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WESTERN ALLIES DEMAND
DECISION
Impatience At UN
Delay On Berlin
"NOT INTERESTED"
IN MEDIATION
Australian Associated Press
PARIS, October 12.
The UN Security Council is expected to meet
within 48 hours to take a final decision
on the Berlin issue, which has been hang-<*>
ing fire for six days.
The three Western Powers, according to their spokes
men, are becoming impatient at the long delay in
settling their complaint against the Soviet blockade
of Berlin.
The Big Three have made it plain to Dr. Juan Bramu
glia (Argentina), Acting President of the Security
Council, who has been acting as mediator in the
dispute, that they are not interested in any efforts
at mediation.'
The issne appears now to[
be plain, says Reuter, that ?
the Big Three want a clear- .
cut verdict from the Secu
rity Council that the Soviet
blockade is a threat to Inter
national peace.
It is reported that the OS
Secretary of State (Mr. Mar
shall), Immediately on his re
turn to Paris from Washing-j
ton today, conferred with bis
leading advisers on Berlin. j,
British Dnited Press says'j
that the Western Powers have i
abandoned hope of a compro-i
mise settlement of the Berlin! i
crisis. ]
An official stated that Sir
Alexander Cadogan (Britain), <
Dr. Jessup (ITS) and M. ParodiM
(France) had agreed:— i<
I—That there would be no i
negotiations with Russia until: I
the Berlin blockade was
lifted.
2—That Dr. Bramuglia has
. been acting not as mediator
between tbe Western Powers
and Russia, but merely in his
capacity as Acting Chairman
of the Security Council.
It is authoritatively stated
that the Western Powers
have made it clear to Russia
that tfcey are not prepared to
bargain on the lifting of the
blockade.
They maintain their vie*
that the Security Council has
no authority to attempt to
strike a bargain .between lift
ing tbe blockade and agreeing
to a meeting of the Council oi
Foreign Ministers.
A spokesman for the French j
delegation said:—"The Security,
Council has no authority to
order the Council of Foreign
Ministers to meet at any speci
fied date."
Resolution Expected
Security Council experts
believe that on Thursday the
Council will record its atti
tude in a resolution which
will note that restrictions on
access to Berlin constitute a
major obstacle to direct nego
tiations between the four occu
pying Powers; note that these
restrictions are a threat to peace
under the meaning of the
Charter; and direct the re
moval of such obstacles.
In Berlin the official Soviet
newspaper Taegliche Runds
chau" has again indicated that
the blockade will be lifted im
mediately if the Western
Powers'decide to withdraw the
Western mark from circulation
in?efln.
Reuters Moscow correspon
dent quotes an article by
"'PravdaV diplomatic observer,
stating that Russia, far from
wanting to quit UN. was "stand
ing guard over UN's principles
?md Charter."
He accuses Mr. Bevtn of plan
ning "not the reoganisation. bul
the liquidation of UN" and its
replacement by "a kind of
super-bloc—an association of
military alliances gimpri against
the Soviet Unldn and the
people's democracies."
NEW YORK, October 11—
The "New York Times" to
day siuns op majority offi
cial and public opinion as
follura:—?Kx?Hience ol,*he
past has Remonstrated that
persistent cowling of'
worthless paper agreement*,
for which the West has paid
a tragic price, and that the
only chance of real agree
ment with Bnssia and of
peace mast now be taught in
a policy of firmness paired
with patience, and backed by
power, until the Kremlin ?s
ready to meet the West at
least half-way."
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