亚洲及太平洋沿岸各国和平人士热烈拥护召开和平会议 (Asia-Pacific peace conference preparations; Indonesian sponsors incl. Gerwis chair)

人民日报 Renmin Ribao, 1952-05-17, 第1版 (page 1)标题: 亚洲及太平洋沿岸各国和平人士热烈拥护召开和平会议 澳大利亚等二十个国家积极进行筹备工作English gloss: Asia-Pacific peace conference preparations, Indonesian sponsors incl. Gerwis chairSource: 人民日报图文数据库 (People's Daily database), via Columbia University Libraries; article URL http://data.people.com.cn/rmrb/19520517/1/5c6e82f4a9704305ab9886816d4c3cccRetrieved 2026-10-17. Article text as given by the database; full-page scan follows (page image 1).亚洲及太平洋沿岸各国和平人士热烈拥护召开和平会议　 澳大利亚等二十个国家积极进行筹备工作【人民日报1952-05-17第1版【新华社十六日讯】我国努力和平事业的著名人士宋庆龄、郭沫若等十一人，在三月二十一日联名发出发起书，邀请亚洲、澳洲及美洲太平洋沿岸各国爱好和平与正义的人士，共同发起《亚洲及太平洋区域和平会议》之后，业已得到亚洲、澳洲及美洲太平洋沿岸各国广大爱好和平人士的热烈响应和支持。截至五月十五日止，按照来电日期的先后，计有澳大利亚、蒙古、尼加拉瓜、危地马拉、缅甸、印度尼西亚、哥伦比亚、朝鲜、印度、智利、墨西哥、萨尔瓦多、锡兰、加拿大、巴基斯坦、美国、日本、越南、寮国、苏联等二十个国家的和平人士一致表示拥护在北京召开和平会议，他们或者推定了发起人，成立了本国参加会议的筹备委员会，或者推定了来中国参加筹备会议的代表，积极进行着筹备工作。 四月三日，澳大利亚的和平人士来电，热烈赞同发起书的建议，并决定派出代表来北京参加筹备会及和平会议。五月十三日他们推定了八位发起人，他们是：上议院议员克莱夫·伊华特，工党青年部委员莫洛·兰本尼，工党执行委员亚尔伯特·汤姆逊，美以美会社会部主任何宾牧师，前在中国传教医生欧文·查普曼博士，科学家斯蒂芬·马辛多，文书协会秘书约·休士和勃罗宾少校。 四月四日，蒙古保卫和平委员会来电，表示蒙古保卫和平委员会已在全体会议上一致决议拥护发起书的意见。 四月八日拉丁美洲尼加拉瓜的和平人士已决定派遣代表前来北京参加和平会议。 四月九日，拉丁美洲危地马拉的和平人士已推定了和平会议的发起人，他们是：危地马拉全国和平委员会名誉主席、作家米格尔·安赫尔·阿斯杜里亚，危地马拉全国和平委员会主席、作家路易斯—卡多萨·阿拉刚，前危地马拉共和国国会主席罗伯托·阿尔瓦拉多·傅恩特斯，工人联合会总书记维克托·马努埃尔·古蒂勒斯，危地马拉全国和平委员会副主席、律师安多尼奥·克鲁斯·弗兰哥和农民协会领导人雷奥纳多·卡斯迪略·弗洛雷斯。 四月九日，缅甸的和平人士组成了发起人委员会，参加委员会的有：作家德钦哥都迈，仰光大学校务长顶旺博士，医学院院长巴丹博士，师范学院院长吴巴，仰光大学翻译系主任吴文，缅苏文化协会主席旺拉教授，缅中友好协会主席信波博士，劳工联合行动委员会主席吴吞旺觉，全缅学生联合会主席哥拉温，国会议员曼吞印，牧师吴梭迪卡，人民日报编辑岁吴东，艺术家吴翁伦，作家德贡达耶和前市长吴巴梭。他们已推派代表，来北京出席和平会议筹备会。 四月十日，印尼和平人士决定派代表来北京参加筹备会议，并于四月十四日和十八日推定了十一位发起人，他们是：印尼保卫世界和平委员会主席塞第亚狄，世界和平理事会理事蔡锡胤，国会议员、印尼总工会代表禾多约，人民文化协会秘书长打达，教育家哥托特·苏卡迪，安打拉通讯社总编辑渣禾多，国会议员、印尼觉醒妇女会主席苏瓦蒂，国会议员萧玉灿，印尼农民统一战线主席西狄·格打巴地，北苏门达腊基督教会牧师、北苏门达腊和平委员会副主席奥克托西亚，商业家阿尔宾·董加。 四月十二日，拉丁美洲哥伦比亚的和平委员会已决定派遣代表来北京参加筹备会议。 据四月十四日转来的信说，朝鲜和平人士已组织了筹备委员会，委员是：朝鲜拥护和平全国民族委员会副委员长、朝鲜民主妇女同盟委员长朴正爱，朝鲜拥护和平全国民族委员会委员长、朝鲜文学艺术总同盟委员长、作家韩雪野，朝鲜拥护和平全国民族委员会副委员长、朝鲜文化协会委员长、作家李箕永，朝鲜拥护和平全国民族委员会副委员长、朝鲜文学艺术总同盟副委员长、作家李泰俊，朝苏拥护和平全国民族委员会委员、朝鲜民主党副委员长郑圣彦，朝鲜民主青年同盟中央委员会副委员长李焕起，朝鲜职业总同盟委员长玄勋，朱晃燮，朝鲜文化协会副委员长、诗人林和，朝鲜民主妇女同盟副委员长赵福礼，朝鲜农民同盟中央委员会副委员长玄七钟，朝鲜劳动党中央宣传鼓动部副部长崔哲焕，奇锡福，朝鲜文学艺术总同盟音乐同盟委员长、作曲家李冕相，朝鲜民主青年同盟中央委员会委员长金琐镇，尹贞河，农民代表洪英才，朝鲜语学专家李克鲁，金日成大学教授、考古学家韩兴洙，药物学家金良霞和化学家李升基。他们已决定派遣代表来北京参加筹备会议。 四月十四日，印度的全印和平理事会来电，表示完全赞同五月二十八日在北京召开和平会议的筹备会。印度发起人委员会名单如下：全印和平理事会主席赛福丁·克其鲁，全印和平理事会副主席爱德华、卡普尔、高善必、安纳德和辛格及全印和平理事会秘书长钱达。四月二十六日，他们已经推定了来北京参加筹备会的代表。 四月十五日，拉丁美洲的智利和平委员会委员、画家何塞·万徒勒里和加拿大和平大会主席文幼章联合发表拥护召开和平会议的宣言。宣言说：“我们——两个太平洋沿岸国家的和平拥护者，以无比兴奋的心情来欢迎包括有美洲太平洋沿岸国家参加的亚洲人民和平会议的发起书。我们号召美洲太平洋沿岸国家所有爱好和平的人士更广泛地团结起来建立筹备委员会，以便积极参加这个亚洲及太平洋区域和平会议，并把这个会议的重大意义广为宣传。”四月十五日，拉丁美洲墨西哥的和平人士，推定了画家迪越哥·立维拉，于拉勒亚·古兹曼博士，科学家科西奥·维列盖斯，第一届斯大林国际和平奖金获奖者艾里柏托·哈拉将军，最高法院院长弗兰哥·卡连诺为发起人，他们并在五月十日推定代表来北京参加筹备会议。 四月十六日，拉丁美洲萨尔瓦多的和平人士来信，信里说：萨尔瓦多人民不断地进行拥护和平的宣传，各阶层人士都认识到这次和平会议的目的是为了保障保卫和平的原则。国际性会议是鼓励保卫和平斗争的最好的推动力，萨尔瓦多的和平人士已推派了参加北京筹备会议的代表，并将开始关于和平会议的广大宣传。 四月十九日，锡兰和平人士推定了第一批发起人，他们是牧师那拉威拉·达马拉塔纳，国会议员艾齐斯，可伦布前任市长拉特南，国会议员、世界和平理事会理事克尼曼和艺术家卡斯曼。他们表示完全拥护和平会议的召开，并希望和平会议获得成就。 四月十九日，加拿大热心和平事业人士来电说：他们已把亚洲及太平洋区域会议的发起书在全国广为宣传，并推定了第一批发起人，他们是：加拿大和平大会主席文幼章博士和温哥华渔业联合会及劳工联合会书记何麦·斯蒂文斯。他们并已推派代表来中国出席筹备会议。 四月二十七日，巴基斯坦的喀喇蚩和拉合尔两市已成立了筹备委员会。