Evening star., 1946-11-12
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MoIoiov Hints
Disarmament Accord
Hope Also Stirred
By Beyin, Byrnes
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

sy the Assoeicfsd Press
NEW YORK. Nov. l2.-Fresf
evidence that Russia may event.
ually aaggree to some form Of In.
teznational inspection to enforce
disarmament, including elimina.
tion of atomic weapons, was
seen to6aasys i, an assertion by So
Wet Foreign Minister Molotoy
that Rnssdan and American arms
reduction proposals can be char
monized."
Al the same time, he declared ar
. ornaments race already has started
and he urged prompt action by the
United Nations 10 stop 1t.
From Secretary of State Byrnes
came a promise that the American
Government, which is insisting on
an inspection system. would have
more to say on disarmament at the
proper time" and British Foreign
Secretary Beyin declared that In the
effort to obtain worldwide arms re-
: duction 'smy government will not
fall behind"
Speak to Foreign Press
The three spoke last night at q
dinner of the Foreign Press Asso-
ciation after completing their first
review here Of five projected Axis
satellite peace treaties. Reports on
their work to date showed them ia
be still stalled on all major issues
ranging from control Of Trieste to
free navigation on the Danube
River.
One source of prolonged dispute
between the United States and the
Slay states appeared to have been
removed, however. Diplomats re-
ported Mr. Byrnes had informed the
; Foreign Ministers Council yesterday
that the United States had ordered
occups ton authorities In Germany
to release several hundred seized
Danube River vessels of Hungary
and other Eastern European cotln-
tries =. something those countries
with Russian support, have been
demanding for months.
Today the Foreign Ministers
turned over to their deputies and
technical experts some Of the dis
putes which have knotted their own
discussions and themselves prepared
to return to an attack on major diff
ferences in the italian treaty.
This presumably meant they
weuld be face to face again with the
problem of Trieste and there was
speculation as to whether they
would give italy and yugoslayia
more time to try to compromise
their differences or themselves seek
a final settlement in line with
earlier decisions to internationalize
the troubled area,
Are One of Big Problems.
But the speeches Of all three For
eign Ministers to the press associa-
ton last night disclosed that while
their day-to.day task here is treaty
making, one Of their great concerns
Is the problem of disarmament.
In this connection some authori-
ties suggested that Mr.. Molotov had
shown q highly conciliatory attitude
toward the American proposition for
an international inspection to safe
guard arms cuts against violations,
even though the ofiicial Soviet view
to date has been unfayorable.
Referring to his own proposals OF
two weeks ago for an immediate
start on disarmament by the United
Nations Assembly, he welcomed the
fact that the United States had
..'met the proposal and said that
for its part the Soviet delegation
here is "also willing to meet" the
American delegation on the issue
To this end he added his express
sed confidence that the Russian
and American propositions "can be
hsrmonized. Although he did not
specifically refer to the inspection
proposal, 1t was this assertion that
led to renewed hope here that Rus
sla might eventually be willing to
come to terms on an effective in
spection system-even though 1t
might be q compromise short Of
what the United States desires.
Chief Points Of Dispute.
Inspection az, the continued
manufacture of ats tic bombs in the
United States have thus far been
the chief points OF dispute in atomic
energy control talks under the
!, United Nations. Viewed in this light
Mr.. Molotoy's comments were in
terpreted by some persons here as
offering one of the most hopeful
approaches to the whole acute
problem which has yet come from q
Russian spokesman.
While Mr.. Molotov hammered the
disarmament theme and MIR. Bevir
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