BRITAIN EXPECTED TO ASK COMPENSATION FROM RUSSIA

Grey River Argus, 10 April 1948, Page 5

BRITAIN EXPECTED TO ASK COMPENSATION FROM RUSSIA

(Rec. 6.15) LONDON. April 9. The British had still under consideration last night the nature of the reply which they will send to the letter of Marshal Sokolovsky, in which the latter rejected the British proposal for a four-Power inquiry into the Berlin air disaster. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says before the British reply is sent there will be consultations between Britain, France and the United States. Russia wanted a Bri-tish-Soviet inquiry, and Britain has yet to decide whether to agree to this, or whether, in view of the tone of the Russian communication, to establish a three-Power commission, without. Russia, to consider the evidence impartially. The correspondent adds that, whatever course is taken by Britain, with United States support, it is probable that Britain will ask Russia for compensation for the relatives of the killed. Two Americans were also killed. Russians Now Admit Having Notice Of Viking’s Arrival (Rec. 11.30) LONDON, April 9 The British United Press correspondent at. Berlin says: The Russian Air General Alexandrov, in a Red Army newspaper, the “Taegliche Rundschau,” admitted that the entry into the Air Corridor of the British Viking liner, which collide with the Soviet Yak fighter on Monday last, had been notified to the Four Power Air Safety Centre in Berlin. This statement contradicts all of the previous Prussian reports, which have stated that the Russian authorities were not aware of the Viking’s flight.