Show F D R Sees ees Four dour Envoys On JOint War Plans 1 WASHINGTON Dec 22 UP liP In conferences with the Russian Chinese and nd Netherlands envoys to the United States President Roosevelt Monday to took k pre preliminary preliminary mi- mi nary steps In joint planning for unity of action by the countries Combating the axis The chief executive scheduled talks separately with Maxim Litvinov Litvinov Lit- Lit Russian ambassador Dr Hu Shih Chinese ambassador and A. A Loudon the Netherlands min min- ister I He saw Lord Halifax British ambassador Sunday The White House said all these conferences were In line with an announcement Saturday night that Britain and the United States already had taken steps toward coordination of the war effort and that the Joint planning for unity of action would be extended to Russia China the Netherlands and other gov governments engaged In the common cause of defying the axis s Stephen Early presidential secretary secretary sec sec- I remarked of Mondays Monday's conferences con con- however that they were of a very preliminary nature |