喀喇蚩市的筹委会由十五人组成，拉合尔市的筹委会由十一人组成。他们已派定了代表来北京出席筹备会议。 四月间，美国的爱好和平人士已表示赞同和平会议的召开，并决定推派代表到北京来参加筹备会议。 日本和平人士已在四月间推定了和平会议发起人，他们是：参议员、世界和平理事会理事大山郁夫，立命馆大学校长、民主主义科学者协会主席末川博，广岛大学教授、日本教育学会主席长田新，中国研究所所长、世界和平理事会理事平野义太郎，世界和平理事会理事、日本文化人会议副主席淡德三郎，日本文化人会议副主席福岛要一，战殁学生纪念会理事长、文学博士柳田谦十郎，记者联盟总书记畑中政春，学习院大学教授清水几太郎，世界和平理事会理事、爱知大学教授高桑纯夫，美术家、和平恳谈会的正宗得三郎，日本农民协会主席久保田丰，全国学生自治会总联合会中央执行委员会主席玉井仁，世界和平理事会理事、民主妇女俱乐部中央委员会主席栉田蕗，日本世界政府协会主席樱泽如一，朝鲜侨民民主统一战线会议主席金薰和华侨民主促进会主席甘文芳。日本和平人士并成立了和平会议筹备委员会，在四月二十一日举行了第一次筹备会会议，正式开始办公。他们同时已发出了号召，敦促日本各地爱好和平的人民讨论和平会议问题，并举出参加会议的代表。 四月间，越南已成立了和平会议的筹备委员会，委员七人为：越南保卫世界和平委员会主席黎廷探，越南保卫世界和平委员会执行委员阮春水，越南保卫世界和平委员会总书记杨白梅，越南社会党中央委员、农业技师黄文德，越南保卫世界和平委员会书记、越南青年团中央委员阮春针，越南总工会中央执行委员杨白莲和越南妇女联合会委员黎真芳。筹备委员会主席为阮春水。越南和平人士将派代表团参加和平会议，其中包括人民团体、各党派人士、劳动英雄、宗教界人士等。在收到宋庆龄、郭沫若等人的发起书后，越南保卫世界和平委员会和越南国民联合战线的执行委员会组织了一个全国运动委员会，积极向人民宣传亚洲及太平洋区域和平会议的意义。 四月间，寮国民族统一战线中央委员会执行委员会给中国人民保卫世界和平委员会来信，表示热烈欢迎发起书并完全同意以北京为开会地点。信里说：“寮国民族统一战线代表寮国全体爱好和平的各阶层、各宗教、各种族人民的意志，愿把召开和平会议的重大意义向寮国人民进行广泛的宣传，同时派代表团出席会议。我们相信有了对和平运动的成就具有无比热诚与信心的中国人民与亚洲和太平洋区域人民的真诚拥护，大会一定能获得预期的成功。”五月十四日，苏联拥护和平委员会主席吉洪诺夫来电说，苏联已推派代表三人来北京参加和平会议筹备会。(人民数据库资料)相关报道：

=== [Page 1] === 人民日报 Renmin Ribao, 1952-05-17, 第1版 (page 1) 标题: 亚洲及太平洋沿岸各国和平人士热烈拥护召开和平会议 澳大利亚等二十个国家积极进行筹备工作 English gloss: Asia-Pacific peace conference preparations, Indonesian sponsors incl. Gerwis chair Source: 人民日报图文数据库 (People's Daily database), via Columbia University Libraries; article URL http://data.people.com.cn/rmrb/19520517/1/5c6e82f4a9704305ab9886816d4c3ccc Retrieved 2026-10-17. Article text as given by the database; full-page scan follows (page image 1). 亚洲及太平洋沿岸各国和平人士热烈拥护召开和平会议　 澳大利亚等二十个国家积极进行筹备工作 Peace-loving people of countries around Asia and the Pacific warmly support the convening of a peace conference; twenty countries including Australia actively carry out preparatory work [People's Daily 1952-05-17, page 1] [Xinhua News Agency, 16th] After eleven prominent figures in our country working for peace, including Soong Ching-ling [Song Qingling] and Guo Moruo, issued on 21 March a joint call inviting peace- and justice-loving people of countries on the Pacific rim of Asia, Australasia and the Americas to jointly sponsor an "Asian and Pacific Regional Peace Conference", it has received the warm response and support of broad numbers of peace-loving people in these countries. As of 15 May, in the order of the dates of their telegrams, peace-loving people in twenty countries – Australia, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Burma, Indonesia, Colombia, Korea, India, Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, Ceylon, Canada, Pakistan, the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Laos and the Soviet Union – have unanimously expressed support for holding the peace conference in Beijing; they have either named sponsors and set up preparatory committees in their own countries to take part in the conference, or named delegates to come to China for the preparatory meeting, and are actively carrying out preparations. On 3 April, Australian peace advocates telegraphed their warm approval of the proposals in the call and decided to send delegates to Beijing for the preparatory