dated May 25 1950: Trygve Lie aiming for peace

Returning from Moscow after his visit aiming to bridge the gap between the Western bloc and the Eastern, the U.N. Secretary- General, M. Trygve Lie, was in London on May 23 and met the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. Earlier M. Lie had conferred in Paris with French Premier Georges Bidault and Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. The Secretary-General was discussing with leading statesmen the problems facing the U.N. as the world's peace- keeper. But, both in Paris and in London he refused to divulge much to the Press. Usually well-informed quarters believed that M. Lie was attempting to convince the Western Governments that Russia did not consider the door closed to mutual understanding with the West. Reports from Lake Success said that he had presented a ten-point plan for peace to the leaders concerned. A New York Times dispatch from Paris said that M. Lie had proposed to France a plan to put an end to the impasse on Communist Chinese representation in the United Nations.

The paper added, ``Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, who indicated this much of the proposal made by M. Lie after the visit to Premier Stalin, indicated France's caution in approaching the suggestion. The statement issued by M. Schuman following his talk with M. Lie, shows, however, that the French are favourable to any move that might bring some sort of betterment of relations between the East and West. But, at the same time, it is believed that the French Foreign Minister made no promise to take the initiative...''

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