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6th Meeting Big Three Conference at Berlin July 22, 1945 STALIN: The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the north Soviet zones in Vienna has begun, and should be completed in a few days. CHURCHILL: The British government is pleased to learnof this prompt action. TRUNAN TRUMAN: So is the American government. EDEN: (reads the report of the Foreign Secretaries) and The paper of the American delegation on the southeasterr European satellite countries was presented to the Foreign Secretaries. The British agreed with the paper, but the Soviets were unable to agree with the provisions for the reorganization of the gov- ernment and the election. The matter of the press and the control exercised by the con- trol commissions were referred to the subcommittee for discus- sions. The Soviet delegation agreed to submit a memorandum on the im- provement of the control commission in Italy. The Secretaries considered the economic committee's report on German economic problems. The United States asked postponement of disputed issues for subsequent meeting. Foreign Secretaries agreed to discuss only principles agreed to by the subcommittee. These agreed principles were accepted, except for the wording of paragraph 13. The discussions on paragraph 18 and annex to paragraph 16 were also reserved. The Foreign Secretaries also discussed the removal of Allied industrial equipment in Rumania, on the ground that it was booty, but not conclusions were reached. The agenda for the Big Three Meeting was submitted. It included the western frontier of Poland, trusteeships, the straits, the western frontier of the Soviet Union, and Iran. It was sugges- ted that certain problems be referred by the Big Three to the Foreign Secretaries for discussion, to save the time of the Big Three. These problems included cooperation on European economic problems, Tangiers, and the problem of Syria and the Lebanon. STALIN: I agree that we should submit these problems to the Foreign Secretaries without further discussion here.

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