meeting and the peace conference. On 13 May they named eight sponsors: Senator Clive Evatt, Labour youth section committee member Morrow Lambeni [Chinese rendering: 莫洛 兰本尼], Labour executive committee member Albert Thompson, Rev. Hobin [何宾], director of the Methodist social department, Dr. Owen Chapman, formerly a missionary doctor in China, the scientist Stephen Masindo [斯蒂芬 马辛多], the secretary of the Clerks' Association, Joe Hughes [约 休士], and Major Robin [勃罗宾]. On 4 April the Mongolian Committee for the Defence of Peace telegraphed that it had unanimously resolved at its plenary session to support the call. On 8 April peace advocates in Nicaragua in Latin America decided to send delegates to Beijing for the peace conference. On 9 April peace advocates in Guatemala named the sponsors of the peace conference: Miguel Angel Asturias, honorary chairman of the Guatemalan National Peace Committee and writer; Luis Cardoza y Aragón, chairman of the Guatemalan National Peace Committee and writer; Roberto Alvarado Fuentes, former president of the Guatemalan Congress; Víctor Manuel Gutiérrez, general secretary of the Confederation of Workers; Antonio Cruz Franco, vice-chairman of the Guatemalan National Peace Committee and lawyer; and Leonardo Castillo Flores, leader of the Peasants' Association. On 9 April peace advocates in Burma formed a sponsors' committee, whose members include: the writer Thakin Kodaw Hmaing [德钦哥都迈], Dr. Thein Maung [?] (rendered 顶旺), chancellor of Rangoon University, Dr. Ba Than, dean of the medical college, U Ba, principal of the teachers' college, U Wun, head of the translation department of Rangoon University, Prof. Wun Hla [旺拉], chairman of the Burma-Soviet Cultural Association, Dr. Shin Bo [信波], chairman of the Burma-China Friendship Association, U Thun Wun Gyaw [吴吞旺觉], chairman of the Trade Union Joint Action Committee, Ko Hla Win [哥拉温], chairman of the All-Burma Students' Union, member of parliament Man Thun Yin [曼吞印], the monk U Thaw Dhika [吴梭迪卡], Sui U Tung [岁吴东], editor of the People's Daily, the artist U Aung Lun [吴翁伦], the writer Thakin Gonda Yar [德贡达耶] and former mayor U Ba Thaw [吴巴梭]. They have named delegates to attend the preparatory meeting for the peace conference in Beijing. On 10 April peace advocates in Indonesia decided to send delegates to Beijing for the preparatory meeting, and on 14 and 18 April named eleven sponsors: Setiadi [塞第亚狄], chairman of the Indonesian Committee for the Defence of World Peace; Tsai Hsi-yin [蔡锡胤], member of the World Peace Council; Hutomo [禾多约], member of parliament and representative of the Indonesian General Trade Union [SOBSI]; Data [打达], secretary general of the People's Cultural Association [Lekra]; the educator Kotot Sukadi [哥托特 苏卡迪]; Djawoto [渣禾多], editor-in-chief of Antara news agency; Suwati [苏瓦蒂], member of parliament and chairman of the Indonesian Gerwis [印尼觉醒妇女会, Gerwis]; member of parliament Siauw Giok Tjhan [萧玉灿]; Sidik Kertapati [西狄 格打巴地], chairman of the Indonesian Peasants' United Front; Octosia [奥克托西亚], pastor of the North Sumatra Christian Church and vice-chairman of the North Sumatra Peace Committee; and