchildren to be distributed. Large military displays and open-air entertainments for children planned.
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London
Attee
House of
Dominions
Canada
People Should Have Say On Sarawak Government Form
In London the famed white rajah of Sarawak Sir Charles Vyner Brooke plans to hand over his state to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as crown colony. His heir Anthony Brooke vows to oppose cession unless the people of Sarawak choose their preferred form of government, resisting colonial terms.
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London
Sarawak
Carle Vyner Brooke
Far East
Sir Charles
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Colonial Office
Anthony Brooke
Radio amateurs to join air force network in Canada
Air Minister Gibson launched plans to form an air force amateur Radio System in Canada. Amateur operators over 16 with licences may gain full membership, while under 16 or others may obtain provisional status. Amateurs will be affiliated with RCAF groups and support squadron signals personnel.
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Ottawa
Gibson
Air Force
trans-Canada Radio Net
RCAF
Canada and Britain discuss loan terms and wheat deal
Ottawa reports progress in loan talks between Canada and Britain with details being drafted. Both governments assess amounts owed for wartime services and supplies, and a four year Wheat contract at about 1.55 dollars a bushel faces price disputes amid shifting world prices.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canada
Wilfrid Eady
British Treasury
British
Btain
Rationing Of Bread In Britain Is Not Likely
Lord Woolton and others questioned wartime food policy in the House of Lords noting Britain faced tight wheat stocks and shipping losses. They pressed about weeks of bread supply and alternative sources, criticizing government focus on nationalization over securing food for civilians.
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Britain
London
Adaison
Rds
Wootten
Ford Tannister
Bem Simith
Abd Hin
Wwe
Wisc Int
Addison
Lord Wootton
Beneft
United States
Siren
Lord Woolton
Canada
Tord
Woolton
Trade Talks Planned By United Nations Economic Council
London reports that the United Nations Economic and Social Council, after its London session, agreed to summon an international trade conference late in 1946 and to hold its next meeting. Committees were named to begin work on the conference, refugee issues, narcotics control, and land relations with agencies including the World Federation of Trade Unions, the American Federation of Labor, and the International Cooperative Alliance. The conference would discuss reducing trade barriers, creating an international trade organization, and plans for increased global employment.
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United Nations Economic Council
London
United Nations ‘Economic and Social Council
World Federation of Trade Unions
American Federation of Labor
International C O-Operative Alliance
Shape of Germany’s future amid postwar upheaval
Allied reports describe Germany rebuilding from Nazi ruin with higher taxes and restructured industry. Agriculture must rise to feed the population while exports may fund food imports. Heavy industry to shrink as Germany loses its machine exporting role. London reports Allied authorities handed over war crime suspects to Yugoslav officials. Also noted are restrictions on deep sea fishing by US territory and permission requirements for Japanese vessels.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Newgrage Tans Mn
August Meyssner
Gestapo
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Kosak
Budaspest
United States
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