Evening star., 1948-09-01
Big4Governors
In Berlin Meet
ForSecond Time
Technical Difficulties
On Rolls in Red Zone
Reported Overcome
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, Sept. 1.-The four
military governors of Germany
opened their second conference
on the Berlin crisis today, appar-
emily armed with experts find
ings on possibilities of ending
the To-day Berlin blockade.
The French-l licensed newspaper
Der Kurier reported that the tech
nical difficulties" which the Rus
slams have said caused them to
block the only rail line from Berlin
to Western Germany already have
been overcome.
The newspaper quoted a leading
official of the German railway ad-
ministration at Magdeburg as saying
'the double railway line between
Magdeburg and the Zonal border is
capable of carrying all freight and
Passenger traffic"
The new. session of the military
governors began shortly after pm.
II an, EST in the main Allied
Control Council conference room
Three groups of four-poWer experts
met earlier today.
In Washington Secretary of
State Marshall refused to COM
ment on the situation in his news
conference.D
Railway Closed in June.
The Soviet military admlnlStra-
ton closed the railway from Berlin
To JTocto,,ro r1oa1p in limo nla inn
ing extensive repairs were needed.
This was the beginning of the
Soviet blockade of Berlin. Der
kurier sa!d "a resumption of inter-
Zonal railway traffic is expected if
the negotiations in Moscow make
an easing of the blockade possible
IN such a case the newspaper
added, "a new interzonal train run
ming from Berlin to Munich, pre-
pared by the Eastern Zone railway
authorities, will be put into service
immediately
The newspaper said special
commission Of Eastern German rail-
way officials arrived at Madgeburg
to inspect the repairs. 1t said a
group of Soviet officers of the Rus
sian transport division was eX-
pected at Madgeburg.
Directives sent From Moscow.
The groups-four- power experts
on transport, finance and economics
were to report their findings TO
the four military governors.
The experts were believed to have
been assigned specific tasks by the
four commanders after the military
governors held their first meeting
here yesterday since the Russians
walked out of the Allied Control
Council March 20. The governors
themselves are working ON directives
flown from the Moscow sessions OF
western representatives with Soviet
leaders.
In Moscow an informed source
said there is little likelihood of
any activity there today in the
four-poWer talks on Germany
The groups of experts, like their
principals, met at the Allied Control
Authority Building The economics
meeting was described in notices as
dealing with trade matters. The
finance group obviously is studying
the problem of single currency
system for Berlin.
Bonn Meeting Begun.
While The military Governors con-
centrated on the Berlin crisis. an
other phase of Germanys future
was being decided at Bonn.
There delegates from all West
ern Germany convened to form a
veSt-SponSored German regime. 1t
has been bitterly opposed by the
Soviet Union.
The constitution drafterS plan to
leave the door open for the Rus
sian zone to participate. hoping
thereby to counter Communist
charges that they are splitting Ger
many.
The formation of a West Ger
man government was recommended
last June at the slX-poWer London
conference of Britain. France, the
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