U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes last week announced at a press conference that he had asked nine nations for advice on Japan. He had invited them to appoint delegates to a Far Eastern Advisory Commission which will convene in Washington on Oct. 23. The nine: Britain, China, Russia, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, the Philippines. Others, notably India, may be invited later.
The permanent Commission headquarters would be Washington, but it might move temporarily to Tokyo.
As the U.S. delegate, Jimmy Byrnes appointed Major General Frank McCoy, 70, U.S.A. (retired),...
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