Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-18 | Page 1 | Marshall Says Russ Seek Puppet Austria

Marshall S' S Says ys Russ Seek Puppet Austria MOSCOW MOSCO April 18 W Secre jp-Secre- Secre Secretary tary of St State Marshall night Friday accused Soviet Foreign Minister V. V M M. Molotov of trying to create a puppet state of ot Austria after otter Molotov had rejected an American compromise plan for the definition of German assets there h S Bitter exchanges between Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall and Britain's Ernest Bevin on the one ne side and Molotov on the other appeared to doom the slim sUm hope that an Austrian peace treaty would emerge merge from the conference conference conference con con- ference here Georges George Bidault of France observed It Is clear that no agreement has been een reached on this article German assets assess in Austria and the result of this discussion has not helped our work Marshall told the conference the time had hod come to make a determined determined determined deter deter- mined effort right here and arid now to compromise the Issue In the same manner as he re rejected rejected rejected re- re the United States proposal for a pact on Germany Molotov went through Marshalls Marshall's definition on German assets paragraph by paragraph criticizing each In turn for on one r reason aon ason br another nother noth i France and Britain h had d agreed to accept Marshalls Marshall's definition of assets as a basis of discussion and compromise Marshall said he had the he ImpressiOn impression sl sion n we are further apart than ever and added Mr Molotov seems seems to be sayIng sayIng sayIng say- say Ing there should be no free and independent Aus Austria If It Mr Molotov's Molotov's Molo- Molo tov's toys proposals are accepted Austria Austria Aus Aus- under tria would become a puppet foreign control and the United States could not subscribe to such sucha a treaty II