Evening star., 1948-10-04
Soviet Note Proposes
Talks on
Whole German Issue
By Eddy Gilmore
As.oeioted Press Foreign Correspondent

posed today that the four-power
Council of Foreign Ministers
meet to consider the Berlin crisis
and the whole German situation.
The Soviet proposal was included
in a note to the United States,
Britain and France made public by
Tass, official Soviet news agency.
The note was reply to the West
ern power notes of September 26
breaking OF four power negotiations
on the Berlin crisis and announcing
the question would be taken to the
United Nations Security Council.
Shortly before the start of Sc
curity Council debate on the Berlin
crisis today, the Russians insisted
the case was not within the juris-
diction of the Security Council.
Threat to Peace Denied.
They contended it was a matter
TO be settled by the four occupation
powers and denied Western state
ments that the Berlin blockade is
threat to international peace and
security.
The note declared: The United
States governments declaration that
situation has arisen which alleg-
edly threatens international peace
and security does not correspond
with the real state of affairs and
constitutes nothing more than a
means of pressure and an attempt
to use the United Nations for the
achievement of its aggressive aims. "
The Russians proposed that the di-
rective to the four military COM
manders in Germany, drawn up
after a long series of four power
talks in the Kremlin, should be
used as a basis for settling the Ber-
lin situation.
The note detailed the Soviet ver-
sion of the agreement reached in
the Kremlin talks with Soviet Prime
Minister Stain and Foreign Minister
Molotov and included what 1t said
was the text of the directive.
Western Powers Blamed.
It blamed the three Western pow
ers for failure to reach an agree
ment to end the Soviet blockade of
Berlin.
The note asserted the Western
powers are striving in fact to
govern in q sense Of money and
finance also the Soviet occupation
zone of Germany in order to de-
prive the U. 8. S. r. Of its legal
rights also in this part of Germany
and in the end to evict the Soviet
Union from there"
The Soviets claimed the Ameri-
can notes and statements on the
four-power negotiations had ser
iously distorted the content of the
Moscow talks, the statements made
by Mr.. Stain, and of vital portions
Of the negotiations, and also had
omitted essential information.
The Soviet note concluded:
The Soviet government proposes
that the agreed directive Of August
80 to the commanders in chief in
Germany be recognized as an agree
ment between the U. s. S. r., the
United States, Great Britain and
France on the basis of which the
situation in Berlin must be settled.
The Soviet government proposes
to. call together the Council Of For
eign Ministers in order to review the
situation in Berlin and also the
question OF Germany as a whole in
correspondence with the Potsdam
agreement Of the four powers"
The note said the problem of the
Berlin situation Is closely connected
with that Of Germany as a whole,
with the dismemberment of Ger
many. and with the creation OF a
separate government in Western
Germany ss'."
Long List Of Grievances.
In reviewing the Kremlin talks
the note said, Premier Stain ex-
pressed the insistent wish that the
Of the U. 8. A., Great
Britain and France should postpone
fulfilment of the London decisions
regarding the establishment Of a
Of the western part Of