Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31
Soviet Press Prints
Pact Which Stain
Said Was Broken
By Eddy Gilmore
As.eeietsd Press Fersisn cerrsspondsnt

hAtoSio10o FTeSS F0feI0H SolteSpCndBnf
MOSCOW, Oct. 30.-The Sovie
press published today what it salt
was the text of a Paris draft agree
nfent which Prime Minister Stalil
has declared was broken by Britaii
and the United States.
: Tass, official Soviet news agency
declared the agreement was between
Soviet Deputy Foreign MiniStel
Andrei Vishinsky and Juan Bramug'
la of Argentina, one of the six neu'
trails on the U. N. Security Council
TasS said 1t was the agreement
whose existence had been denied by
United States Delegate Philip G
Jessup.
"a British Foreign once
, spokesman in London confirmed
for the first time that there was
q draft agreement between Mr..
. Vishinsky and Mr.. Bramuglia,
representative of the six neutrals,
but said it never was approved by
the three Western powers and
$ therefore was not broken by
them.
(The spokesman said Mr..
: Stains statement on Thursday
: that the Western powers had dis
: avowed the agreement was in
+. tended for uniformed readers"
/. who are not allowed access to
! other sources of information. MIR.
, Stains phraseology, he said,
would lead such readers to as
. sumo that Mr.. Bramuglia also was
T. representing the Western powers
in the unofficial negotiations,
=. which was not the case)
AP Text in Moscow Press.
In an interview with Pravda
Communist party newspaper, Mr.
Stain had declared: Mr.. Bran.
uglia, the representative of the Ar
genuine and president of the Sc
eurity Council who conducted UNI
oflcial talks with Comrade Vishin-
sky on behalf of the other interested
powers, did indeed have in his
hands an agreed draft decision on
the question of the situation in
Berlin. But the representatives of
the U. s. A. and Great Britain once
again declared that agreement to
be null and void"
The reported text of the agree
ment was headlined in the Moscow
press today as project of resolution
Of Security Council-agreed upon
between U. s. s. r. representative
and Bramuglia, represen-
tative of other interested powers,
during unoficial conversations Oc-
tober "A and denounced by repre-
of United States, Britain
and France October 25."
The pertinent section of the text
would have committed the four
powers:
ITO carry out simultaneously, i.e.,
On the day of notification of this
resolution to the four interested
governments, measures necessary
for the fulfillment of points "a and
Cd given below:
"(A) The immediate removal by
all parties Of all restrictions on
communications, transport and
trade between Berlin and the West
ern zones Of Germany and restric-
tons on the flow of transport and
trade from the Soviet zone Qf Ger
many and inside it, it thereby being
understood that the restrictions in
dicated are those which were intro
duced by the parties after March J.
1913.
Converting Of Commanders.
"(B) The immediate converting OF
q meeting of the four military COM
for the achievement OF
in respect of unification
of the currency in Berlin on the
basis of the German mark of the
Soviet zone. The four military COM
manders shall establish the condi-
tons for introduction, circulation
and further use of the German
mark Of the Soviet zone as the sole
currency for the whole of Berlin,
and shall come to an agreement on
the withdrawal of the western "B"
mark.
"All the above mentioned should
be carried out in accordance with
the conditions defined in the joint
directive given to the four military
commanders in Berlin which was
agreed by the four governments in
Moscow and published on August
30, 1913, and shall be fulfilled under
the supervision Of a four-power
financial commission of which the
organization, powers and duties are
outlined in the directive.
This measure should be fully
by the date indicated
In point (C).
"(C) points (A) and CD shall be
fully carried out by November 20,
l948."
Western delegates in Paris pointed
out that point "a" read alone
to provide for immediate
lifting OF the blockade Point &C"
however provided that it would not
be completely lifted until Novem-
Der 20. Russia could continue the
major parts of the blockade
throughout the currency questions
and reimpose it fully if agreement
we're not reached in the negotia-
lions.
This would amount to negotiation
under pressure, which the Western
powers have refused to do from the
first.
The Western delegates reiterated
that Mr.. Vishinsky had advanced
along the line of
the Moscow text, to amend the six
resolution finally presented
In the Security Council. The West
ern powers refused to accept his
amendments, however, and Mr..
vetoed the resolution last
The resolution provided for the
immediate lifting of the blockade
and immediate negotiations on cur