Evening star., 1946-05-27
Mo|otovCharges
j. S.-British Bloc
Wrecked Farley
Says Byrnes Plan for
Treaties Is Contrary
To Potsdum Accord
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

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Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov
asserted today that an Ameri-
can-British ''bloc" had waged an
offensive against Russia at the
four power meeting of Foreign
in Paris.
He declared that the proposals Of
Secretary Of State Byrnes for writ
Ing European peace treaties in the
United Nations Assembly, if there
was no agreement this summer
among the four leading nations,
were contrary to decisions made at
the Potsdam conference of Presi-
dent Truman, Prime Minister Att
lee of Great Britain and Prime Min
lister Stain.
Russia he said, would not be
forced into acceptance of British
and American proposals by threats
and intimidation
'The prestige of the Security
Council (of the U. NJ has already
been subjected to grave trials Mr..
Molotov said in a full-page state
ment published in the official news
paper Pravda, giving his view of the
recent Paris meeting of Mr.. Byrnes,
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin, French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault and himself.
Charges Intimidation.
The suggestion that the United
Nations consider the draft of peace
Mr.. Molotov said, 'is one
more attempt to break up the pro-
cedure of concerted work which was
in recent years and to
utilize methods of pressure, threats
and intimidation"
He declared that American and
British capital was trying to sub
due" nations weakened by the war.
He said that Britain and the
United States. grouping themselves
in bloc, gave the conference no
chance of reaching an agreed deci-
sion" on the disposition of Italian
colonies or on the matter OF Ital-
ian reparations.
"On the question of former Ital-
ian colonies it was particularly OBJ
vious that American and British
delegations usually acted on preA
vious agreement, although this ran
counter to the lawful interests Of
other countries" he said.
I'm the question of reparations,
we encountered again an Anglo
American bloc which, here, too, did
not wage an offensive for peace
but an offensive against the Soviet
Union"
Reparations Deadlock.
ut transpired that the so-called
offensive for peace proclaimed in
certain circles is sometimes merely
expressed in a desire to impose
the will of the two governments on
the government of a third state"
Mr.. Molotov said.
Having formed a bloc in their
desire to impose their will upon the
Soviet Union, the American and
British delegations did not wish to
reckon with the most legitimate
wishes of the Soviet Union and
frustrated the possibility of an
agreed decision on reparations as
WELL" he said.
Certainly no self-respecting
allied state will allow the will of
another state to be imposed upon
it," Mr.. Molotov continued.
Mr.. Molotov declared that "they
say" 1t sometimes is difficult to draw
a line between the desire for Sc
curity and the desire for expansion.
Cites U. S. Bases Demands.
Indeed, it is difficult at times"
he said. For instance, what in
terests of the security of the United
States of America dictate the de-
mand for military bases in Iceland?
Evidently what matters here is by
no means the security of the United
States but entirely different aspira-
tions.'
Mr. Molotov said the world press
was "replete with reports that GER
tain circles in the United States,
having formed a bloc with ther
friends in Great Britain" are seek
ing to establish naval and military
bases in all parts of the globe-on
Pacific and Atlantic islands, in ter
ritories of the states of the Western
and Eastern hemispheres."
Mr.. Molotov said Russia could not
agree to calling formal 21-nation
peace conference until representa-
lives of the Big Four had reached
preliminary agreement on treaty
questions.
For the United States to insist
on such procedure, Mr.. Molotov
declared, could have the most un-
desirable consequences for the fur
ther development of friendly rela-
tions among the nations seeking to
establish a stable peace"
Mr.. Molotov said the proposal
would result in a confused situation
under which several totally differ
ent drafts might be submitted to
the peace conference, with the re-
suit that the whole thing would end
in a "fiasco."
Charges Inaccuracy by Byrnes.
At the same time Mr.. Molotov as
serted that Mr.. Byrnes had made a
somewhat inaccurate statement" in
saying he had obtained Prime Min
lister Stains consent in principle
last December to a proposed 25-year
treaty among the United States,
Britain, Russia and France for ac-
complishing the disarmament and
demilltarization of Germany.
In December Mr.. Byrnes did no,
es yet have the draft of such q
treaty and therefore Prime Min.
ister Stalin's consent to a non.
existent treaty could not have beer
given" Mr.. Molotov said, "the mat.
ter then being reduced to a brie1
exchange of views on the idea Of
treaty of mutual assistance II
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