the businessman Albin Tonga [阿尔宾 董加]. On 12 April the Peace Committee of Colombia in Latin America decided to send delegates to the preparatory meeting in Beijing. According to a letter forwarded on 14 April, Korean peace advocates have organised a preparatory committee, whose members are: Pak Chong-ae, vice-chairman of the Korean National Committee for the Defence of Peace and chairman of the Korean Democratic Women's Union; Han Sol-ya, chairman of the National Committee for the Defence of Peace and chairman of the Korean Federation of Literature and the Arts, writer; Yi Ki-yong, vice-chairman of the Committee and chairman of the Korean Cultural Association, writer; Yi Tae-jun, vice-chairman of the Committee and vice-chairman of the Federation of Literature and the Arts, writer; Chong Song-on, member of the Korea-Soviet National Committee for the Defence of Peace and vice-chairman of the Korean Democratic Party; Yi Hwan-gi, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Democratic Youth League; Hyon Hun, chairman of the Korean General Federation of Trade Unions; Chu Hwang-sop; Im Hwa, vice-chairman of the Korean Cultural Association, poet; Cho Pok-rye, vice-chairman of the Korean Democratic Women's Union; Hyon Chil-chong, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Peasants' Union; Choe Chol-hwan, deputy head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party; Ki Sok-bok; Yi Myon-sang, chairman of the Music Union and composer; Kim So-jin [金琐镇], chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Democratic Youth League; Yun Chong-ha; the peasant representative Hong Yong-jae; the linguist Yi Kuk-no; Han Hung-su, professor at Kim Il Sung University and archaeologist; the pharmacologist Kim Yang-ha; and the chemist Yi Sung-gi. They have decided to send delegates to Beijing for the preparatory meeting. On 14 April the All India Peace Council in India telegraphed its full agreement with the preparatory meeting for the peace conference to be convened in Beijing on 28 May. The Indian sponsors' committee consists of: Saifuddin Kitchlew, president of the All India Peace Council; vice-presidents Edward Kapur [?], Kosambi, Anand and Singh; and the Council's general secretary Chanda. On 26 April they named delegates to come to Beijing for the preparatory meeting. On 15 April the Chilean Peace Committee member, painter José Venturelli, and James G. Endicott [文幼章], chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, jointly issued a declaration supporting the holding of the peace conference. The declaration said: "We – two advocates of peace from Pacific-rim countries – welcome with boundless excitement the call for an Asian peoples' peace conference to include participation by the countries of the Pacific coast of the Americas. We call on all peace-loving people of the American Pacific-coast countries to unite more broadly and set up preparatory committees so as to take an active part in this Asian and Pacific Regional Peace Conference and to publicise widely its great significance." On 15 April peace advocates in Mexico named as sponsors the painter Diego