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Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1949, Page 5

LONDON, May 31. A deadlock was reaelied in the Conneil of Foreign Ministers last night, on the issue of Germany's political fntnre. The Daily Mail's diplomatie eorrespondent in Paris says Mr. Vyshinsky confirmed all predictions by rejecting outright the Western plan for creating a Federal German Government on. i"he basis of the principles now being put into practice in the Western _Zones * As the Western Powers have already turned down the Soviet. demand for the re-estahlishment of Fonr Power control, the Foreign Ministers are onee again faeed with failure, the Daily Mail eorrespondent says* The Times' special eorrespondent in Paris says the general impression last night was that the Gouneil might as well drop further disenssion of German um'ty. The Soviet Union, he points ont,f has el early no intention of giving up political control of the Eastern Zone. He adds that no "donbt a day or two more will be' taken np with speeehes and arguments confirming disagreement. Thereafter it is expected that the Council will pass by common consent to the nest item on the agenda which is "Berlin and the cu'rrency question," and here it may be able to do some business. Western Powers Disappointed. Mr. Bevin expressed disappointmenl at the Russian rejeetion of the proposals without their having taken anv steps to examine them clause by clanse or see how they would work out in detail in their application to Germany as

a Yalta the eventual of Government in Germany had ' been generally accpted, but it would now appear that this had been rejeeted by the Soviet delegation. He hoped the Soviet would go over the proposals again point by point in an honest effor't to reach agreement. They might by the foundation of a peaceful Germany, do something to end the antagonisms between the East and the West and again make possible collaboration between them on a basis of mntual trust. Mr. Vyshinsky replied that differences of opinion between them concerned not details, but the main principles. Mr. Acheson said Mr. Vyshinsky eould. not even pretend that a continuance of Soviet ownership of one-third of the indnstrial corporations in the Eastern Zone? was in conformity with the desires of the Gennan people. He said that the Bonn Constitutioh had not been drafted in s.ecret, but mostly in public sessions with the Press present. It had been drafted by representatives of and approved by 45,000,000 .Germans and envisagfed eleetions foT the Federal Government. It was "fully in accord with the just aspirations of the German people.7' French delegation sources expressed the view that Mr. Vyshinsky 's criti cisms would be more constructive, tomorrow. They did not consider Mr "Vyshinsky 's ,"no" as iinal. They thought that eventually the four Powers would reach a compromise bridging the gulf between the East and West.