EUROPEAN ISSUES DISCUSSED

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25769, 2 April 1949, Page 7

EUROPEAN ISSUES DISCUSSED

Mr Acheson Meets Mr Bevin controlin WEST GERMANY

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rgc. 6 p.m.) Washington. Mar. 31. States Secretary of State ~ can Acheson) tb-day reviewed with the British Foreign Secretary (Mr Ernest Bevin) a number of European questions, including the problems of Western Germany and the Greek situation.

Announcing this, an official communique said that the purpose of the meeting was to have a general exchange of views. and ho decisions were taken,

.The diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times” Says: “It was evidently decided that the Foreign Secret?tles o f the United States, Britain, and France would try to resolve sdme ♦ Y? e^r difficulties over the administration of Western Germany after the opening of the United Nations General Assembly next week. __“Mr Acheson has arranged to see Mr Bevin and Mr Schuman tomorrow.

. , The United States is seeking to establish the principle that the United States, which pays most of the Occupation costs in Germany, should have a uedslve voice on questions on which the three occupying Powers cannot agree. Britain and France are not enthusiastic about this claim. The three nations are also at odds over the luture political organisation of Western Germany.”