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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.