Preparatory Meeting Enters Second Day (FBIS, 4 Jun 1952)

=== [PDF page 1] === PREPARATORY MEETING ENTERS SECOND DAY Peking, NCNA, in English Morse to Europe and North America, June 4, 1952, 1945 GMT--W (Text) Peking, June 4--The second day of the meeting which is preparing for a peace conference covering the Asian and Pacific region took place today. [Unreadable] Khin Hla of Burma joined the meeting in a consultative capacity [Unreadable]. The morning session opened with the Chilean delegate, Jose Venturelli, as chairman and the Chinese delegate, Chen Shu-tung, as vice chairman. Statements were made by Rewi Alley of New Zealand, Rev. U Saranankara of Ceylon, and U Hla of Burma. After a recess, the chair was taken over by Suwarti of Indonesia, with Tomi Sur[Unreadable] of Japan as vice chairman. Statements were made at this session by [Unreadable]negoro of Indonesia, M. Cruz of the Philippines, and Chan Suat Hong of Malaya. Before the morning session was adjourned, secretary general [Unreadable] announced the receipt of messages of greetings from people's organizations and local people from many places. These included greetings from the All-China Federation of Labour, the All-China Democratic Women's Federation, the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth, the All-China Students Federation, the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the China Federation of Scientific Societies, the All-China Association for Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Knowledge, the preparatory committee of the All-China Industrial and Commercial Association, and the preparatory committees of the China Christian Association to Resist American Aggression and Aid Korea and for Church Reform. The announcement met with warm applause. Afternoon Sessions The meeting resumed in the afternoon and was presided over by Pak Chong [Unreadable] of Korea, with Chan Suat Hong of Malaya as vice chairman. Statements at this session were made by Tomi Kora of Japan, John W. Burton of Australia, and Eli de Gortari of Mexico. === [PDF page 2] === After a recess the chair was taken over by Eli de Gortari of Mexico and Bazar Shirindib of Mongolia acted as vice chairman. Statements were made by Vadim Kojevnikov of the Soviet Union, Bazar Shirindib of Mongolia, and Pak Chong [Unreadable] of Korea at this session. In these statements, the delegates spoke at length on the situation and the development of the peace movement in their countries and also expressed the earnest desire for peace of the masses of their people. Before the meeting adjourned, the secretary general read messages of greetings from Jean Laffitte of the secretariat of the World Peace Council, and from the Ecuador Peace Committee, which were warmly applauded by the delegates. In the evening, meetings of the manifesto drafting commission and the organization commission were held.