dated December 20, 1950: General Eisenhower

President Truman, announced in Washington the formal appointment of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of the Western European Defence on December 19.

The announcement said Gen. Eisenhower's experience and talents made him ``uniquely qualified'' to assume the responsibilities of the position.

It was understood that Gen. Eisenhower was selected for the experience he had during the World War II in efficiently and tactfully organising the forces of the Allied nations for the liberation of Western Europe.

Ceasefire plan for Korea

The United Nations Ceasefire Committee was understood to have little hope of succeeding in its mission to stop fighting in Korea. The group had been unofficially informed by the Peking Government that it was considered an ``illegal body'' because of the terms of reference. The main objection raised by Peking representatives was that the committee limited discussion to a ceasefire without authority to deal with other Asian questions which the Chinese Communists considered inseparable from the subject.

These questions were: (1) The withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea; (2) Chinese Communist membership of the United Nations; and (3) the withdrawal of the United States' support for Chinese Nationalists in Formosa. Highly-placed delegates in Lake Success considered that the matter seemed to have reached a complete deadlock.

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