Evening star., 1948-10-14
Allies Reported
DemandingU.N
Act on Blockade
Hope for Mediation
Outside CounciIls
Killed by Red Note
by the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Oct. 14.-WeStern-
Power delegates met today on
the Berlin crisis and authorita-
tive sources said they were franz
ing a joint demand for Security
Council action to lift the Soviet
blockade.
The Council takes up the Berlin
issue again tomorrow. Hope van
ished tor mediation outside the
Council with Russia's reported re-
lection Of conciliation efforts by the
so-called neutral states.
Note Not Made Public.
American, British and French del
egates studied the Kremlin's answer
10 the neutral states mediation ef-
forts. The content of the Soviet
note still was not made public, but
Western sources said it set back the
Berlin dispute to where it was six
weeks ago.
Members of the 11-nation Security
Council prepared to meet this after
noon on the Palestine situation.
The six "neutrals" in the Security
Council also met this morning to
discuss resolution they may intro
duce during the debate, Argentine
sources said.
When the Council meets tomorrow
Argentine's Juan A. Bramuglia is
expected to detail his six-power me-
diation efforts Of the past week
Western sources expressed hope that
Mr.. Bramuglia would make public
at that time both the Russian and
the joint Western answers to the
mediation efforts. Western in
formants said the delegates of the
United States, Britain and France
had not received q written copy of
the Soviet reply and so far depend
ed on an oral fill-in by Mr.. Bramu-
glia.
Face-Saving Seen Aim.
Argentine sources said Mr.. Bra
mhglia believed the dispute had
reached the stage Of "face-saving"
and that the Russians could still be
persuaded to lift the blockade, but
could not be forced to do so.
Mr.. Bramuglia confirmed that the
Berlin dispute was back where it
started In the Security Council, but
said o solution still may be found.
Both parties in the conflict" he
said In an interview, maintain
theiz known positions. The West
ern powers insist on the lifting OF
the Berlin blockade as the starting
point, while Russia says the Big
Four foreign ministers and not the
Security Council should discuss the
matter"
He insisted that he still believes
there Is some small chance the neu-
trails could come up with q solution
Of their own-"just and acceptable"
to the main powers through q
solution In the Security Council.
Wants Aug. 30 Pact Revoided.
Authorative sources said the Rus
ian reply rejected mediation, in
sisted the Berlin issue was outside
the authority of the Security Coun-
Gil and asked that negotiations re-
vert TO the August 80 four power
Moscow agreement. Under this the
Russians would raise the blockade
and the Western powers would
withdraw their currency from Ber-
lin, leaving only Soviet zone cur
rency under four-power supervision
Western power spokesman did not
comment on whether this might rep
resent . retreat from additional
Soviet demands made in the Berlin
negotiations, on which the talks
broke down. The Russians demand
ed the right to control air traffic to
Berlin as part of the currency con-
troll.
The neutrality-suspicious., Canada,
Belgium, Colombia, Syria and China
-reportedly had proposed lifting of
the blockade simultaneously with the
calling of a four-power Foreign
Ministers Council meeting on Ger
many.
The United States, Britain and
France, holding the blockade a
menace to world peace and within
the province of the Security Coun-
ell. have contended that 1t must be
lifted before a Foreign Ministers
meeting can be convened.