May Mean Splitting Germany In Two
Received Sttnday, 7 p.m. LONDON, March 21. The Russian Military Governor, Marshal Sokolovsky, and the entire Russian delegation unpi-ecedently Nvalked out oi' the Allied Control Coiilieil meeting after the British, American and Fronch representatives had refilsed to give specific dctails' of. the threePower agreements reached in London. Thcre is uncertainty in Berlin tonight whether iMarshal Soko- • lovsky's actioli signified for his (iovernment the end of Four-Power control and the splitting of (iermany into two. Iie read his statemcnt l'rom a prcpared script, indicating that the Russian action was fully ptTmeditated. The statement declared that the "Western Powers had hroken their agreeinent and the -Control Council.no longer existed as the organ of qtiadripartite control. u The UnitetrStates Military Governor (Ceneral Clay), eoinmeiiting 011 Ihe Russians' walkout. said: "it.is apparent' that the Soviet delegation intended to be discourteous, We will just wait and see whether the Russians intcnd to hold another meetipg. " -
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1948, Page 5
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