Evening star., 1948-06-14
u. ). and Britain Della,
German Talks After
Request by France
BY the Associo.sd Pres,

BY request of the French, the
American and British military gov
ernors have postponed talks with
German leaders here on q West
German federal government.
They did 50 because the French
National Assembly has not yet ap-
proved q six-nation agreement to
set up such q government. The
Assembly ends debate on the mat
ter tomorrow. Paris observers pre-
dict approval by a slim margin.
The Allied German talks had been
set for tomorrow. Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, United States military gov
ernor, announced the indefinite
postponement last night.
There is no sense meeting the
Germans without the French on
Tuesday," he said. IF the French
Assembly approves on wednesday
morning"
Economic Council Meets.
Gen. Clay and Gen. Sir Brian
Roberts, British military governor,
meet with other British and Ameri-
can oficials In Frankfurt today.
Gen. Clay said 1t. Gen. Pierre Koe-
mig, French military governor, will
pay "a courtesy CALI tomorrow.
The German economic council OF
the United States and British occu-
patton zones-which may become
the nucleus OF q Frankfurt govern
ment taking in the French zone as
well-also meets today.
The council is expected to pro-
test international control of the
Ruhr r. another recommendation
made in the Allied agreement.
The agreement was worked out
In a London conference Of the
United States, Britain, France, Bel
rium, the Netherlands and Luxem-
bourg. It was announced a week
ago.
Unified Germany Sought.
While the Western powers have
been making their plans for a Ger
man government, German Com
munists have been gathering sig
natures on petitions for a unified
Germany.
They wound up their three-week
peoples plebiscite for German
unity" yesterday in Berlin and the
Soviet occupation zone.
They slipped into the United
States and French sectors Of Ber-
lin to collect names. The plebiscite
was banned as Communist
front" maneuver there and In the
Western ocupation zones.
United States Military Govern
ment observers reported German
reaction to the movement generally
apathetic."
Soviet-controlled Berlin newspa-
pers said up to "a per cent of the
people Of the Russian zone signed
and 100000, in North Rhine-West-
phalia in the Ruhr. Socialist papers
charged padding.
Freight Traffic Normal.
United States and British military
officials reported freight train traf-
fic into Berlin normal again yes
terday after a days embargo laid
on by the Russians in quarrel
over shipping lists.
The French government has un-
dergone criticism both from left
and right for entering into the
agreement on Germany.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head OF
the Rightist Rally Of the French
People, has been one of the critics.
Yesterday in a political speech
IN Nevers, France, he hardly mem
toned the plan. He even said
France should supply Germany with
food to keep it from being sub
merged by an unnamed power,
plainly Russia.
ITO build and give life to the
Western European group-without
which we would sooner or later be
submerged by you know whom"
he said, France must be able to
sell the food products she alone
produces to her neighbors who lack
them, and notably to the German
countries"
German countries" was inter-
preted as his refusal to recognize
unified Germany.