The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-06

The Russians wished to eliminate nations" from the article. If al- lowed to stand, Japanese citizens caught In the Russian zone of Ger many would have to be handed over to the Western Allies despite the fact that Russia is not at war with Japan.
 The word finally was deleted temporarily pending the outcome of discussions at government level, and the pact was signed.
 Middleton said all Article 10 was stricken from the pact temporarily at Russia $ request. If the Russians had agreed to the article, he said, they would have had to seize Jap anese persons and property in the Soviet Union" as well as in Ger many)
 Eisenhower had landed at Tem- pelhof airdrome from his headquar- ters at Frankfurt at Il a. m. and was driven immediately to a large villa near Berlin's southeastern suburb of Koepenick, placed at his disposal by Zhukov.
 Montgomery arrived at PAS p. m, and Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tas- signy, the French delegate, also flew to Berlin separately.
 First indication that something had gone wrong with plans for sig nature of the pact at noon came when a Soviet foreign office official arrived at Eisenhowers villa and asked for a last-minute change in the wording of Article 10 to avoid offending Japan.
 While Eisenhower waited in the garden of the villa, the Russian objection was discussed feverishly by Robert D. Murphy, political eX- pert on the American delegation Sir William Strang of the British foreign office and two Soviet for eign office officials.
 A series of telephone calls be- tween the villa and Zhukov's head quarters followed. It finally was de- cided to go ahead with the sigma ture of the document, leaving the reservation to be thrashed out by the respective governments later.
 Final Decision Awaited
 At one point, Eisenhower offered to consent to the deletion of the word nationals" althogether, but the Soviets decided on the tempo rary deletion pending a final deci- sion from higher quarters. Eisenhower, Montgomery and their staffs were diven to Zhukov's s headquarters at a nearby officers club along the River Spree shortly after 5:15 p, m, for the signature ceremony.
 Zhukov. a short, stocky man, wear ing a light beige uniform with five rows of ribbons, greeted both Eis- enhower and Montgomery warmly De Lattre arriver few minutes later.
 Zhukov apologized for being un- able to speak English and Eisen- hover replied with a broad grin:
 You must learn to speak English the way speak it, not the way Field Marshal Montgomery speaks it. Generally, we can understand each other, even though we speak with different accents" Zhukov smiled when this was translated, and Eisenhower added
 You can learn good English from him and profanity from mel" zhukov then motioned the repre- sentatives of the other three powers to accompany him into large square hall, in the center of which was a large, round table covered with green baize.
 All around the room were massed the flags of the four allies. The whole scene was lit brilliantly by Kleig lights. Russian newsreel cam eramen and newspaper photogra- phers swarmed everywhere. Zhukov and the Russian delega- tion sat facing the door. Montgom- cry and Eisenhower and their re- spective delegations sat to the right and the French, to the left.
 At 5:35 p. m., Zhukov rose and spoke slowly fin Russian. Each sen- tence was translated by an inter- preter,