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France of violating the Potsdam and
Yalta Agreements and other ac-
cords on deNazification, demilitar-
ization and reparations.
He claimed American and British
occupation authorities were main
tanning German units and officers
corps to build "strongpoints to sup
port the Anglo-American campaign
of imperialism in the center of
Europe" Americans and Britons,
he declared, were promoting in their
zones and in Berlin IAN intensive
propaganda for a new war" under
the name of "a campaign against
Communism"
Gen. Clay, the American counter
part of Marshal Sokolovsky, told a
news conference that the Soviet
Marshals statement appear
based on a Misrepresentation of
known facts Asked if he consid-
cred this Misrepresentation will
full" Gen. Clay replied.
Il can only say that no request
was made for any explanation of
the facts"
Declaring he did not intend to in
crease already strained relations"
by engaging in recriminations just
before the foreign ministers con-
vene their meeting on Tuesday, Gen.
Clay said: Il prefer to let the
record speak for itself"
He said all actions in the Ameri-
can and British zones of Germany
were open for all to see and that
repeated efforts to obtain similar
information from the Russian zone
had failed.
Contradictions Pointed Out.
The Soviet charges, Gen. Clay
continued, contradict one another
by accusing the United States OF
rebuilding German cartels and
trusts and at the same time strip
ping Germany in the fear of eco
nOInlC competition.
Observers in Berlin said the ex-
pected new Soviet propaganda bar
rage apparently would be designed
to WOO German support while the
foreign ministers are in session
1t was evident the 25-page state
ment Marshal Sokolovsky read at
the control council meeting had
been received from Moscow. He re-
peated almost gesture for gesture
and word for word the charges he
made last February rs at the Con-
troll Councils last meeting before
the foreign ministers convened their
conference in the Soviet capital. At
that conference Soviet Foreign Min
lister Molotov repeated time and
again the charges Marshal Sokolov-
sky had made earlier. One Allied
statesman commented then: ''Molo-
tov is beamed on Germany not his
colleagues"
Allegations Answered.
Marshal Sokolovsky>s allegations,
and Gen. Clay's answers tin quota
IlOIl ulaTkSJ 1OllOW.
The United States has failed to
disarm Germany-''a war plants in
the United States zone have been
dismantled or are in the process of
being dismantled." Gen Clay addd
that an American proposal for a
four-power mission to inspect ali
demilitarization in all zones had in
all zones had been blocked by
Russia.
The United States is training
German children for war in its
youth program-"it is amazing how
some people think that soldier
cannot do anything but fight. Amer
ican soldiers can and are playing
with children without teaching
them to fight"
The United States has failed TO-
break up the l. G. Farben chemical
combine-"I. G. Farben in the
United States zone has been broken
into small units -. Our (Ameri-
CAM failure to reach a four-power
agreement on how to handle I. G..
Farben has been blocked by the
Soviet Union"
Warmongering Avoided.
The United States Is war mon
gering" in its attack on communism
-"as far as expressing our views
on communism are concerned, for
many, many months We avoided at
all costs attacks on other powers,
but the repeated attacks on our own
political system convinced Us we
could not continue in this policy"
The United States and Britain are
taking preparations out Of Germany
by selling Germany goods at low
prices on world marketS-"produc-
ton going out Of Germany is sold
at the highest possible prices and
every penny-every penny-so OBJ
tanned goes into buying more raw
materials for Germany.
The United States is building
military bases in Germany for at
tacking Eastern Europe-"I do not
know a single such military base
being established"
The United States and Britain vio-
lated Control Council directiyes by
refusing the Soviet-sponsored So