Evening star., 1948-10-20
By ssss Assoeiossd Press

By shs Asseelossd Press
PARIS, Oct. 20.-A Russian COL
lection Of documents issued during
Soviet talks with the Western pow
ers on the Berlin crisis arrived
here by air from Moscow yesterday.
The 84-page Soviet document bore
. Moscow, 1948" imprint and was
issued by the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs of the u. s. 8. r. 1t con-
tanned no comment.
In it were reproductions of IA
documents, starting on February Is,
1948, when Russia sent notes to the
United States, Britain and France
informing them she would not rec
ognize the decisions of the London
six-power conference to set up a
West German government.
The note charged the London
conference would violate the Pots
dam pact, which assigned to the
Big -Four powers responsibility for
running Germany and defining pol
icy toward her.
After the three Western govern
ments answered Russia, a second
Soviet vote, dated March 6, assert
ed openly for the first time that
the United States, Britain and
France aimed at liquidating the
Council of Foreign Ministers"
Russian Stand Stated.
Russia made the point then that
the past four-power agreements, in
cluding those reached at Yalta and
Potsdam, placed "all the questions
pertaining to peace settlement
for Germany within the competence
of the CFM."
Blame for failure Of the foreign
ministers council session in Mos
cow and London in 1S47 was as
cribed by the Soviet note to the
three Western governments. It went
on to allege that a "so-called Amer
ican teconomic) plan" aimed at
converting West Germany into a
sort of colony, which could be used
as "strategical base Of future ag-
gression in Europe"
The 4 000-word note sought to link
up the Western powers alleged di-
vision Of Germany directly with the
formation of the f1ve-power Brussels
alliance. This was a British politi-
clan plan," the note said.
The note alleged the American
economic and British political plans
together sought to create "a spe-
cial group of Western European
states opposed to other states of Eu-
rope" This would lead to the "po-
litical splitting of Europe" it added.
Reds Statement Issued.
Five statements issued by the
Russian authorities in Berlin ap-
peared next in the white paper.
First was call by Soviet Marshal
VASTLY D. Sokolovsky to the Amerl-
can, British and French members
Of the Allied Control Council in
Berlin on March 20 for full details
Of then secret decisions of the Lon
don talks on West Germany. The
Western representatives refused to
furnish this information, the white
paper recalled. Accordingly, the
Russian zonsl commander closed the
council meeting, alleging the West
ern powers are destroying the Con-
troll Council and burying it" by ig-
noring its supreme authority in
Germany.
Next came a Soviet military ad-
ministration proclamation to the
German people charging that in
PRODUCTION of new currency in the
Western zones completes the divi-
sion OF Germany" Issued over
Marshal Sokolovsky's name, the
proclamation set out to explain why,
in the Russian view, the currency
move was illegal and unjustified. 1t
announced countermeasures the So
Wet authorities would take Ito pro-
tect the interests OF the So
Wet zone"
Marshal Sokolovsky then wrote
three letters. Two went to Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, American military
commander, on June 20 and %, the
other to Gen. Sir Brian Robertson,
the British commander, on June
as. AL were on the subject of the
Western powers currency reform.
ALI protested against the move.
Declaration Reproduced.
The Russian white paper repro
duoed next the June "a Warsaw
declaration by Russia, Albania, Bull
garia, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia,
Poland, Romania and Hungary re-
tecting the six-power London agree
ment on West Germany. The dec
laration set out the Soviet-led states
idea Of what the future Of Germany
should be.
Russia's next move came on July
II when she rejected American,
British and French protests against
imposition of trafic and transporta-
powers to their commanders in