Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-20 | Page 1 | U. S. Tells Russ to Cease Greek Red Aid

U. U S. S Tells Russ To IV Cease ease Greek Red Aid V ASHINGTON WASHINGTON May 20 jp- jp UP United States has told Russia that if it wants peace in Greece it should get the Communist satellite satellite satellite satel satel- lite states slates to stop aiding the Greek guerillas Until such help is ended this government will not relax assistance assistance assistance as as- to non-Communist non Greece These two points were disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed in a lengthy statement issued by the state department Friday The statement brought out Dut that the department has rejected re rejected rejected re- re Soviet efforts to get the Greek situation out of the United Nations and into the hands of the great powers for tor what amounts to toa toi a i a compromise settlement The statement declared We Ve are prepared to discuss any matter with the Soviet Union in the proper forum in forum in the case of the Greek government g it is the United Na- Na ions Follows Report The declaration on Greece was released as a result of a Tass re report report report re- re port Thursday night that Russia had lad proposed informally at United Nations headquarters that the United States and Britain join in ina ini ina a i a common effort to settle the fighting The Soviet proposal which the Soviet news agency said had been broached directly to U. U S representatives representatives rep rep- I was that the settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment be on the terms of the Communist Communist Communist Com Com- guerillas I The Russian statement spoke ofa of I Ia a i meeting April 26 The state department said the April 26 talk actually was a rambling rambling ram- ram bling conversation among Assistant Assistant Assistant Assist Assist- ant Secretary of State Slate Dean Rusk British Minister inister of State Hector McNeil and Soviet Deputy Foreign Foreign Foreign For For- eign Minister Andrei Gromyko Rusk opened the Greek phase of the talk according to lo the American American Amer Amer- ican account by expressing the hope that Greek problems might be ironed out within the U. U N. N framework Later Confab There were later discussions on May 4 and on May 14 in which Gromyko talked about the peace proposals put out by the Greek guerillas The United Stat States and Britain told the Russians we could not negotiate on the matter except in an appropriate international international international forum which pro provided ded for full participation by the Greek government Rusk stated at each of ot the meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings that this country considered the main issue was was' the illegal activities activities activities ac ac- of Greece's nothern neighbors neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors particularly Albania and Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul Bul- garia in furnishing assistance to rebels in Greece