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THE BIG FOUR CONFER
42. After weeks of tough infighting and hard bargaining on the Trieste issue, the Big Four Foreign Ministers by Thanksgiving Day had agreed to all but one of these:
/. Neither Italy nor Yugoslavia will control Trieste.
2. Italy will receive Gorizia from Yugoslavia in return for giving up Trieste.
3. A Governor will appoint a Provisional Council.
4. Elections will be held within four months after the Governor takes over.
5. Troops will withdraw when the Governor decides order can be maintained without them.
43. On the troublesome question of the Danube, Molotov:
1. Continued to remain silent.
2. Refused to change his former attitude.
3. Increased Russia's demands.
4. Gave in slightly, offered to submit the whole controversy to the General Assembly.
5. Made a concession, agreed to freedom of navigation. 44. Then the Ministers decided to meet again in Moscow on March 10 to discuss the major question of:
1. Peace treaties with Germany and Austria.
2. Permanent headquarters for U.N.
3. Reparations.
4. The veto.
5. Who shall serve as General of the U.N. Armies.
FOREIGN NEWS
EUROPE
45. Embarrassing Britain's Government at year's end was a rebellion by Laborites critical of:
1. Attlee's offer to return the Sudan to Egypt.
2. Bevin's foreign policy.
3. Failure to nationalize all food production.
4. The Government's friendly policy toward Russia.
5. Slow demobilization.
46. The British program of nationalization moved a step forward in January when the Government took over:
/. Coal mines. 4. Newspapers.
2. Gas and electric utilities. 5. Railroads.
3. Iron and steel.
47. And the Socialist Government then published two bills which would give it almost unparalleled powers over:
1. All British banking.
2. All communications services.
3. British manufacturing.
4. The land and everything "in, on, under or over" it.
5. Transport facilities of every kind.
48. At the same time, the Labor Government faced its first important labor crisis, had to call out Tommies before settling the wildcat strike of:
L Steel workers. 4. Mill workers.
2. Dock hands. 5. Coal miners.
3. Truckmen.
49. To be the first President of the Fourth Republic, the French National Assembly and Council of the Republic chose Socialist:
/. Felix Gouin. 4. Leon Blum.
2. Georges Bidault. 5. Vincent Auriol.
3. Jacques Duclos.
50. In Berlin's first free elections in 13 years the Russian-backed SED (Socialist Unity Party) was:
L Forced to withdraw from the ballotting by the pressure of free German opinion.
2. Crushingly beaten by parties which had U.S.-Brit-ish sympathy.
3. Narrowly nosed out by the Liberals.
4. The victor by a close margin.
5. Voted into power by an overwhelming majority.
51. Commanding General of U.S. troops in Europe and Commander in Chief of U.S. occupation forces in Germany is now smooth, hard-working Lieut. General:
1. Geoffrey Keyes. 4. Mark W.