Rivera, Dr. Gúzman [于拉勒亚 古兹曼], the scientist Cosío Villegas [科西奥 维列盖斯], General Heriberto Jara, winner of the first Stalin International Peace Prize, and Franco Carreño, president of the Supreme Court; and on 10 May they named delegates to come to Beijing for the preparatory meeting. On 16 April peace advocates in El Salvador wrote that the Salvadoran people continually carry out propaganda in support of peace, that people of all strata recognise that the aim of this peace conference is to safeguard the principle of defending peace, and that an international conference is the best spur to the struggle in defence of peace; they have named delegates to the Beijing preparatory meeting and will begin broad publicity about the conference. On 19 April peace advocates in Ceylon named the first sponsors: the Rev. Naravila Dhammaratana [牧师那拉威拉 达马拉塔纳], member of parliament Aziz, former mayor of Colombo Ratnam, member of parliament and World Peace Council member Keuneman, and the artist Kasman. They expressed their full support for convening the peace conference and hoped it would achieve success. On 19 April enthusiastic supporters of peace in Canada telegraphed that they had widely publicised the call for the Asian and Pacific Regional Conference throughout the country and named the first sponsors: Dr. James G. Endicott, chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, and Homer Stevens, secretary of the Vancouver Fishermen's Union and Trades and Labour Council. They have also named delegates to come to China for the preparatory meeting. On 27 April preparatory committees were set up in Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan: the Karachi committee consists of fifteen people, the Lahore committee of eleven. They have named delegates to attend the preparatory meeting in Beijing. In April peace-loving people of the United States expressed approval of the holding of the peace conference and decided to send delegates to Beijing for the preparatory meeting. Japanese peace advocates named the sponsors of the peace conference in April: Councillor and World Peace Council member Oyama Ikuo; Suekawa Hiroshi, president of Ritsumeikan University and chairman of the Democratic Scientists' Association; Osada Arata, professor at Hiroshima University and chairman of the Japan Society for Education; Hirano Yoshitaro, director of the China Research Institute and World Peace Council member; Tanimoto [淡德三郎, Tantoku Saburo], World Peace Council member and vice-chairman of the Japan Cultural Persons' Conference; Fukushima Yoichi, vice-chairman of the Japan Cultural Persons' Conference; Yanagida Kenjuro, director of the War-Dead Students' Memorial Association, Doctor of Letters; Hatanaka Masaharu, general secretary of the Journalists' Federation; Shimizu Ikutaro, professor at Gakushuin University; Takakuwa Sumio, World Peace Council member and professor at Aichi University; Masamune Tokusaburo, artist, of the Peace Discussion Society; Kubota Yutaka, chairman of the Japan Peasants' Association; Tamai Hitoshi, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the National Federation of Student