STALIN BLAMES BRITAIN & U.S. FOR WAR MONGERING

Grey River Argus, 30 October 1948, Page 5

STALIN BLAMES BRITAIN & U.S. FOR WAR MONGERING

But Thinks There Wili be no War LONDON, Oct. 28. M. Stalin to-day accused the British and American leaders of, following a policy of aggression to unleash a new war. He implied, however, that he did not think there would be another war, says the British United Press correspondent in Moscow. Replying to questions by Pravda on how he regarded the conduct of the Western representatives in the United Nations debate on Berlin, M. Stalin said: “It was a display of aggression on the part of the British, American and F'rench ruling circles.” Replying to a question whether an unofficial agreement on Berlin* had been reached in Paris, M. Stalin said the American and British representatives had once again declared the agreement, null and. .void. CHURCHILL’S SCRUPLES M. Stalin said that Mr. Churchill was the main instigator of a new war. He had already deprived himself of his nation’s trust and of that of the democratic forces . throughout the world. “The horrors of the recent war are still too fresh in people’s memory and the public forces favouring peace are too strong for Mr. Churchill’s scruples and aggression to over-power them and set a course for a new war,” he added. M. Stalin alleged that the war instigators did not want an agreement with Russia. They talked about it, but prevented it, so as to prove that co-operation was impossible. Asked about the conduct of the representatives of the six non-perman-ent nations on the Security Council, M. Stalin said: “Those gentlemen are obviously lending support to the policy of aggression and the policy of unleashing a new war.” Reuter’s Moscow correspondent says that M. Stalin accused the British and American leaders of a policy of aggression and preparation for a new war, but said; “It can only end by the warmongers’ downfall.” BERLIN DISCUSSIONS.

M. Stalin said he regarded the results of the Security Council discussion on Berlin and the attitude of the British and American representatives as a manifestation of the aggressiveness of the policy of the British, American and French ruling circles. An agreement had been reached on August 30 in Moscow between the representatives of Russia, the United States, Britain and France on the simultaneous carrying out of measures for the removal of the communication restrictions and the introduction in Berlin of the German mark of the Soviet zone as the sole currency. This agreement did not infringe on anyone’s prestige. It took account of the interests of the parties to it and guaranteed the possibility of further co-operation, but the Governments of the United States and Britain disavowed their representatives in Moscow and declared this agreement non-existent. They had violated it by deciding to put the questions before the Security Council. where the British and Americans always had an assured majority. » M." Stalin said that recently in Paris, when the Berlin question was being discussed bv the Security Council an agreement was reached in unofficial talks before the Security Council voted on the subject.

SOLUTION WIPED ASIDE ? Dr. Juan Bramuglia (Argentina) who had an unofficial talk with M. Vyshinsky on behalf of the other interested Powers, had in his hand an agreed draft solution of the Berlin question, but the United States and British representatives had again declared this agreement non-exist-ent. “The whole point is that the inspires of the aggressive policy of the United States and Britain do not consider themselves interested in agreement and co-operation with Russia,” he said. “The policy of agreement with Russia undermines the warmongers’ position and deprives these gentlemen’s aggressive policy of its objective. By their actions in the Security Council, China, Belgium, Argentina, Columbia and Chile also obviously support aggression. All this can end only with the disgraceful downfall of these instigators of a new war.”