Deputies’ Talks on Austrian Treaty Once Again Suspended
New Zealand Press Association—Copyright. Rec. 8 p.m. LONDON, May 25. The Austrian peace treaty talks which were adjourned in London on May 6 after disagreement with the Russian Foreign Minister s deputy, have been suspended by the United States,
Mr Reber informed the Secretarygeneral of the Council of Foreign Ministers that the United States was not prepared to resume talks until there was a justifiable basis for continued negotiations, and that basis, he said, must include Russian assurances about the maintenance of Austria’s 1937 frontiers and the‘principle of no reparations. n ... The decision to suspend the talks is not surprising, it is pointed out in
London. The deputies have been trying for over a year to reach agreement, and have held well over 100 meetings, but deadlock has followed deadlock. The decisive “ last straw came with the Russian deputy’s ins ! stence at the last meeting that Austria must cede certain territory to Yugoslavia. Tlte British, American, and French deputies said they could not agree, ;ioi, they pointed out, would the Austrian Government be prepared to sign a treaty involving a sacrifice of territory.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26781, 26 May 1948, Page 5
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