GENE'IA IT - 1 F~. ~ . 30 - '.!:>-,,., t the eneva co nf e renc , t ay, an r ement was obtainerl - a n a reement for an In do C hines peac conferen c . This deci e - by the western bi g three, ut to ther with Soviet .R ussia and Red China. Tbe parley will be in next week - the attempt for a peace arrangement n Indo China. Actually, the ne evelopment did not come about in the proc e ings at the Geneva Council table. The negotiations were more informal. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden playing the leadiflS part. This morning, the foreign Secretary from London - had a talk with American Secretary of State J o hn Foster Dulles, an they came to an understanding in the matter. The dispatch does not say - but, obviously, France was in a reement, likewise. Th n, E en attended a luncheon with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and Chinese Premier Chou-En -La i. The tone was am i able, E en saying - he was lad to have hie first chan ce for a talk with the Fore g n M i ni ter of R C hina. GENEVA - 2 In th t atmosphe re, the British Forei n ecretary, talkin for th estern B i Three, arranged with the two ommuni ·t Forei n Mi nisters for a peace conference on iJluj In o C hin a . Which ould include the lesser parties - the three Indo Chinese countries belonging to the French union, and Viet Mi nh, the C ommunist rebel govemment. One point at 1 sue was - the status of those Indo Chine s Communists. Eden assuring Molotov and Chou-En-Lai -- that there would be no haggling on that precise point. No troublesome questions raised - about the admission of the representatives of Viet Minh. So now we have one promising development at Geneva. an Indo Chinese peace conference, which will start next week. -- -- 0 so much for the luncheon party - which was the main thing. The formal session of th~ Geneva parley - nothi much, today. a mere thirty-five minutes. The main It laste report bein - no progresr<:n Korea. GINEVA - 3 Actually, the question of a Korean peace appears to be elayed - sidetracked 1n favor of the conference on Indo China. Korea - being at the moment a backstage affair, mostly. With plenty of talk buzzing - at private, informal mP-etings. Meanwhile. a new AmePlcan Chief Delegate la on his way to Geneva. Under Secretary or State Walter Bedell Saith - flying across the Atlantic tonight. Bedell Smith will take the place of Secretary of State Dullea, who will start hcae on Monday. ( The or1~1nal plan had been _. tor the Secretar1 to spend only about•-- ten days at the parleJ 1n the Par East. His place to be taken - by the General who had such a distinguished career in the .J,I.Cond World War. low -- Under Secretary of State Bedell Smith. OIIIVA-WOMAM At the Geneva conference, news correspondents or wide experience are now recalling_ tor11er dQs at Chungking. Some ten years ago, they covere~ the newa at the war tom capital of China- during tbe war with Japan. And they never forgot Kung Peng. lung Peng was a young wo111n, working aa pre11 aaeistant. Good looking, with a race of oriental delicacy and a gay smile. lung ,eng. 1181TJ and aprqhtlJ, was the ta•or1te ot ,he weattm oorreapondenta, a1-,1 belpffl and friendly. So now, let'• coae down to da,e • tbe oon!4'111ce on the Par Bast at Oenen. Wben tile CtilMle C,o ■ tn1ata arrived, then••• men looked 111111 ewer and the q•••lon went • • around: "Who 1s that hard-taced woaan? A •llber or the delegation - with a race grill ot expreaa1on. Tlgbt-llpped, cold-eyed, she sat - with the other Coauniata. Ol d China hands muttered: .A-, Among the reporters, -~ " " That's Kung Peng. GINEV A WOMAN - 2 And so !!:!,_e is #f the one-tille li•ely girl. Now - an aide to Communist Poreign Minister, Chou Bn Lal. lung Peng joining the Reds, bas risen, politically • .. l-llli,li J,w -- t~ hard-raced woaan_ at" f l ~ Correspondents who had knowl her back 1il Cbunping, waved to her, spoke to her. But - no replJ. Sbe ape1a only in Chinese, pretending to know no lnglllh - thou811, men she waa a •rr1 girl, abe apoke lngllah well. One reporter wo bad been an excellent friend of hers, was 1na1atent and 1ougbt her oat. lh• loolcN at hlll bleakly, no sign or a 11111• when • Ile apote to her. lut ahe did yield enough to aa,: •1 • 111111 Peng.