Source Documents: German Scan
Note(s): None.
Title: World Echo [de: Welt Echo]
Author(s): The Editor
“Der Weg” Issue: Year 1, Issue 6 (November 1947)
Page(s): 417-418
Referenced Documents: None.
World Echo
September 24
At the Pan-American Conference, set to convene next January in Bogotá, the agenda will address the involvement of Latin American nations in the Marshall Plan, aimed at reviving Europe’s war-torn economy.
September 25
President Truman unveils measures to provide immediate aid to Europe, a prelude to the full implementation of the Marshall Plan.
September 26
Before the UN’s Palestine Commission, the British delegate announces that Britain will abandon its mandate over Palestine and withdraw its forces should the UN fail to devise a satisfactory resolution. At present, Britain maintains 100,000 troops in Palestine, though these are intended to remain stationed in the broader Near East.
September 27
In Washington, the report from European experts detailing the execution of the Marshall Plan is released to the public.
Winston Churchill, in a public address, lambasts the British Labour Government, holding it accountable for the nation’s dire straits.
September 28
The North American occupation authorities proclaim steps to suppress communist agitation in the Ruhr region.
September 29
Arab representatives, appearing before the UN Palestine Commission, reject any proposal to partition the land into separate Arab and Jewish states, vowing to defend their rights with force if necessary.
September 30
Argentina and Canada secure election to the eleven-member UN Security Council, filling the seats soon to be vacated by Brazil and Australia.
October 1
Through their veto in the UN Security Council, the Western powers block the admission of Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania into the United Nations, while Russia employs the same tactic to thwart Italy and Finland’s entry.
October 2
France, Belgium, and the Netherlands voice opposition to a North American proposal calling for increased production in the Ruhr area.
The Jewish Agency, speaking for Palestine’s Jewish population, expresses its readiness to accept the division of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states as a profound sacrifice.
In Washington, a new international postal and telegraph treaty is finalized, with seventy-eight nations as signatories.
October 3
Before the UN, Argentina asserts its claims to the Falkland Islands and its Antarctic sector, while Guatemala stakes its own claim to the Belize region, currently occupied by Britain as British Honduras.
October 4
Max Planck, the world-renowned German physicist and Nobel laureate, passes away in Göttingen at the age of eighty-nine.
October 5
General Marshall appeals to the North American public, urging thrift in food consumption to meet Europe’s pressing needs; President Truman echoes this call to the nation.
Moscow’s official newspaper, Pravda, heralds the formation of a new Communist International, to be headquartered in Belgrade, accompanied by the simultaneous release of a detailed action plan.
Austrian Prime Minister Gruber warns of a communist plot aimed at undermining Austria’s current government.
October 6
Britain’s Foreign Office declares that the establishment of the new Communist International signals the end of inter-Allied cooperation.
October 7
In Chile, authorities uncover a communist sabotage scheme orchestrated from Belgrade.
October 8
The UN establishes a permanent commission to oversee developments in the Balkans.
The Chilean government issues a statement exposing a Yugoslav-led communist sabotage network within its borders, expelling implicated Yugoslav diplomats from the country.
October 9
Syrian and Lebanese troops receive orders to mass along Palestine’s border.
October 10
In Rome, approximately 10,000 Italian neo-fascists stage a public demonstration.
October 11
The United States announces its support for the Palestine partition plan before the UN.
The UN, in turn, demands that Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria cease aiding Greek rebels.
Yugoslavia severs diplomatic ties with Chile.
October 13
Soviet Russia, in principle, endorses the Palestine partition plan, though its UN Assembly proposal to withdraw all foreign troops from Greece is rebuffed.
October 14
The Chicago Tribune reports that Britain is contemplating relocating its government to Kenya, East Africa, in the event of war.
Official British circles highlight the perils posed by Arab troop buildups along Palestine’s frontier.
October 15
In a speech to the CIO, a radical American labor union, General Marshall emphasizes that global recovery hinges on production.
Lebanon’s representative at the UN denounces the proposed partition of Palestine.
October 16
Dr. José Arce, Argentina’s delegate to the UN, publicly opposes the division of Palestine.
October 17
Jewish municipal authorities in Palestine summon all Jewish residents aged fifteen to fifty for conscription, a direct response to the Arab forces amassing at the borders.
October 18
North America’s Secretary of the Interior, Krug, pledges that the continent could furnish Europe with twenty billion dollars over the next five years.
At the UN General Assembly, Poland insists on the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Greece.
October 19
In France’s municipal elections, De Gaulle triumphs decisively, eroding the center parties’ standing, while communists hold their ground; voter abstention reaches 32 percent.
U.S. Senator H. Styles Bridges warns that America’s aid to France under the Marshall Plan will hinge on France’s efforts to combat internal communism.
An exhibition of German goods in Flensburg wins acclaim for their superior quality.
In Washington, an inquiry begins into communist infiltration of Hollywood’s film industry.
October 21
Brazil cuts diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia, while Chile does the same with both Russia and Czechoslovakia; Argentina steps in to represent Chile’s interests in Moscow and Prague.
In Greece, twenty-four men and two women are executed for abetting rebels.