DIFFERENCES TOO PROFOUND

Chronicle (Levin), 2 July 1947, Page 5

DIFFERENCES TOO PROFOUND

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L1TTLE HOPE SEEN OF REC0NC1L1AT10N AT PARIS CONFERENCE ■ J

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Received Wednesday, 10.10 a.m. PARIS, July 1. j The Big Three Foreign Ministers' session this afternoon / lasted one hour and forty minutes, and it is resuming tonight. Mr. Bevin, when asked whether the conferenee had ended for good, replied: "Not yet." The French newspaper Le Monde, which reflects French Foreign Office views, said: "The differences between the British, French and Russian views appear. too profound to be reconciled. This reunion will probably bd the last."

Reuter says it is now generally , accepted in Paris that Mr. Bevin is s prepared to go ahead without Paissia, biu France's attitude probably ; wiii not be determined until the j Assembly has flnished its discits- ; sions cn economic policy. M. Bidault this afternoon pre- 1 seabed a new pian containing wo ; r.' W fcatures. The- first is an { approximado'n at certam points lo ; the form of M. Molo.ov's resolu- i -n yesterday. The second is a epeciiie deeiarauon ihac an ; enquiry into the availability cf; European productiviiy should not

nterfere in the internal affairs of jnember states, or do anything ;nat might be considered a violaion of their sovereig'nty. Mr. Bevin made it clear that he considered it was essential that there must be a collective esiimate of economic assets as well as a demand for aid. M. Molotov said that M. Bidault'i new plan appeared substantiallj 'lie same as that already advanced but he nevertheless wanted time until tomorrow to stuay i'c. The conferenee accordingh adjourned.