The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-10
May FOreshGdorO
Change In Reds
Foreign Policy
~ JOHN u. HichToWER

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nia's seeond mos: powerful man
presented this challenging question
today for the Big Three Western
foreign ministers: does Il foFeshad.
0w any change in Soviet foreign
policy
u immediate reaction 70 last
nights Moscow announcement Of
Berin's expulsion from govern.
ment and Communist party posts,
experts appeared somewhat diyid-
~ On this critical point
There was some thought here
that Beria might Be made the
ocapeeoat for policies which per-
mitted he recent uprisings against
Communist rule In East Germany.
But ether opinion held that BeEia'a
fate should Be considered primaFi-
y Is ! dramatic incident In So
Wet internal politics.
~ any rate. the development
gave new urgency 70 the Big Three
talks between Secretary 81 State
Dulles, acting British Foreign Sec
Rotary Lord Salisbury and Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault Of
France, whose conferences open
This afternoon labOui 2 pm. EST.
One az their concerns Is 70 ana
iyxe what has recently been hap
peninr II East Germany. what
Ruasias intentions are and what
he Western Powers may be able
q d % take advantage Of the
situation.
o. one aspect Of The IBERIA at
fair, q. s. officials were ID full
agreement That & that Soviet
Premier Ge0rei Maienkov Is act.
M declsiyeIy and ruthlessly 70
consolidate his power IS Stains
successor.
e was noted that Malenkov pre-.
scented % the Communist party's
Central Committee Z report on
Beria'a alleged criminal activities
ID The Interest a. foreign capital,
which led % BeT;a's expulsion
from tie party.
The deposed leader alos lost his
JOB as nFat deputy chairman Of
tie Council d Ministers and as
miAlsier for home affairs, the po-
6ill0n which gave him control Of
ne MnlenkoV and there. as ID the
government. his position was con-
sldefed second 0nly b that Of the
Premier.
Speculation about possible ef.
fleets On Soviet foreign policy arose
from ne theory that, IS MaIenkov
succeeds II securing bis hold on
Soviet power. Ne may take i tough.
er line abroad. Il Wss also believed
the reference to .fofoien capital
may n the beginning q new
propaganda campaign against the
q. Isl
And since things haya gone bad.
- for fho Russians III Germany
under recent Soviet policy, Il Is
not Uncomfortable what Baria may
b blamed lor any mistakes which
MalenkOV thinks we're made Pol
lcy changes could fDlIew
on TIE other hand an recent
evidence has indicated that For.
elm Minister " II 1lOlotov d
really making decisions on foreign
affairs. And Tiers il no sign that
M0lnipvss power has weakened.
Diplomats said Il Is possible, but
81 no means certain. that the Biz
Three conference would decide "a
press Russia Tor steps toward end.
Inr ne division a Germany. Such
move could put 10 the acid test
Rnsala.s intentions 10 Europe.
n ssx paint plan 81 immediate
measnFesp proposed By West Ger.
many was assured Of fun consid-
eration. The plan Is designed %
wipe out East. West barriers split.
ting Germany and establish p0liti.
ell freedom u the Eastern rome.
m addition ID tieir conferences
viii Dulles, running through Tues.
day. Salisbury ard Bidanlt are "a
can on President Eisenhower for
ak least brief talks.
Tue extent to which Korean
truce and political problems VIZ
enlor into tie discussions prob,
ably win BE determined 81 tae
llations move TO ! climax. Should
an armlstlce Be agrted unon befsre
Tuesday, Korean ard other FaI
Eastern political problems would
become much more urgent.
Dulles. welcoming Salisbury and
Bidault % Washington yesterday
stressed heavily the informality 3.
che tails here. There was no fixes
agenda. but an agree that prObah.
y more time would be spent Of
ne German problem than any
ether single issue.
Salisbury said the Churchill
government Stin believes in ihg
aesirahility d ! Bic Four meet
lng. including Russia, Il the pdop
q time" That was before wort
q TIE upheaval ii the Kremlin. IN
q. S. government Is not very sym
pathetic with the idea Of ! Biz
Four conference in the immediate
future.
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