Determination Of Britain To Stay In Berlin
(N.Z.P. A. —Reuter—Copyright) Recd. 7 p.m. London, June 26. The Foreign Office has issued a statement reiterating Britain’s determination to stay in Berlin The statement declared that a renort in the “Taegliche Rundschau” alleging that the British did not intend to stay in Berlin was completely untrue. “The statement that we intend to stay in Berlin holds good. World opinion will condemn this ruthless Soviet Government attempt to create a state of s>ge in Berlin, and by starving the civilian population to secure political advantages at the expense of other
Allied Powers," said the statement. M. Bidault, addressing a Foreign Affairs Commission of the National Assembly in Paris, declared the Berlin situation as serious, disagreeable, and 1 perilous. M. Bidault is reported to have told ■ the French Foreign Affairs Commission that France is willing to negotiate a settlement of tne Berlin Crisis with Russia, but would not take the initiative, says the Associated Press correspondent in ParisThe Prime Minister (M. Schuman) has called a special Cabinet meeting for Monday to discuss Germany and the Marshall Plan.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 28 June 1948, Page 5
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