Evening star., 1947-04-12
Russia Insists
On Reparaiions
As Prime Issue
vishinsky Says Reds
Must Have Payments
From Current Output
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, April IA. X.
Vishinsky, Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister, made it clear to-.
day that in his opinion Russia
never would accept German
settlement without reparations
payments to the Soviet Union
from current production and on
a large scale.
Mr.. Vishinsky, right-hard man OF
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotoy,
said acceptance by the United States
of the principle Of current repara-
tiors was the thing I'VE have been
fighting for" in the Council of For
eign Ministers.
Mr.. Vishinsky told news con-
ference-the first held by Soviet
official since the foreign ministers
conyened-that this lack of agree
ment on the approach to repara-
tions was the foremost difficulty be-
tween the western powers and the
Soviet Union.
Welcomes Marshall Suggestion.
The Soviet deputy made this
statement as the four-power Coun-
Gil resumed its discussion of cur
rent political problems and proce-
dures for writing the German treaty.
after deadlocking last night on the
question of Germany,s western FROM
tier with France.
"a treaty without reparations,
Mr.. Vishinsky said, sis the same
thing as man without a heart
He said he welcomed Secretary of
State Marshall's recent suggestion
that if capital plants earmarked for
capital reparationS were left in Ger
many, some current reparations
might be agreed to. He added, how
ever, that he could not state what
Gen. Marshall actually had in mind
Here Mr. Vishinsky evidently was
referring to the amount of such
reparations.
Mr.. Vishinsky's news conference
drew many British, American,
French and Russian correspondents
and produced one sharp exchange
between Mr.. Vishinsky and a British
reporter.
w. N. Ever Of the London Daily
Herald objected to Mr.. Vishinsky's
statement that Britain and the
United States were taking current
reparations from their occupation
zones in the form of coal and other
resources.
Wants Coverage for Damage.
9 Asked what he thought was the
fundamental difficulty between the
Soviet Union and the western
powers in the basic issues of the
German problem, Mr.. Vishinsky
said that "there are many reasons" !"
First" he said, there is no agree
ment as to the attitude of the dele
cations in regard to the reparations
problem. The attitude of the Soviet
Union is that we want reparations
from Germany to cover the damage
she inflicted"
In addition, he said, there were
other reasons, but he did not list
them. Thus he emphasized that
reparations was the predominant
issue in the Soviet view.
Mr.. Vishinsky also disclosed that
the Soviet Union was depending on
current production PREPARATIONS in
carrying out five-year-plans for re-
Mobilization of war-ravaged areas.
ut is only possible to carry out
the restoration of the Soviet Unions
internal welfare with peacetime
goods from production" he said.
People who look at our country
with eyes not closed by an iron
curtain can see this for themselves.
Acknowledges Reparations.
For the first time, a Soviet official
acknowledged that the Russians
were taking large scale current
production reparations from the
eastern zone of Germany. Blaming
the western powers for a repara-
tions breakdown on Germany wide
basis, Mr.. Vishinsky said that ''in
the Soviet zone we have fulfilled our
Ireparations quota rather we'll"
Mr.. Vishinsky said the Russians
began taking current reparations
when the others powers did"
Charges that the United States
and Britain have been taking cur
rent reparations have been denied in
the Foreign Ministers Council. Mr..
(see MOSCOW, Page A-2)