FEELING OF PESSIMISM
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN OF VILIFICATION EFFECT OF MOSCOW TALKS (Rec. 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Robertson, British Deputy Military Governor in Germany, replied bluntly to the Russian Commander, Marshal Sokolovsky’s action in publishing in the Russian-controlled press details of disagreements in the Allied Control Commission about the trade union elections, and the terms of the report the commission is preparing for Moscow, says Reuter’s Berlin correspondent. Sir Brian said the British would defend themselves against any continuation of attacks on the western allies by the Russian-licensed press. He declared Britain would not be “bludgeoned” into accepting the ideas of other powers on the German question by any “campaign of vilification.” He added that it was difficult to believe that all the attacks were spontaneous expressions of German feeling towards the western Allies. The prevailing state of affairs gave him a feeling of pessimism about the outcome of the Moscow conference.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1947, Page 5
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