Evening star., 1946-08-06
Conference
Continued From First Page.

hC0nunueQ from FIRST Page.i
changed expression throughout the
Americans speech.
Mr.. Byrnes declared that ever
since Potsoam the Soviet Union had
sought to restrict the participants in
the Paris conference to the smallest
possible number" and that Mr.. Molo-
tov had attempted to have the For
eign Ministers Council dictate to the
conference.
He said he was surprised" when
Mr. Molotov injected into the argu-
ment over the two-thirds rule re-
marks concerning Mr.. Byrnes' ap-
proval of the proposal by Mr.. King
for Big Four session to speed the
job of drafting treaties for five de-
feated European countries.
Not in Accord With Facts"
Mr. Molotov had said he was sur
prised when Mr.. Byrnes approved
the Canadian suggestion because he
had made the same proposal and Mr..
Byrnes had not approved
4rli iNo1otof Sd1o oti ulS OO Illdb
be suggested to the American dele
gate and other delegates that they
meet" Mr.. Byrnes continued. He
said the American delegate said
there was no need for such meeting
He said yesterday that If I now ap-
proved his proposal it made him
happy.
The Soviet delegate knows that
this is not in accord with the facts"
The Secretary of State said Mr.
Molotov's interpreter called him at
$50 pm. July %. suggesting a con-
ference to decide who should be
chairman of this commission Rules
Committee. which was scheduled
TO meet at 10 the next morning"
Il sent word that it would be un-
wise and that that was a question
for the commission to decide" Mr.
Byrnes continued. Il said it would
be unwise for the Council of Foreign
Ministers to meet for the purposes
stated, that it was up to the mem
bers of the conference and not the
council to decide these questions.
What he was seeking to do was
to have the council meet to dictate
to the conference who should head
the various commissions.
MOlot0v Answered Byrnes.
After Mosha Pijsda of Yugoslavia
had taken the floor and urged agree
ment on rule requiring a two
thirds vote "if we wish to avoid a
dictated peace" Mr.. Molotov asked
permission to answer Mr.. Byrnes.
They say the Russian delegation
has attempted to restrict the con-
ference" Mr. Molotov reioined. I'VE
have attempted to bring more pre-
cision to the rules of the confer
ence.
What does Mr.. Byrnes want when
he tries to tell us that the frame of
this conference is too small? For
the second week we speak and speak
about procedure without getting
down to the conference. We may
even need another week.
1--WE do not try to dictate, we
argue and discuss"
Reiterating that the four Foreign
Ministers of Britain, Russia, the
United States and France had sub
mitted suggestions for rules for the
conference. Mr.. Molotov said:
This unity continued until the
discussions of this problem here.
Then you started to remember the
reservations you made before this
unity had been reached. The Soviet
delegation listens most closely TO the
proposals put forward here by every
delegate, whoever presents them"
Complains About Press.
Turning to the issue of free press
raised by Mr.. Byrnes, Mr.. Molotov
complained that the Paris edition
of the New York Herald Tribune
had published criticism OF my
speech before publication of the
speech itself"
The Herald Tribune's Paris
edition had a long conference
story which covered Mr.. Molo-
tov's speech of yesterday, but
did not carry the text itself which
was not available up to a late
hour today. Tass. official Soviet
news agency, sent only a con-
densed stenographer's version of
the speech to Moscow. The Her
aid Tribune carried no editorial
comment on the conference
Mr.. Molotov criticized the Amer.
lean press, saying 1t was a trust,
and said the British press resembled
it The press, he said. should BIZ
not only free, but also objective and
honest"
He said he had heard that there
exist in the United States two O,
three bosses who control the United
States press"
I'VE accept Mr.. Byrnes' challenge
TO publish his speech in the Soviet
press" he continued.
Replying to Mr.. Byrnes' charge,
of attempted Russian dictation, Mr.
Nolotov said Il wonder what Mr.
Byrnes means when he accuses u,
Of being anxious to limit the mem.
bership Of the peace conference"
Foreign Minister Dmitri Manuilsk,