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NEW YORK STAR, Wednesday, October 20, 1948 Paris Balks UN Censure of USSR By FREDERICK KUH gate Alexandre Parodi stated that improvement of the Berlin situa- Special to the STAR his government opposes presenta- tion, but a victory in the psycho- PARIS, Oct. 19-American plans tion in the Council of any resolu- logical field of the cold war. for a resolution to be submitted to tion whatsoever on Berlin. The French attitude now is the UN Security Council sharply This unexpected turn has upset, threatening to deprive the U. S. censuring Russia for blockading at least for the moment, the Amer- even of that success, the Americans Berlin have run into a serious ob- ican intentions. The maximum say. stacle. hoped for from such a resolution At a private meeting with the Parodi is reported to have told has not been the prompt lifting of U. S. representatives, French dele- the blockade nor even any practical the American delegates that in the opinion of the French government a council resolution would fail to bring nearer a solution on Berlin. He is understood to have sug- gested that it would be better to continue the discussion without any resolution, without a vote and without a formal denunciation of Russia. All this reflects the anxiety TRUMAN of France to avert a worse strain S. ARCHIVES RECORDS AND Georgia in relations with the USSR. "INATIONAL The French attitude is causing unhappiness and disappointment c ADMIN." among the leaders of the U. S. s delegation who are deploring what they describe as a French weak- ness. The possibility is mentioned that the U. S. may appeal directly to Premier Henri Queuille or to For- eign Minister Robert Schuman. Although Parodi's statement has prior Franch cabinet approval, the Americans here hope to induce the French government to reconsider and support the stiffer U. S. line. Even if some accommodation is reached or this difficulty with the western camp, the final result will be that any resolution to which France might assent will be water- ed further before being put to the any decision the Council may care Council. to adopt.' The Council heard long state- It now appears that the Council ments today by Philip Jessup of will prefer either to sidestep a deci- the U. S. and Sir Alexander sion Friday or that between now and then enough U. S. heat will be Cadogan of Great Britain and a turned on the French to melt re- shorter one by Paroi, reviewing the sistance against a Council resolu- entire history of the Berlin crisis tion. and renewing charges of Soviet The U. S. still wants a resolution guilt. nailing Russia to the mast, calling for termination of the blockade and The three western delegates proposing that the Big Four for- were answering questions directed eign ministers then should confer to them by Dr. Juan A. Bramuglia on a German major settlement. of Argentina, the-Council's acting president, qn the origins and pres- Says Blockade Is Growing ent *eircumstance of the blockade. PARIS, Oct. 19 (AP)-Dr. Jes- They declared the Berlin crisis could only be solved by lifting of sup declared that Russia was inten- the blockade. sifying its blockade "even as the During the two and one-half Security Council deliberates." hours of the speeches by Jessup, He told the Council that perhaps Cadogan and Parodi, Soviet dele- Russia's action in forcing vehicular gate Andrei Y. Vyshinsky sat silent, traffic from the Soviet zone to de- unsmiling and unmoved under a tour around west Berlin to the So- rain of barbed words. viet sector of the city was "intended At the end of the meeting Bra- as a tacit reply" to the six neutrals' muglia announced the next session request for detailed information on for Friday the blockade.