October 14, 1953

USSR urges Security Council meeting to elect Trieste Gov and put Free Territory on permanent basis within 3 mos; urges election of Col Flueckiger (Switzerland), who was suggested by GB in '47; Yugoslavia opposed; some UN delegates see US-Brit move aiding USSR-Yugoslav accord; US firm; Popovic repts Dulles will weigh 4-power conf; disclaims Yugoslav responsibility for USSR Oct 13 note; Ital reaction to USSR moves

celebration; thousands attend $100-a-plate buffet and show; Eisenhowers ride buggy; illus; Pres s; voices thanks for fellowships

subcom exec session; McCarthy repts that an Army ex-officer testified that many top-secret Signal Corps documents ore missing, that no ctfs of destruction were issued for them, that regis logs containing data on them were destroyed; McCarthy wants to query officers who signed destruction ctfs; Sec Stevens to cooperate; McCarthy repts a witness, former civilian employe at Ft Monmouth and recently suspended by Army as security risk, refused to say whether he knew Signal Corps employes who are Communists; that another witness, who said he was not now Communist, testified on assn with Rosenberg; that another witness, previously accused of eqpionage, said that he had had access to radar secrets; that D Greenglass and H Gold may have to be queried; Sec Wilson concerned, news conf; Sen Dirk sen says 26 of 57 missing Ft Monmouth documents were found in E Ger, s, Chicago; says they concerned radar

Communists reptdly notify NNRC they will begin sessions Oct 14; UN decides to delay sessions among UN POWs refusing repatriation; anti-Communist POWs expected to resist talks; total repatriated to Communists reaches 126

Churchill wins literature prize; decision made month early to permit him to plan trip to Stockholm