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Peiping radio charges US mil and pol leaders are war criminals under internatl law estab by Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals; cites opinion of Chinese jurist Mei Ju-ao who took part in Tokyo trials; cites Communist press; propaganda seen seeking to influence truce talks
Stevenson is cousin of Sen Russell
apptd Nato Sec Gen and Nato Council vice chmn; resigns as Commonwealth Relations Sec; career
MP Gaitskell sees inflation as result of '52-53 budget
Sec Acheson says talks on US bases will open soon; links arrival of Amb MacVeagh; repts 4-man mil advisory com will aid MacVeagh in talks; stand-by bases reptd aim
1952Wolfgang Rihm, German composer and educator[†]
Wolfgang Michael Rihm was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent musical voices" there, composing over 500 works including several operas.
1952Tim Sebastian, English journalist and author[†]
Tim Sebastian is an English television journalist and novelist. He is the moderator of Conflict Zone and New Arab Debates on Deutsche Welle. He previously worked for the BBC, where he hosted Doha Debates and was the first presenter of HARDtalk. Sebastian also presented Bloomberg TV's The Outsider, an India-focused debating programme.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]