INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 38

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01090A000100020014-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: September 20, 1949
• Content Type: PERRPT

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' ritain' s bold devaluation of t ,e pound sterling, already
'uilowed by 17 other countries -ith several more In the offing,
.iii be a powerful :stimulus to European econoriio recovery end
neslthy expansion of .^ror?d trade I.iearr~hile the Fourth Seesior
c,E ,he UN General As-embly opened at Lake Success `:with Carlos
Ronulo elected GA President. The annual UNi';3C0 Conference met
in "Paris. Seven UN membership applications were vetoed by the
USSR, as its five Satellites once again failed of a majority
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Prospects for reconvening the, OFF. The impressive Soviet
TIN 3e a~atior headed by Foreign inister Vishinslky points to
the USSR's intention to take the initiative in pressing for a
new mooting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, if only as a
gesture in support of continuing Bast-'.ast conversations. The
..,extern powers, on the other hand, prefer to delay reconvening
the ^F.i. from which it would be diffioult to exclude the subject
fa Germanys until the recently established 'test German i ela>xbl c
has gotten under way, The ;est does seem prompt resumption of
the deputies' melting;s on the Austrian treaty and the USSR,
while probably more interested in propaganda expioitation of
renewed German discussions, nas agreed to the -lestern request.
The USSR is nevertheless 11_icely to bring up the matter of
a "11 meeting on Germany at New York; If turned down, it should
have another opnortunity to renew its request whenever the dep-
uties for Austria again reach an impasse, which seems probable.
The Soviet request will be aided if the Foreign i4rinisters are
still attending the GA. But while there may be some jockeying
between Fast and West as to the t i:ning of the next CF?