Evening star., 1947-04-24
Big 4 Adjourn;
Meet in London
Next November
MurshoII Will Leuve
Tomorrow and Report
To Nation by Radio
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, April 24.-The four
power conference of Foreign
Ministers ended today in COM
plete deadlock on all major Ger
man and Austrian issues after As
days marked by acrimonious de-
bate.
Secretary of State Marshall ex-
pressed disappointment but COM
n1ented that I'VE must regard this
Councils meeting as the first round. y
Ending the longest conference of
the Council thus far, the ministers
chose London for their next meeting
In November, although they may
meet in New York earlier in con-
junction with the United Nations
General Assembly session.
Celebration Held at KremIin.
The ministers adjourned sine die
at 7:35 pm. Q1:35 am. EST. Prime
Minister Stain invited the three
visiting ministers and their leading
staff members to a windup celebra-
ton at the Kremlin tonight.
(Gen. Marshall will make q
radio report to the nation either
Sunday or Monday night after
his return from Moscow, New
bold Moves, Star staff CORE
spondent, reported from the So
Wet capital by telephone.
(Gen. Marshall is expected to
leave Moscow tomorrow morning
by air and reach Washington late
Saturday, the State Department
said.
Gincoln White, department
press officer, told reporters that
Gen. Marshall will fly home by
way of Paris. Mr. White said
the department had no specific
information on who is returning
with the Secretary. He said it
is assumed Gen. Marshall will
return in the same special C-54
transport plane in which he and
group of advisers went to Mos
COW in early March,
Marshall Disappointed.
Gen. Marshall expressed natural
disappointment" that there was no
agreement on Austria or on the
American-proposed four-power pact
covering Germany, but he added
that the results of the conference
still were to be evaluated.
However, most western diplomats
here expressed belief that this con-
ference had produced even less than
the London meeting of September,
1945, and had ended in the worst
deadlock among the four Allies
since the wars end. And the issues
involved, they added, were more
basic.
Gen. Marshall pointed out that
such matters as reparations were
of the deepest concern to the peo-
Piles of Europe, such as the French
and the Russians, and agreement
could not easily be reached.
Il think that with all my impa-
tience that we have a fair chance
to reach agreement on these crit
ical matters in reasonable time,
although we do find progress very
depressing right now" he said.
Knew Progress Was Unlikely.
Gen. Marshall said that before he
came to this conference he had
understood he would be unable to
make much progress on the German
treaty, but he had hoped that some
thing might be done on the Austrian
settlement and the four power pact,
first proposed in Paris year ago by
the then Secretary of State, James
F. Byrnes.
THE results of this conference
will not be apparent for a month
or two, until every one has had a
chance to evaluate the discussions
here" Gen. Marshall said.
81 think we must regard this
Councils meeting as the first round
and realize that the matters dis
cussed here are of big concern and
of worldwide interest"
Gen. Marshall said that perhaps
the Americans expected more prog
ress than they had the right to
expect.