RUSSIA REDUCES CLAIM
REPARATIONS FROM AUSTRIA (Rec. 12.15 p.m.) LONDON* March IS. When the Big Four deputies for Austria met again in London to-day, Russia lowered the Soviet lump sum claim from Austria from 200,000,000 to 175,000,000 dollars. The British delegate said he was prepared to consider 100.000.000 in 10 years if Austria could pay. The French delegate suggested increasing the 100,000,000 by 15,000,000 from Austrian assets in ex-enemy countries, Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The Russian delegate, M. Koktomov, said he will reduce the percentage of Austrian oil-production rights Russia is claiming from 66 2-3 to 64. The United States and France were prepared to confiede 40 per cent.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 135, 19 March 1948, Page 3
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