Details of Meeting: Preparatory Meeting for the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, Peking (FBIS, 3 Jun 1952)

=== [PDF page 1] === Details of Meeting Peking, NCNA, in English Morse to Europe and North America, June 3, 2207 GMT -- W (Text) Peking, June 3 -- The preparatory meeting for a peace conference for the Asian and Pacific regions opened here today. Attending the meeting were 49 delegates from the following 19 countries: Australia: Dr. John Wear Burton, Rev. G. R. Van Herde, Dr. Stephen L. MacIndoe, Ada Bromham, A. T. Gietzelt. Burma: U Hla, U Myo Myint, Thakin Lu Aye, U Thein Pe Myint, U Hkun Kti, U Uye Kyi. === [PDF page 2] === [Unreadable] Canada: [Unreadable] Mary Jennison [Unreadable] Ceylon: [Unreadable] Rev. U. Saranankara [Unreadable] Chile: Jose Venturelli. China: Chen Shu-tung, Liu Ning-i, Li Te-chuan, Nan Han-chen, Wu Yao-tsung. India: Prof. D.D. Kosambi, Indulal Yagnik, Sardar Gur Bakhsh [Singh]. Indonesia: Suwarti, Suroso, Surjonegoro. Japan: Tomi Kora, Kei Hoashi, Kisuke Miyakoshi. Korea: Pak Chong Ae, Chon Tong Hyok. Malaya: Chan Suet Hong. Mexico: Eli de Gortari, Rafael Mendez Aguirre. Mongolia: Bazar Shirindib. New Zealand: Rewi Alley, H. Courtney Archer. Pakistan: Ghulam Mohammed Khan, M.A. Shakoor. The Philippines: Manuel Cruz. United States: John Adams Kingsbury. USSR: Vadim Kojevnikov, Hodjaev, Ivan Glushenko. Vietnam: Duong Bach Lien, Le Chan Phuong. P.V. Gulyayev and Rev. John W. Darr, secretaries of the secretariat of the World Peace Council, and A. Kolibanov -- absent through illness -- and E. Thornton, members of the Asian and Australasian Liaison Bureau of the World Federation of Trade Unions, were also present. Among others who attended in a consultative capacity were T. Wright and P. Clancy from Australia; Li Szu-kuang, J.S. Lee, Ma Yin-chu, Chang Hei-jo and Liao Cheng-chih from China; S.S. Yusuf from India; S. Harun Rasid [sic] from Indonesia; and Nui Saguan Tolarat from Thailand. === [PDF page 3] === [Unreadable] was delivered at the beginning of the conference by Kuo Mo-jo, one of the Chinese sponsors for the peace conference. [Unreadable] on behalf of the Chinese people, he welcomed the convening of the preparatory conference in Peking, extended warm good wishes to all the delegates, and saluted the peace-loving people of all the countries represented at the conference. A proposal to form a presidium and to elect Prof. D.D. Kosambi of the Indian delegation as provisional chairman of the preparatory conference was made by Kuo Mo-jo and unanimously agreed to. Prof. Kosambi then took the floor. He thanked the Chinese hosts for their kind hospitality on behalf of the delegates and, on behalf of his country and himself individually, thanked the delegates for the honor conferred on him. "I carry to you the views of millions of my countrymen, which I hope you will convey to the people of your countries, and these views are the voice of peace," he said. Prof. Kosambi then proposed that one delegate from each country be elected to form the presidium, and this was passed unanimously. The presidium is thus made up of the following delegates: Dr. John W. Burton, Australia; U Hla, Burma; Mary I. Jennison, Canada; Rev. U. Saranankara, Ceylon; Jose Venturelli, Chile; Chen Shu-tung, China; Prof. D.D. Kosambi, India; Suwarti, Indonesia; Tomi Kora, Japan; Pak Chong Ae, Korea; Chan Suet Hong, Malaya; Eli de Gortari, Mexico; Bazar Shirindib, Mongolia; Rewi Alley, New Zealand; Ghulam Mohammed Khan, Pakistan; Manuel Cruz, the Philippines; John A. Kingsbury, United States; Vadim Kojevnikov, USSR; and Duong Bach Lien, Vietnam. The presidium then held its first meeting and discussed the procedure and working methods of the conference, while the conference session recessed. When the conference resumed, three proposals raised by the presidium were announced by Prof. Kosambi: 1 -- A team consisting of a chairman and a vice chairman of the plenary conference, to be rotated among the members of the presidium in the alphabetical order of the countries represented. 2 -- Two commissions to be set up, one to draft the manifesto of the preparatory conference, and the other to work out preparations for the peace conference. 3 -- Liu Ning-i to be appointed as secretary general of the preparatory conference. [Unreadable] proposals were unanimously agreed to by the delegates. The conference then went into [Unreadable]. === [PDF page 4] === The Afternoon Session The afternoon session began at [Unreadable] p.m. It was presided over by Dr. John W. Burton with U Hla as vice chairman. A congratulatory telegram from Mme. Soong Ching-ling, one of the original Chinese sponsors of the meeting, was read to the conference. An account of the steps leading up to the meeting was then given by Chen Shu-tung, one of the Chinese delegates. Then a statement was made by Prof. Kosambi of the Indian delegation. After a short recess, Miss Mary Jennison of Canada took over as chairman of the succeeding session with Rev. U. Saranankara as vice chairman. Statements were then made by John Kingsbury of the United States and M.A. Shakoor of Pakistan. Before the close of the afternoon session, secretary general Liu Ning-i announced the details of the formation of the two commissions, members for which were nominated within the delegations of all countries. Members of the commission for the drafting of the manifesto of the preparatory conference are as follows: John W. Burton or Stephen L. MacIndoe, Australia; U Thein Pe Myint, Burma; Mary I. Jennison, Canada; U. Saranankara, Ceylon; Jose Venturelli, Chile; Liu Ning-i, Li Teh-chuan, China; Sardar G.B. Singh, India; Suwarti, Indonesia; Tomi Kora, Japan; Pak Chong Ae, Korea; Eli de Gortari, Mexico; Bazar Shirindib, Mongolia; Rewi Alley, New Zealand; M. Shakoor, Pakistan; Manuel Cruz, the Philippines; John A. Kingsbury, U.S.A.; Vadim Kojevnikov, USSR; Le Chan Phuong, Vietnam; P.V. Gulyayev, the Executive Bureau of the World Peace Council; E. Thornton, the Asian and Australasian Liaison Bureau of the World Federation of Trade Unions. Members of the organization commission are as follows: Rev. Van Herde, Australia; Thakin Lu Aye, Burma; Nan Han-chen and Wu Yao-tsung, China; Indulal K. Yagnik, India; Suroso, Indonesia; Kei Hoashi, Kisuke Miyakoshi, Japan; Chon Tong Hyok, Korea; Chan Suet Hong, Malaya; Rafael Mendez Aguirre, Mexico; Bazar Shirindib, Mongolia; H. Courtney Archer, New Zealand; Ghulam Mohammed Khan, Pakistan; Ivan Glushenko, USSR; Duong Bach Lien, Vietnam; John W. Darr, the Executive Bureau of the World Peace Council. Miss Jennison, the chairman, proposed that China and India be the convenors of the drafting commission, and Indonesia and Pakistan be the convenors of the organization commission, and this proposal was unanimously agreed to by the delegates. Meetings of the two commissions followed immediately after the conference session adjourned at 5:15 p.m.