Evening star., 1953-09-29
Russia Makes
Two Proposals
For Par|eys
ToIks on Germany
And With Peipine
Are Urged Again
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 29.-The Soviet
Union came up today with two
proposals for International con-
ferenceS-a Big Four meeting on
Germany and a five-power meet
ing including Red China to dis
cuss the entire problem of world
tensions.
The two proposals were con-
tanned in the latest Soviet reply
to invitations from the United
States. Britain and France to
meet on October Is at Lugano,
Switzerland, in a conference on
the German and Austrian
treaties.
In neither case did the Rus
slams suggest date or place for
the meetings.
There was nothing especially
new in the Soviet proposals The
Russians have asked before that
the subject of Germany be dealt
with before consideration of q
treaty of independence for Aus
tria. They have also proposed
a meeting of the four powers
and Red China to discuss a full
slate of world problems. The
Western powers have not gone
along with either side.
The Soviet note, about 10
typewriter pages, was delivered
yesterday to the three Western
embassies in Moscow and re-
layed to Paris, London and
Washington.
Estate Department experts
studied the Russian note be-
hind closed doors today and
no officials familiar with it's
contents were available for
comment up to early after
noon.)
Austrian Topic Rejected.
The Russian communication
appeared to reject the Western
invitation for the Big Four For
eign Ministers to talk about the
deadlocked Austrian lndepend-
ence treaty at the same time
they discussed Germany. In
stead, the Soviets said they had
not received a Western answer
to their note of August % pro-
posing that discussions on the
Austrian treaty continue through
diplomatic channels.
The Russians also did not
specify where or when they
thought the proposed five-power
conference should meet.
The bulk of the Soviet note
was a review of past diplomatic
exchanges between the East and
the West over the German prob
lem and world tensions. The
proposals for the two parleys
were contained in two terse
paragraphs.
The United States, France and
Britain in identically worded
notes on September 2 invited the
Soviet Union to join in the Octo-
ber IS foreign ministers confer
ence in an effort to achieve real
progress toward world peace"
Could Open Way.
The Western powers restricted
their proposals to talks on the
future of Germany and Austria.
but noted that solution on Ger
many would provide IAN essen.
tial part of world settlement"
by paving the way for discus
slonS on other outstanding world
problems.
In a previous exchange of
notes Russia had suggested that
the Big Four meeting be broad
ened to discuss other world prob.
lens. The Russians had de-
manded the presence of Red
China at such talks, but this
met with Western rejection.
The Soviet Union has indi-
Gated it does not want to take
up the Austrian treaty of inde-
pendence until an agreement is
reached on Germany. The West
ern powers have insisted upon
both treaties being considered
at the same conference.
The latest Soviet note comes
as requests for a Big Four power
conference to iron out world
tensions were made at the Unit
ed Nations.
Prime Minister Churchill let
it be known yesterday he still
feels a top-level meeting of Big
-Four leaders would be a good
idea. But the United States has
remained cool To Sllch roronnsaIc