Self-Government Associations; Kushida Fuki, World Peace Council member and chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Women's Club; Sakurazawa Joichi, chairman of the World Government Association; Kim Hun [金薰], chairman of the Conference of the Korean Residents' Democratic United Front; and Kan Bunho [甘文芳], chairman of the Overseas Chinese Democratic Promotion Association. Japanese peace advocates also set up a preparatory committee for the peace conference, which held its first meeting on 21 April and formally began work. At the same time they issued an appeal urging peace-loving people throughout Japan to discuss the question of the peace conference and to select delegates to attend. In April Vietnam set up a preparatory committee for the peace conference, whose seven members are: Le Dinh Tham [黎廷探], chairman of the Vietnamese Committee for the Defence of World Peace; Nguyen Xuan Thuy [阮春水], executive committee member of the same; Duong Bach Mai [杨白梅], general secretary of the same; Hoang Van Duc [黄文德], member of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Socialist Party and agricultural technician; Nguyen Xuan Cham [阮春针], secretary of the same Committee and member of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Youth League; Duong Bach Lien [杨白莲], member of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnamese General Federation of Trade Unions; and Le Chan Phuong [黎真芳], member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. The chairman of the preparatory committee is Nguyen Xuan Thuy. Vietnamese peace advocates will send a delegation to the peace conference, including people from mass organisations, political parties, labour heroes, religious circles, etc. After receiving the call from Soong Ching-ling, Guo Moruo and others, the executive committees of the Vietnamese Committee for the Defence of World Peace and the Vietnamese National United Front organised a national campaign committee to actively explain to the people the significance of the Asian and Pacific Regional Peace Conference. In April the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Lao National United Front wrote to the Chinese People's Committee for the Defence of World Peace, warmly welcoming the call and fully agreeing to Beijing as the venue. The letter said: "The Lao National United Front, representing the will of the peace-loving people of all strata, religions and races of Laos, wishes to carry out broad publicity among the Lao people about the great significance of holding the peace conference and at the same time to send a delegation to the conference. We believe that, with the sincere support of the Chinese people, who have boundless enthusiasm and confidence in the achievements of the peace movement, and of the peoples of Asia and the Pacific region, the congress will certainly achieve the expected success." On 14 May Tikhonov, chairman of the Soviet Committee for the Defence of Peace, telegraphed that the Soviet Union had named three delegates to attend the preparatory meeting for the peace conference in Beijing. (People's Daily database material) Related reports: