SOVIET VETO IS BAR TO U.N.O. SOLUTION OF BERLIN PROBLEM

Grey River Argus, 7 October 1948, Page 5

SOVIET VETO IS BAR TO U.N.O. SOLUTION OF BERLIN PROBLEM

(Rec. 10.50). LONDON, October 6. Reuter’s correspondent at Paris says: Experienced U.N.O. officials stated that they considered that the absence of the Russian delegation today from the U.N.O. Security Councils debate on the Berlin problem would, automatically, constitute a veto, although nothing could stop the Council from going on with its discussion. It is believed that Article 27 of the U.N.O. Charter would, in such a case, remain in force. This Article provides that all of the Security Council decisions must have seven votes, including concurring votes of the permanent members, which include both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. The Times Paris correspondent says: M. Vyshinsky’s decision not to participate in the debate on Berlin came as a shock to those who saw a suggestion of flexibility in his proposal for a reduction in armaments. The Russian decision is a severe blow for the hopes that a solution for the Berlin problem could be found by U.N.O.

Americans to Hand Germans Control

Of The Press

(Rec. 10.45). LONDON, October 6. The American Military Government at Berlin has announced that, as soon as the German administrators pass adequate press protection laws, the Military Government will relinquish its licensing powers over newspapers and periodicals. This is reported by the correspondent of the Associated Press at Berlin. The correspondent says: The German Ministers in the states of the American Zone are being advised that new press laws must not include censorship. They must protect the press from Governmental or political domination.

Americans Deny Air Infringements LONDON, October 5. Major-General Hays, United States Deputy Military Governor in Berlin, told Lieutenant-General Dratvin, Soviet Deputy Governor, that the Soviet protest against alleged American infringements of the air security rules was “based on wrong information”, states Reuter’s Berlin correspondent. No measures have been taken on General Dratvin’s letter to the British Deputy Governor alleging British violations of flight discipline.