ENVOYS HAVE LONG TALK WITH MOLOTOV

Chronicle (Levin), 18 August 1948, Page 5

ENVOYS HAVE LONG TALK WITH MOLOTOV

Reeeived Tuesday, 7 p.m. LO'NDON, August 17. After last nignt s iiremlin meeting, the longesfc yet, none of the three Westem envoys would gfve the slightest liint that their sixth talk with Mr. Molotov had been any more conclusive than the previo.us five but a feeling is growning in London tliat this latest exchange of views must have indicated decisively one way or the other, whetaer any pnrpose was to be gained by CJiiiinuing the discnssions. The Daily Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent says there is pvery reasun to believe that last night's talk was crucial. The Western envoys, he poinis out, acted on what are believed to have been final instructions from their Governments in answer to Mr. Molctov's proposals about Berlin and Germany generally. These instructions were reeeived since they saw Mr. Molotov last Thursday. This correspondent also points out that news that the British Ministers yesterday discussed plans for the slowing of releases from the armed forces is probably an indication that the international situation is not likely to be imp.oved as the result of the Moscow talks. The Daily Herald's diplomatic correspondent says that if the Moscow talks finally break down it will be because the Soviet Government's real purpose is to oust the Western Allies from all share in the control and admrhistration of Berlin and that they wish for no settlement on any other terms.