Evening star., 1947-03-20
10 Ask
Bid for Austria
ToTreaty Talks
French Demand Coal
As Price of Germun
Economic Unificotion
By John N. Hiehtower
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

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of State Marshall served notice
to the Foreign Ministers Council
tonight that he would propose
that Austrian government rep
reSentatives be summoned to
Moscow for consultation as
needed in drafting the Austrian
peace treaty.
The American stand was made
known after a session in which
France contended she could not
agree to economic reconstruction of
Germany unless other powers agreed
to her demands for guarantees of
German coal.
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault, in the first apparent split
between the western powers at the
conference, reiterated his country's S
demand that the industrially potent
Ruhr be separated from Germany.
Should Gen. Marshalls colleagues
agree to his plan, the Austrian gov
ernment would be the only regime
except the Big Four powers repre-
sented at the Moscow Conference.
Plans Motion Tomorrow.
The Council scheduled a progress
report from deputies drafting an
Austrian treaty for tomorrow and,
after it is heard, Gen. Marshall
will make his motion.
The Council heard progress re-
port by Russian Deputy Andrei /.
Vishinsky on the work on German
treaty.
During Mr. Vishinsky's report, he
mentioned the possible participa-
tion in the German peace treaty of
the former enemy countries, Ro-
mania, Bulgaria and Italy. Gen.
Marshall asked him if Hungary had
been omitted deliberately.
Mr.. Vishinsky replied that there
was more of question about Hun
gary and Finland since they had
not participated with their armed
forces against Germany prior to
the surrender.
| The whole subject of small nation
participation and former enemy
participation In the German treaty
making will be taken up after the
deputies for Germany submit a
written report. Mr.. Vishinsky said
this would require two days for
preparation.
Bevin Rejects Condition.
British Foreign Secretary Bevin,
replying to Mr.. Bidault's statement
that France was not prepared to go
ahead with other questions until
the German coal problem was set
tied, said he could not accept the
proposition that one condition must
be accepted before the discussion on
others. Mr.. Bevin said he was
studying Mr.. Bidault's proposal and
he hoped that the other Ministers
would study Britain's.
Mr.. Bevin said that, as far as the
Ruhr was concerned, the British
stood firm in their proposition that
| Germany must be an economic
whole before four-p power control of
the Ruhr Basin could be considered.
Gen. Marshall presided at the
meeting, one of the shortest of the
gathering. The session closed after
Gen. Marshall suggested that the
foreign ministers consider adjourn
ing the discussion on Germany and
the Allied Control Council report
for two days. During that interval,
he said, the four powers could cir
culate papers on any further pro-
posals they wished to make and
study the programs of other nations
before entering the final discussion.
Gen. Marshall's suggestion on
procedure will be considered tomor-
row, along with his Austrian pro-
posal The Ministers on Saturday
are scheduled to discuss a provi-
sional government for Germany.
Mr.. Bidault, answering the re-
lection of his request for coal guar
antees by Mr.. Bevin last night,
said:
II am directed by my government
to state that we cannot be parties
to agreement on other problems
raised-economic unity, level of in
dustry and reparations-without a
previous settlement of the scheme
for export of coal in a sense which
| is in conformity with our request.
"No different attitude could be
adopted by any French government" :"
Russia agreed yesterday to a larger
share of German coal for France.
Mr.. Bidault said France wanted a
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