Evening star., 1947-11-07
Western Reich
Parliament Plan
Reported Drawn
U. S.-British Agreement
Hinges on Big a Talk,
London Source Says
By the Associated Press

live whitehall SOuICcS Sdlu W.
day that Britain and the United
States had agreed tentatively on
creation of a provisional par
lament" for Western Germany
if the Big Four failed to agree on
a German peace treaty.
Their report came soon after a
British Foreign Office spokesman
denied that this country had made
any arrangements either for estab-
fishing a West German state or for
devising any final policy which
would be followed in the event of
Big -Four treaty deadlock.
The Council of Foreign Ministers
is to meet in London November 25.
The informants reported the
Anglo American discussions have
taken place at "a high political
level"
Strang Now in Washington.
They mentioned, in this connec-
ton, the names of Lord Inverchapel,
British Ambassador in Washington,
and Sir William Strang, political
adviser to 1t. Gen. Sir Brian Rob-
ertson, the zonal commander in
Germany. Strang is now in Wash
ington for talks on revising the
Anglo-American zonal fusion agree
ment.
The Foreign Office spokesman
would not directly confirm or deny
that Anglo-American talks had
taken place on what should be done
with West Germany in the event OF
a Big Four treaty breakdown.
All he would say was that he was
not aware of any formal discus
sions" having taken place.
The authoritative informants-
who are in touch with this countrys
top policymakers concerning Ger
many-said present intentions were
to appoint representatives from the
Laender (states) of the merged
Anglo-American zone, to what
would become a provisional parlia-
ment" early in 194S.
Plan Subject to Farley.
The parliament would have
limited legislative functions and
would be provisional in the sense
that it would function only until a
representative body could be elected.
Emphasizing that everything so
far proposed was purely tentative
and subject to a Big Four deadlock" /"
the sources said it was virtually Ger
tain the French zone of Germany
would be joined with the Anglo
American zones.
French Foreign Minister Bidault,
they said, already has assured this
country and the United States "un-
officially" that France would join
the zonal merger.
|, They said the three Western pow
ers would work out new currency
plan for Western Germany as one
of their first undertakings.
Molotov Speech Deplored.
The Foreign Office spokesman
said Soviet Foreign Minister Molo-
tov's speech was rather an unfor-
tunate onslaught on Aglo-American
policy" because it came so soon be-
fore the Big Four attempt to write
the German and Austrian treaties.
Mr.. Molotov, Secretary of State
Marshall, British Foreign Secre-
tary Bevin and French Foreign
Minister Bidault are to gather here
in peace-Writing meeting which
the spokesman said 1--WE are particu-
larly anxious should succeed"
The spokesman. addressing a
news conference, denied the sub
stance of a London Times editorial
which said the United States and
British governments had completed
''far-reaching preparations for an
alternate course of action should
there be another deadlock" in Ger
man peace treaty talks. He COM
mented:
"It is not true Although there
have been failures in past efforts to
agree, we can recall that in the
case of the satellite treaties quite
often last-minute solutions avoided
apparent breakdoWns.
Recess on Red Anniversary.
Deputies of the Big Four foreign
ministers working on preliminary
phases of the treaties recessed to-
day because of the 30th anniversary
of the Russian revolution.
During the first session yester-
day, Andrei Smirnov of Russia
asked that today's session be
skipped and asked the three other
deputies-Robert Murphy of the
United States, Patrick Dean OF
Great Britain and Jacques Tarbe
de St. Hardouin of France-to come
to the Soviet Embassy to drink a
toast to the U. S. S. r. They &C
cepted.
The deputies will meet again to-
morrow to continue their assigned
task of laying the foundations fol
the session of the Council of For.