• She said that 1n a dead •oioe - tbeft walked oft with the other CollllUD11tl. 1100 CHINA Strange , news - from Dien Bien Phu. All quiet_ on the Indo-Ch1na front. The Red besiegers doing nothing. The only action - when parties of French troops attacked enemy machine gun neata4'f' 1n minor b•np tora11. The inactivity ot the Coauni1t1, recentlr, lnd1 to the belief - that the Reds are deliberately holding off. Some observers think they could have overwhelmed the -11 garrison - but, maybe, have ordera trom Red Cbina, or Moscow, not to do so. The fate ot Dien Bien Phu - held 1n a\llpenae, ror some kind ot bargaining at the Oenen convention. On the other hand, the aonaoon 11 on 1n Ml blaat. The country, swept bJ tbe deluge ot ►wtwllwt tropical Nin. all J,_ ~ •• ,. 'Ille ::wiw4ii} we heard •Ill.._. .. ._... would check the C lat attack. But, on the other hand, it at•• air action allloat impossible - stopping the tlow ot airbome.- supplies. The garrison - said to be short ot • anition. PRISONERS Here's the first we've heard tor soaetime about the twenty one American prisoners of war who retuaed to return hoae. What happened to them? Well, tonight . . &aerie . . Red radio announces the twenty one renegadeW, will take 1n the May Day celebration at Peiping. Which 1a being held today. BIRIA A dispatch from Germany gives ua an account of a major mystery of our time -- the downfall or Berta. Last year, official reports from Soviet R\l8s1a stated that the once powerful head or the secret police had been arrested, accused of trying to seize power, condemned and executed. But there was never any word or what, exactly, went on - in the doom or Beria. Who, atter the death of Stalin, was number two man in the Red dictatorship, a -b•r ot the tr1uaY1rate - Malenkov, Beria and Molotov. 'ftle ator, we now have c0111s trom Captain lbolchlo•, that official or the Soviet secret police who deserted to the - west Last week. Retuslng - to carr, out a IIU'der~ ordered by the Kremlin. Kholchlov relates - that the downfall ot Beria was through a decision ot the central C01111ttee or the Communist Party Berta - not mowing .._t •• going on. . ..,. Note was taken of the style 1n whlctx_head or the Secret Police lived and tlouriahf.d. In IUlll)tUOUB lUXVY - w SE BERIA - 2 with a number of splendid houses and apartments. In which he maintained - a number of women. He had a great country estate - like a fortress. N o czar, Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great, had ever lived in a more magn1ticent manner. The arrest of Beria was ordered - by the Central Co•lttee. Which brings up one ot the curious questions never answered. Beria had the Secret Police Arlly under hia nd. So, how do you lock up a fellow like that? Khokhlov aa,a - the thing was caretully arranged. The Job - assigned to a -ber or the Central COllll1ttee, a MaJor General and two Colonels, and a party ot Berl•'• own secret police. This contingent - loyal to the Central Comittee. Beria was 1il his ottice, at the 11n11ter LJubynaka prison_ that place ot evil notoriet7. Scene ot atrocities and executions carried out by the secret police. Beria'a secretary should have been with hill - but through• ruSe, t that particular time. So the secretary was called away a fiffi': BBRIA - 3 the Numbe r Two man or Soviet Russia was 1 a one, when the party to arrest him - arrived. 'Bley had the entre to the Lyubynaka prison, and went into Beria's ottice, wlthoat any announcement - without knocking. Berla looted and aaw. pistols pointed at him. 'ftle 11911ber ot the Cent ' ral Ca.ittee spoke, and Nid: "Lavrent1 Pavlowicb Birla, by a decree ot tile cen,ral caa1ttee ot the C0111W1l11t1 Pm1, JOU are under arre1t. • 'ftle dociled an •de no 110•• • exoep, to ra11e hi• llald1, under •naoe ot the pointed platola. He was searched, led Ollt into the oorr1dor, and then taken by elevator down Into tbe baa-nt ot tbe prlaon. The chamber of horrors - oYer which he had 10 long pr.eaided. '!be bae-nt - where~ according to long report, the Secret Police execution• were carried out. There Berta was kept a prisoner, until the tllle c - . There, preaaablJ, he met his rate. !n the notorious baaeaent ot the L,ubynaka prison. POPE - An Ar g entine newspaper states that Pope Plus X11 - plans to abdicate and retire to a monaatery. The dispatch explains that the Pont1rr knows there la no Mdlcal aid for his long illness - and wants ie _,... • • • the Papac7 - ~stronger hands. So, Bl\. he will retire to the " seclusion of monastic lite. 