BALKANS' SITUATION
LONDON, May 22. It is authoritati vely" learned that Mr. iMolotov, during the Foreign iMinisters' Conference 'in Paris, proposed tlie abolition of the Allied Control Oouncils of Bulgari'a, Rumania and Hungary, says the Press Association. ilr. .Molotov based his proposal on the fact that the Italian Control Council had been abolished. No official comment on tlie reaelion to, 'fhe .'prqposal is available.:' A Air. Byrmes agi'eed, witli .Mr. Afolo'tbv." to revise ihe armistice terms iiiiposed on the fornier German satellite countries iu the Balkans, providing the revisions were in line with those worked out for Italy. The Mtate Department said the new Balkans terms would give greater freedom of action for Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Diplomati'c observers suggest Britarn does not see eye to eye witli the Americans 011 the Balkans armistice reviston beeause of fears that the new terms lessen British-Ameriean authority in .tlie Balkans and removc all checks on Russian authority in those countries.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 May 1946, Page 5
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