MARSHALL’S TALK WITH STALIN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25162, 18 April 1947, Page 7

MARSHALL’S TALK WITH STALIN

Deadlocks Unbroken On Germany AUSTRIAN TREATY BEFORE COUNCIL (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.). MOSCOW, April 16. General Marshall’s talk with Mr Stalin yesterday failed to break any of the deadlocks over the German issues in the Council of Foreign Ministers. It is believed that General Marshall made a frank, unvarnished statement of America’s policy in relation to Germany and Europe and the whole area of diplomatic conflict between the United States and Russia. . It is authoritatively stated that Mr Bevin and the British delegation will leave Moscow for London early next week. After Mr Molotov had told the Foreign Ministers that Russia did not object to completing the Austrian peace treaty during the Moscow meeting, the Ministers dealt with 15 of the treaty’s 59 clauses. They agreed on 12 and resolved relatively minor disputes which the deputies hitherto had been unable to agree upon. This first session, however, did not raise major controversies which may yet prevent completion of the pact during this meeting. Mr Molotov earlier disagreed with the other Ministers on a Soviet proposal to set up a special four-Power regime on German coal production. General Marshall said he could not deal with the export of coal for reparations when coal was scarce in Germany.