title: 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
text: # 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
  
  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 was hosted by that country's 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." 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 | 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 | Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges | Minister of the Interior |
  