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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949.
Full Story Of The 4-Power Berlin Currency Dispute
U.S. THE ONLY COUNTRY TO REJECT
on
NEUTRAL EXPERTS' PLAN
Geneva, Mar. 16-The United States alone among the Big Four rejected a plan to break the Berlin currency deadlock, worked -out in December by the Security Council's "Neutral" Committee of experts, it was announced tonight. The solution, accepted as a basis for discussion by Britain, the Soviet Union and France, provided for the simultaneous lifting of the blockade and the introduction of the
• Soviet mark throughout Berlin.
It gave far-reaching de facto autonomy to the city's four sectors to control currency and trade, but proposed an intricate mechanism to preserve the proportion between the issue of the Soviet marks in Berlin and in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
The Committee's report was released simultaneously in Lake Success and Geneva tonight.
The Committeo
wns set up
financial expert, who, more weeks of Soviet After three
reports, November 30 Inst year by discussion, and by the time the according to German Dr Juan Bramuglia, the Argen winter success of the Berlin alt-arrived in Berlin from Moscow tine Foreign Minister, who was ft had been assured, the three on Monday. It is assumed that then President of the Security Western powers agreed to join the meeting is to discuss coun- Council, to find a technical way in
Committee's ter measures to be adopted on rejecting the
introduction of the out of the deadlock on Berlin. proposals and in promoting the the final
Western
mark
ns the soln The deadlock became en-United States' plan. plete when the Soviet
West Berlin. Untun The British, American and currency in
Dr Otto Suhr, Chairman of Security French experts' jointly added vefood Council resolution, which called that," a reunification of the the Western Berlin City Assem-
Administration for the Soviet blockade to be | Muntcigal
of bly, today announced that the lifted usset asker! the Four Berlin can be achieved," they currency reforma in the Western would take place in occupying powers in consult would be prepared to reconsider sectors
the Committee's compromise, the very near future. He said on a solution for Berlin.
REPORTS FAILURE
cartier
70 MEETINGS
authorised special session of within Parliament after the announce- reform. currency
he had been summon
City the The Soviet Union, repeating that there were "no irrecon-24 hours cable differences" between the ment of the Comauttee's proposals and the Officlal reports have made it
certain Soviet view, again ruled the virtually American plan out of order. changeover will take place be- 1. Berlin observers
The neutral experts held 70 meeting in Paris and Geneva 10 a period of six weeks, and finally reported to the Presi- dent of the Security Council on February 11 that they had not been able to secure the- The Committee thereupon fore April agreement, of the four occupy-gove up its efforts and reported said. Ing powers to a solution of the its failure to the President Berlin currency problem.
of
trade the Security Council, and
All five members of the Com-
that the
PHONE LINES CUT
Reports for several days past have suggested that the reform
Their report was drawn up mittee signed the report, which by the Chairman, Mr N.A. gave a chronological account Robertson, until recently Cama-various moves
In the com- would exclude the Soviet mark
dian High London.
Commissioner
in promise efforts. But the Ar- and make the Western mark the
a
sole currency
for the Western
the for
Dr Suhr's statement coincided of the publication the with
"Neutral" Council's
gentine expert, Dr R. Ares, ap- It was disclosed that ou pended
note criticising the sectors, December 22, a compromise Committee for having decided solution was proposed to the not to try to
apportion four occupying powers, with blame between the Big Four Security the urgent request that they the failure of the negotiations. Committee's report on its failure comment
on it within 10 "I have felt it important that to break the Big Four deadlock
Committee should. cnumer- over the Berlin currency.
summarise, ar attempt to
discussions
days.
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the
said.
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P.I. Discomforted By Red Gains In China
Manila, Mar. 16.-The Congressional committee that studied Communism in the Philippines noted with considerable discom- fort the gains of Chinese Communists and warned that "this country can become another China in a shorter time than we care to admit❞ if the Red problem is neglected.
•
The House Committee on Un-Filipino Activities said that the situation in China today should not be the cause of "hopeless dismay," adding that "in- terual aggression rather than external invasion is the immediate threat to this republic from the Com- munists."
"The
the
No Hunting POCKET CARTOON
For Heads
London, Mar. 16-Head hun- ting, a passion among certain Inhabitants Sarawak
of
100 years ago and sines suppressed. was aroused with the autbreak of war and several hundred Japanese lost their heads in the traditional manner. said the annual report on the colony for 1047, published Stationery Oflice today.
the
The passion to kill is more kindled than quenched, and it would not have been surprising if those who had assumed head hunting or før, the first time experienced the excitement of it, had been re- luctant to cease," the report-
says.