'lbere is no cont1rmat1on or - , • • ,er this Argentine r e p ~ lt 11 t NN 1111■1 tor • ~pe to uxn•t• abdlcate.lfiougb it has happened •· down the long course ot the centuries. BARTHQUAKE Greece reports - a violent earthquake today. In the central part of the country - the ancient land ot Thessaly. Losa ot lite - cona1cterable. Property d _ . - enormous. Whole toma - virtually wiped out. 1 ot peo1le h0Mlea1. llllltltucte1 fiNing ln plft1o, utile quake u shook the IIOWltalm ot Central a ... oe. MCCARTHY Toda,, the hearings were finally able to clear up one point. According to the testi110n,, an explanation waa g iven about the much debated pbOtograpb. Private Schlne brought 1n a picture abowlng b~ self and Army Secretar, SteYena, together wttb an Al'lllr Col o nel. But, men a large reproduction of the picture•• pre1ented aa eYidence - the Colonel na 011\. Die reprod.action showing - ta onlJ the part ot lt ,bit lllolwted Stevena and Sch1ne. So, 1dao tool CNt the Colon1l? soldier. ... Juliana explained that be ad been 1n1tructed bJ CL.mm! ee Cozs• Jenkins and / JlcCarthJ aide / h1 pre•• to the 011111 t tN. t picture Stevens ~Sc n• P? MCCARTHY - 2 So he thought the Col el was not importan and had Iii him Nct1ona, •• •j"'-'•ratood u.a. The proceedinp 1191lt on McCarthy and Senator Dworahak • ' • • ,111 Viaconaln Senator had n-d to take hts place on tbe lllb•cGllllll,tee, clV1nS the hearings. McCarthJ, todaJ, indicating acidlJ - be wu sorry to had nolllinated the gentl81111l troi1 Idaho. Senator McCarthr al10 llade a threat - ot llhat he'd do, if the long drallll out proceedlnp •re not 1peeded A up. He'f res- hill place u alla11911 ot the aull-c-1ttM. Which post he relinquished tor th• duration ot tba hearing. But temporary chairman, senator llandt, ruled - 2!t 2,! ~ • ICOlallIC Walhlnlton. , ... atat9111ftt - 1111.t tilt 1obe tlle second or tb1rd beat lN11nl11 'ftleJ reported - a NYfflNll ot 1111 IMaallllN deolliil. Prclllling - a detlnlte tipn1ng 1n * -- ,.. ••••. 1111 o .. lf ••• '• rA . . . ,._ ~ the southweat • - an eplctato ot •z s '° •1, •••• lllMiln wt OtllhOill, lrkailaaa ad lll1a11•l. LlMli 1 - •oh dalllg-.. The tol'lld- ....... Ul 1• ftiilM.,,.,-• , aillplJ apallilN tile ltlg lllill irial. ROOSIVBLT Jues Rooanelt will bt pel'llltted to - bla wife tor divorce as he req•atect. Bllt 1ibe ' - • letter fill . be allowed 1n ••1ctenoe • the one J.n ** bl .... ~ .... ~ -=. conduct with a ••r1N ot IKAllll. II tildN ■ ti 1&11 Toda, 1 1 deolelon • • bJ J .... laui. Iii , _ . , . , 'V SOLDIER Over in Europe, there•a 1 0 1 _ Who baa got out ot un1f onn. No, not out of the •l'IIJ • Jut out of the regulation khaki. He does all the chorea of a pnnte aolcller. But - in civilian clothes. Hla • nldmsaa tel11 11111 ,..,. In his outfit, Private 'l'taollaa Buckler ot Pa1ad••• CaJfoJau 11 called · - "Scratcbe1.w a rash • but, at tbi boaplW, tit qdllE1f .......... lo, 1i1Nd1atelr - ltoblnl ..,... 111m ..... !Iii •la.et • scratching JION Ulan••••• 'ftlia tlM ttii doctan rs,.ecs 11 oa. PH.nle Buck1•1 m•hilk~ '4 ~ mroa. .., • ..w.. ha1 felt that sort ot allero, 1Mat •14• iii • • • - , . : . - - -- - • - - - - - and 1111 - - 1n /\'Buckley was ordered 1.ilto • el ••• t1rst-claa11 con41t1on ever s1no•.111-i,- So there he is, , an oddltt "a o I ~ atoN cloU.1. It.-, ,l■II the other Q I'• ha,.1 hia •• Scratche• • SOLDIER Over in Europe, there•a a O 1 ..... ~- - wnO ••I got out Of unifom. No, not out of the &l'IIJ • Jut out ot the regulation khaki. He does all the cbore1 of a PftYaM IOldler. But - in civilian clothes. Hl1 • ni tella till 1- , . In his outtlt, Private 'ftaolae Buckle, ot hi••••• CaSoftda 11 called · - "Scratchea.• a rash • but, at the boapltal, bs qalalilJ ......... iaediatelJ - ltcblng lfOl'N Ulan ..... !Iii •H• . scratching IION Ullll eftr. 'nil• tiM tbl docton tlpNd lt - ' • Mnte Buckler havitii~ c~ -1 alt'ol'a. IIIIIJ • ..Ul• baa tel t that sort of all•ro, IMat Nld• 1n • • a .., • 11 - ----- - ~Buckler wu ordered lnto • c141 n••• ad Ml Neil 111 tll'at-claaa condition eftl' stnoe. llai,- So there be 11 • . an oddl'P. ~ a O I ~ ''°" clotbel. liUJ vl■Q the other O I I I 1111~1 bill aa SOl'atobel • .