The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-30
US. Navy lnterferes in Greece,
 Molotov Tells Paris Delegates
 UnpopuIor, Russian Says
 Visit by Worships
 Prevents Free Vote,
 Conference Told

Paris, Aug 30 --tUP)- Foreign Minister " M Molotov of Russia accused the United States before the peace conference today of in- terfering in the internal affairs of Greece by sending warships into Greek waters.
 The dispatch of the U. $. air. craft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and it's escorting cruisers and des- troyers to Greek ports constitutes foreign interference in that coun- try's affairs, Molotov charged.
 Addressing the conference for the second time today, Molotov de. nounced American and British sup. port of the present Greek govern~ ment.
 Says Regime Unpopular
 The government of Premier Con- stantin Tsaldaris is unpopular in Greece, Molotov said
 We know that British troops have been in Greece for some time, and now some war vessels are to be sent from the United States" he said in his attack on the Greeks and their supporters.
 The United States announced Tuesday that the carrier Roosevelt and accompanying naval forces would lie in Greek ports next week, just after the Sunday plebiscite on whether King George of the Hel- lenes will return to the throne.
 The warships will visit Greek ports from Sept. 5 to g. The Roosevelt, the light cruiser Little Rock and the destroyers Cone, New and Cory will stop of at Piraeus. the port of Athens. At the same time the destroyers Nea and War; rington, part of the Roosevelt's es- cort, will visit Salonika, Greece's northeastern port at the base of the Macedonian bulge cutting Bul. gar1a of from the Mediterranean.
 Greece Claims Territory
 Molotovs charge against the United States was made at the peak of an attack on Greece by the So- v1et bloc. The attack was touched oil by Greek attempt to put on the conference agenda it's claim to slice of southern Albania.
 The Greek motion carried, 12 to I7 with two abstentions, after one knockdown battle of words that threw a plenary session into com- plete confusion.
 This constitutes serious support for the present Greek govern ment," Molotov said in referring to the warships. There should be a stop to the interference in the internal affairs of the Greek gov. Iernment.
 We must give the Greek people an opportunity to elect their own parliament and to decide freely on the monarchy and to form a legal and rightful government.
 France Breaks with West
 There should not be any pro- longation of internal troubles by outside interference.'
 He said the Anglo American ob- servers who yesterday were called official watchers of the Greek pleb- iscite and today had been called unofhcia, observers means foreign support in this or that form ren- oered to the Greek government de- spite the fact that it is most ua. popular with the Greek people"
 The vote on the Greek motion, For, United States, Australia, Bra ziI' Canada, China, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Greece, India, New zea- land, The Netherlands and South Atr1ca; against. White Russia, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia. the Ukraine, Russia and Yugoslavia, sustaining, Belgium and Norway.
 The vote represented Frances first break with the other western powers in the five weeks of the peace conference.