“NO DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED”

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26122, 26 May 1950, Page 7

“NO DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED”

“I can only say that I am not dissatisfied with my talks in the three European capitals.” said Mr Lie. “No doors have been closed. I believe that the possibility of constructive negotiations still exists.”

Mr Lie continued: “The result of j these exchanges cf views on the ' United Nations and the cold war can- I not be judged except as they become j apparent during the next two or three j months. ; “The fact that my visit to the four 1 capitals has aroused such public inter- | est .demonstrates not only the gravity j of the present division between the ; two sides in the cold war. but also , that the United Nations offers the only | wav by which the division can be. bridged and, in the long run, peace ! maintained." He would continue his efforts in sun-1 port of a renewed United Nations ap-

proach by the Big Four Governments aimed at reducing the tension in the 1 cold war and ultimately bringing it to jan end. said Mr Lie. Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent states that Mr Lie's statement was still ' silent on what actually passed be-

I tween Mr Lie and Mr Stalin. DiploI matic circles in London, however, j have the impression stronger than I ever that his Moscow trip accom- ! plished little. The Under-Secretary for Foreign i Affairs (Mr Ernest Davies) said in the j House of Commons to-day that Mr Lie | and the British Foreign Secretary (Mr ■ Ernest Bevin) discussed the interna- ; tional control of weapons of mass de- ' struct! on yesterdav. Mr Lie "was well aware of Britain's | readiness to resume consultations in j the United Nations as soon as the Soviet Union its readiness to attend, said Mr Davies.