Evening star., 1953-11-16
Big ; Charge
.Soviiets Evade
Bid for Farley
Notes to Moscow
Reject Conditions
Demanded by Reds
BY Gornett D. Horner

positive" negotiations to ease
the cold war now, but left the
door open for the Russians to
come into Big Four conference
on Germany and Austria when
ever they change their minds.
Officials here see the nearly
Identical American, British and
French notes delivered in Mos
COW as winding up four months
of intensive effort by the West
ern powers to arrange such a
conference.
The Western notes were in re-
ply to a long November 3 mes
sage from Moscow, which set up
a number of pre-conditions for
such a conference. The Russians
were told today their conditions
are totally unacceptable"
Says Bids Ignored.
The American note expressed
regret that Russia has "for the
third time within the past four
months ignored" invitations to
discuss the most urgent" prob
lens of Germany and Austria.
1t declared that the United
States can only conclude that
the Soviet government does not
wish at the present time to enter
into any negotiations which
might have positive results" It
added that this country remains
determined to do all it can to
solve urgent EaSt-West issues,
however, and so 'leaves open"
the invitation to the Russians
for a four-power conference on
Germany and Austria.
The Western powers had in
vited Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov on October 18 to such
a conference at Lugano, Switzer-
land. The talks were supposed
to have started last Monday.
Unacceptable Conditions.
The Soviet reply made it clear
the Russians would not go into
such conference until after
Communist China had been in
cluded in a flve-power conference
on general world problems. They
also demanded that the Western
powers scrap the European De-
fense Community project and
their NATO defense base struc-
ture.
The American note today dis
missed the idea of a conference
involving Communist China as
one that would produce only
futile and endless debate" AS
to the other Soviet conditions for
meeting on Germany and Aus
tria, >the note asserted that "a
defenseless Western Europe ap-
pears to be the price demanded
by the Soviet government for
participation in such a confer
ence."
Text of u. S. Note.
The text of today'S American
note follows:
I'm close consultation with the
governments of France and the
United Kingdom, the United
States Government has carefully
studied the Soviet Government S
note of November 3 in reply to
the note of october 18 in which
the United States Government
proposed that the four ministers
of foreign affairs should meet at
Lugarlo on November 9. The gov
ernment of the German Federal
Republic and the German au-
thorities in Berlin have also been
consulted.
"The United States Govern
ment notes with regret that the
Soviet government has for the
third time within the past four
months ignored its invitation to
discuss the most urgent interna-
tional problems. The United
States Government is still of
the opinion that the best way
of reducing international tension
is to perserve in constructive ef-
forts for the progressive solution
of outstanding problems. start
ing with those which most
urgently require an early settle
ment.
Recalls u. S. Proposal.
With this in mind. the United
States Government proposed a
meeting of the four foreign min
listers in order to reach agree
ment on Germany, especially on
it's reunif1cation in freedom. and
on the Austrian state treaty. In
the same spirit, it is continuing
its efforts to enable the political
conference on Korea to take
place.
ITO judge from its note of
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