RELIEF IN BRITAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 19 June 1948, Page 5

RELIEF IN BRITAIN

(N.Z.P.A,

—Reuter,

French Approval Of West German Plan

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Eeceived Friday, S.50 p.m. LOXDOX, June IS. Reuter says relief that the Frencli Xational Assembly approved even by a slender majority the six-Power reeoxn mendations for YVestern Germany is expressed in many sections of the British Press. The Daily Telegrapli says: "The'ini portaut ciuestion now is European reactiou to the begiuhing of the task of bringing order out of chaos in Western Germany. The chief danger to France lies in tlie renewed wave of industrial Unrest, not in the aspects of the sixPower plan to which the eritics referred in the French debate. A great deal depends upon stability in France — her owu security, tlie srnooth Workmg of Marshall aid and the progress oi the Western Union. " The Manchester Guardian said: "Outright French rejection of the recommendations would have c&usbd a crisis in the relat.ons of the Western I'owers and confusiun In the plans for the Western Union." The Times said: "The enforcement of the recommendations must be watched closely. The recommendations were fashioned in t'ull knowledge of the need for a fundamental change in Germany and ensuring a reco\ ery that eould not lead on to revenge, It is the Allies ' duty to see that this change is brought about. The Western I'owers had always recognised the unilication of their zones as a second nest step made inevitable when hopes of unitv faded last Xoveniber, but notliing would threaten the prospect of lasting peace more tlian pennauent Eurojiean division througJ: the heart of Germany. The door to agreement stavs open."