INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 43 FOR WEEK ENDING 25 OCTOBER 1949

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATICVS DIVISION
OFFICE OF REPORTS AND ESTIMATES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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OCT 25 19491
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INTERNATICTAL ORGANIZATICES DIVISION
WEEKLY SUNNARY NO. 43
For week ending 25 October 1949 Volume II
The International Week
Overshadowing all other UN events, including the organi-
zation's fourth birthday, was Yugoslavia,s election to the SC
in the teeth of bitter Soviet opposition. Italian-inspired
Latin American opposition to the US compromise proposal for
Eritrea dimmed prospects for solving the Italian Colonies
question at this GA session. Meanwhile the GA referred the
legal issues arising from alleged Satellite human rights vio-
lations to the International Court (47-5-3); continued the
Korean Commission (48-6-3); and indefinitely extended the life
of the Soviet-boycotted "Little Assembly" (41-6-6). Meanwhile
in Europe it appeared as if the whole issue of revitalizing
the ERP and giving it a new emphasis would come to a head at
the OEEC Council meeting around 31 October.
GA retains critical attitude toward USSR. Speculation
whether Soviet possession of the atom bomb would alter existing
UN political alignments seems to have been resolved in the
negative by recent roll calls in the. GA. Concrete tests .of UV
reaction were recently provided by the bitter struggle between
Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia for the Eastern European SC seat,
and by the hotly disputed issues of observance of human rights
In the Satellites and continuation of the controversial UV
Korean Commissicn.- In all three, the USSR suffered resounding
defeats and in the human rights case, the majority vote was
greater than last spring. So far, the USSR has found the going
rougher in this GA than in any previous session. Neither acqui-
sition of the A-bomb, ncr Vishiraskygs new-found cordiality seem
to have rade friends or influenced people at Lake Success. On
the other hand, when the GA comes to consider the problem of
the A-bomb itself, it is certain that the fact alone that a
second major power has acquired this weapon will exert new pres-
sure to find a solution.
AFI_REE.es recotgnition for Ruhr labor. The American Federa-
tion of Labor is strongly supporting trade union representation
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in the Ruhr Authority as a means of combatting growth of Com.
munist influence in that strategic industrial area. At the
September international conference of miners and metal workers
in Brussels, the AFL oriented the conferees away from abstract
discussion of "internationalization" and.induced them to agree
on concrete'proposals to the Buhr Authority and Allied High
'Commissioners for representation of both German and allied
trade unions. Simultaneously the AFL is seeking to strengthen
the International Miners Federation and to convert it into an
effective instrument for countering the appeal to German workers
of the recently organized WFTU Metal and Engineering Workers
International. In a further effort to strengthen anti-Cormunist
labor throughout the Western Zones, both the AFL and the CIO
will probably prase for full West German representation in the
new trade union international. By these efforts the AFL, with
the support of the CIO and the British TUC, underscores its
conviction that association of democratic trade unions in the
administration of the Ruhr is essential if the Communist bid
for control of German labor is to be effectively challenged.
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Armaguslar.teSovietzneda:ariarezerti. The
Soviet device of utilizing International conferences as sound-
ing boards for propaganda has been turned against it very neatly
by Yugoslavia in a way which proves the USSR a good teacher and
Yugoslavia an apt pupil. The forum was the GA Legal Committee,
which had before it the proposed Declaration of the Rights and
Duties of States. Yugoslavia promptly offered twenty-five
amendments, including some very pointed proposals on the duty
of a state to respect the rights of other states, not to foment
civil war in other natiors, not to engage in slander campaigns
nor economic warfare against fellow UN members, etc. Poland
tried to rescue the Soviet from embarrassment by moving that
the Declaration be referred to the member grates -- a maneuver
,which would have stalled the Yugoslav motion indefinitely. The
Greek representative was unable to refrain from expressing the
hope that Yugoslavia in the future would observe the lofty
principles for which it was contending, and regret that such
sentiments had not occurred to Yugoslavia two years ago.
. Few people -- and almost certainly not the Yugoslav repre-
sentatives -- believe either that the proposed amendments im-
prove the draft Declaration, or that they have the slightest
chance of being approved. But the Yugoslays are as indifferent
to these considerations as the USSR has been on similar occa-
sions in the past. They,will have attained their sole objective
-- a world-wide audience for their denunciations of their former
friend and ally.
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ERnmkummtaa. Tho Syrian newspaper AL-NASR reports
that US Chief of Staff Omar Bradley is in reality an Arab born
in Damascus,under the name of 'UMAR BIN BASAN AL-BAERAD. Fol-
lowing out he plot of "HMS Pinafore," (thus cocking an addi-
tional snit at unification) this esteemed contemporary relates
that the infant''UMAR was kidnapped by a gypsy woman (possibly
named AL BUTTARKUP) who sold him to some American tourists
then visiting the Middle East0
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gmacsk in tiajlemajLgue. Prospects for settling the
Greek. case during the current GA have dimmed with failure of
the conciliation talks. The uncompromising Soviet position
during the private discussions offers little hope for signifi-
cant concessions in public UN debate. Therefore, the only
course open to the GA will be to continue UV machinery in Greece
and again call upon the parties to settle their dispute by
peaceful means. Actual progress during this session will be
limited to facilitating a rapprochement between the Greeks
and Yugoslays.
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ECAFE lipepp. Although the 13-nation Econoric Commission
for Asia and the Far East accepted Vietnam and the Republic
of Korea as associate mealbers and rejected the applications of
Vietminh and Communist North Korea, Far Eastern fear of the
USSR and apprehension as to the future role of Communist China
were evident in the commission vote. In the case of Vietnam
and Vietminh, the favorable votes were cast almost exclusively
by Western or Western-oriented countries -- the US, UK, France,
Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and China. On the other
hand India favored the admission of both, while the Philippines,
Thailand and Burma abstained and Pakistan absented itself.
Only the Philippines and Thailand voted with the Western-orient-
ed states against admission of Worth Korea.
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#211!_labora4ivided on cooperation with 7Sraell unions_.
The Egyptian, Syrian and Lebanese crganizations hold divergent
views regarding colltboration with the Israeli national labor
organization, Histadruth, in the projected Free Trade Union
international. The Egyptian, orli.ers, although not opposed to
cooperation on en international level, have refrained from public
support of Histadruth because of their government's opposition to
Israel. The Syrian unions strongly oppose any collaboration. The
Lebanese unions, in contrast, are prepared to wcrk alongside
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the Israeli group if it disaffiliates from the WFTU and elimi-
nates its Communist elements. In any case Histadruth is in a
difficult position internationally. Not wishing to offend the
USSR because of obligations to it for past aid and because of
the Jewish refugees ,in Eastern Europe, it will probably try to
maintain relations both with WF and the Free Trade Union
International.
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