Conference Appeal Receives Responses (FBIS, 17 May 1952)

=== [PDF page 1] === CONFERENCE APPEAL RECEIVES RESPONSES Peking, NCNA, in English Morse to Europe and North America, May 17, 1952 [Unreadable] [Unreadable] Peking, May 7 -- A favorable response and warm support for the convening of a peace conference for Asia and the Pacific region have been expressed in the countries of Asia, Australasia, America, and the Pacific. The call for such a conference was made on Mar. 21 by 11 Chinese peace partisans, including Soong Ching-ling and Kuo Mo-jo, to the noted peace fighters in those regions. === [PDF page 2] === Cables of reply have been received by the China Peace Committee here from 20 countries. These are: Australia, the Mongolian People's Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Burma, Indonesia, Colombia, Korea, India, Chile, Mexico, Salvador, Ceylon, Canada, Pakistan, America, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, and the Soviet Union. The preparatory work is under way in the countries concerned. Some have drawn up lists of sponsors for the conference and have set up preparatory committees; a number have already agreed to send delegates to the preparatory conference to be held in Peking. Australian Response The Australian peace partisans, in their cablegram dated Apr. 3, responded to the call. They have decided to send delegates to the preparatory conference here. Eight people were nominated on May 1[Unreadable] as sponsors for the conference. They are: the Honorable Clive Evatt, Senator; Morrow L. Lambourne, member, ALP Council of Youth; Albert Thompson, member, ALP Executive Committees; the Reverend Wood [Unreadable] Hobbs [Unreadable], director, [Unreadable]; Dr. Gwen Chapman, [Unreadable] missionary, China; Stephen Macindoe, scientist; J. Hughes, secretary, Clerks Union; Maj. Probyn. The Mongolian Peace Committee, in its cable dated Apr. 1[Unreadable], stated that the plenary session of the Mongolian Peace Committee unanimously supported the [Unreadable] Latin Americans The peace partisans of Nicaragua have decided to send delegates to the peace conference, according to a cable dated Apr. [Unreadable] In their cable dated Apr. 9, the peace [partisans of] Guatemala listed their sponsors for the conference. They are: Miguel Angel Asturias, honorary president of the Guatemalan National Peace Committee, writer; Luis Cardoza y Aragón, president of the Guatemalan National [Unreadable] Peace Committee, writer; [Unreadable] Alvarado Fuentes, former president of the Congress; Victor Manuel Gutierrez, secretary of the Central [Unreadable]; Antonio Cruz Franco, vice president of the Guatemalan National Peace Committee, lawyer; [Unreadable] Castillo Pineda, director of the Confederation of Peasants. Burmese Sponsors The following is the name list of the Burma committee which is sponsoring the peace conference, according to a cable dated Apr. 9: [re-OCR'd Oct 18 2026: tesseract 200 dpi, replaces earlier text for this page] === [PDF page 3] === Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, writer; Dr. [Unreadable], rector, Rangoon University; Dr. Ba Than, dean, medical faculty; U Ba, dean, education faculty; [Unreadable] Tun, head, Rangoon University translation department; Prof. Aung Hla, president, Burma-Soviet Cultural Society; Dr. Sinpo, president, Burma-China Friendship Society; U Tun Aung Gyaw, chairman, Labor Joint Action Committee; Ko Hla Win, president, All-Burma Federation of Student Unions; Maung Tun Yin, member of Parliament; Rev. U Zawtika; Shwe U Daung, editor, PEOPLE'S DAILY; U Ohn Lwin, artist; Dagon Taryar, writer; U Ba Soe, former mayor. They are sending delegates to the preparatory conference in Peking. The peace partisans of Indonesia decided on Apr. 10 to send delegates to Peking for the preparatory conference. Eleven sponsors were chosen on Apr. 14 and 18. They are: Setiadi, president of the Indonesian National Peace Committee; Dr. [Unreadable], World Peace Council member for Indonesia; Wardoyo, member of Parliament and representative of the Central Organization of Indonesian Workers -- SOBSI; Dharta, general secretary, People's Culture League -- LEKRA; [Unreadable] Sukardi, educationist; Djawoto, chief editor of ANTARA; Suwarti, member of Parliament and president of the Indonesian Women's Movement -- GERWIS; Siauw Giok Tjhan, member of Parliament; Sidik Kertapati, chairman of the United Peasants Front; the Reverend Oktolseja, leading personality in the Christian Protestant Society of North Sumatra, and vice president of the Peace Committee, North Sumatra Region; Arbain Dungua, businessman. The Colombian peace committee has decided to send delegates to the preparatory conference, according to a cable dated Apr. 12. Korean Delegates In their letter, which arrived here on Apr. 14, the Korean peace partisans state that they have set up a preparatory committee and are sending delegations to the preparatory conference in Peking. Members of the preparatory committee are: Pak Chong Ae, vice president of the Korean National Peace Committee and president of the Korean Democratic Women's League; Han Sul Ya, president of the Korean National Committee, chairman of the All-Korean Association of Literature and Art Workers, writer; Li Ki Yung, vice president of the Korean National Peace Committee, chairman of the Korean-Soviet Cultural Association, writer; Li Tai Jun, vice president of the Korean National Peace Committee, vice chairman of the All-Korean Association of Literature and Art Workers, writer; Jung Sung Un, member of the Korean National Peace Committee, vice chairman of the Korean Democratic Party; [Unreadable] === [PDF page 4] === Li Iwan Ki, vice chairman of the Korean Democratic Youth League; Hyun Hun, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Korea; [Unreadable] Um Hey, vice chairman of the Korean-Soviet Cultural Association, poet; [Unreadable] Rha, vice president of the Korean Democratic Women's League; [Unreadable] vice chairman of the Korean Peasants League; Chol Chol Hwan, vice director of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation of the Central Committee of the Korean Nodong Dang; Ki Suk Bok; [Unreadable] Sang, composer; Kim [Unreadable], chairman of the Korean Democratic Youth League; Yun Jung Ha; Hong Young Se, [Unreadable]; Li Kuk Ro, linguist; Han [Unreadable] Su, professor, archaeologist; Kim Ryan [Unreadable], pharmacologist; Li Soung Ki, chemist.