1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

April 2022 5th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference 2–12 January 1951 London 9 Heads of Government Clement Attlee(Prime Minister) 1949 1952 Korean War, Japanese peace treaty The 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the British Commonwealth. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1951, and hosted by British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. The principal topic of the conference was the Korean War with the summit issuing a declaration, proposed by Australian prime minister Robert Menzies, stating that the Commonwealth prime ministers "would welcome any feasible arrangement for a frank exchange of views with Stalin and Mao Tse-tung."http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18491625 14 Jan 1951 - 10-Day Commonwealth Conference Ends PRIME MINISTERS URGE BIG FOUR PEACE TALKS - Trove Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953) 1951-01-14 1 2016-12-31 The Commonwealth leaders also called for peace treaty negotiations with Japan to be concluded as soon as possible (see Treaty of San Francisco). Participants Nation Name Portfolio United Kingdom Clement Attlee Prime Minister (Chairman) Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister Canada 1921 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister Ceylon Don Stephen Senanayake Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia Sir Godfrey Huggins Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges Minister of the Interior References 1951 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1950s diplomatic conferences Category:1951 in international relations Category:1951 in London Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:1951 conferences Category:January 1951 in the United Kingdom Category:1950s in the City of Westminster Category:Clement Attlee Category:Robert Menzies Category:Jawaharlal Nehru Category:Liaquat Ali Khan