ր
"But, in fact, not one ense was reported during the year,"
Sarawak, which became British colony on July 1, 1940, has no public debt. The agire- gate value of Sarawak's external trade for 1947 was $175, 303,- 280, as compured with $78,410,- 500 in 1940. Exports exceeded Imports by $30,933,870.
An important item of re- venue $304,000-arose from the sale of the issue of Sarawak stamps, overprinted with the Royal Cypher, denlers.- Reuter.
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intercourse with (China) cannot friendly The solution gave far-reaching nte. de facto autonomy to the dif-the
and cnuses In Berlin, the "Western" Post munists there
cut the telephone but provide a certain degree of Soviet Union despite the Philip- ferent sections of llerlin in con- which prevented an agreement office today
Arca lines of three senior officials of inspiration on the part of our pines' uncompromising attitude trol of currency and trade, with
CUFA re- toward the ideology and prac railway local Communists,"
and the of Communiem the Soviet-controlled
this country tices split banking system, but at from being reached." Dr
In the ported. "In fact," living tonight who, the
although same time proposed un
understood was
on may expect the intensification Communist Party." inslsled sectors,
The Committee questioned the Intricate mechanism to preserve
that Professor Gunnar Myrdal, Western
the development of political sincerity of Premier Josef Stalin the proportion between the issue the finted Swedish economist buying their bills in "Eastern" of the Hukbalahap activities and
pressure from
when he invited President Tru- quarters acces-
man to a "peace" talk.-United them- Press,
of Soviet marks in Berlin and and Executive Secretary of the marks.
SOVIET ACCEPTS
to the Soviet Zone.
Economic
Europe,
Secretary
the Communists
Commission for for
A Post Office spokesman said, slble to the Communists, if not who represented the
General The Sovic! Unlan replied
of the United all office. lines of the railway from within the stipulated time that Nations on the Committee, has headquarters in the West would selves." It accepted the general frame-sent Mr Trygve Lie a full re-also be cut off soon if the bills |
port of the Committee's failure. were not paid "correctly." of the profusals
No details of this report have basis for discussion and agree- Inent.
-been- disclosed,..........
work
on a
the
the basis for an caurovidingvinced Berliners that some ad-
or
accom-
the
to
Hukbalahap is a peasant organisation which was started during the war ostensibly the fight the Japanese. The com- by A barge owned "Western"
Administration of mittee called it a Communist Berlin, which had been detained front organisation in its report. for several months in the Soviet which recommended immediais of all Communist sector, "escaped" today us it prosecution was passing through the British party members in the Philip- sector under Russian guard.
The skipper, whose barge was the last of a long convoy, cul the two-rope with a hatelet, and was left behind.-Reuter.
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The three Western powers, BERLIN REACTIONS having failed to agree
The publication tonight of the joint reply to the proposals,
report of the Security Council asked for extra time. Ten days
neutral experts' report on Inter, the United States rejected Berlin currency deadlock con- the proposals as "not workable solution to the Berlin Justment of the currency situa tion in Western Berlin was only currency and trade problem." a matter of days.
Simmul- Britain and France
Germans Pro-Western
felt inneously
Identical sent in memoranda, containing detailed that, as there was no immediate amendments to the Committee'se of a compromise solution proposals and "assuming their of the tangle, the Western Allies.
The report asserted that In- would be justified in introducing STUDENTS general framework."""
Western inark as the sole
dla, Bulma, Siam, Malaya and The United
Sintes
were "ear-
Shanghai. Mar. 17~The 124 Mar 2 French Indo-Chinu and panied its rejection of the Com-currency in their sectors.
Both Eastern
Western
marked for Rest domination by most perturbed person in mittee's proposals by
Berlin financial experts were
infiltration und internal
DRETES- declaring that the memorandum
hard at work today on last- Shangbul,
sion." It said that the Philippines' Shanghai today is the fellow! split in Berlin had gone too far minute plans to deal with the than 1,000 students and workers position was "clear and uncom- making a telephone call. to make it possible to establish | currency change. Armed
University staged schof Fulan
to these
When he picks up the receiver four-power control over cur- tries guarded the offices of the parade yesterday afternoons to / Dramised" in relation rency and trade,
publicise their "Struggle For countries and that she "need not he is forced to wait-sometimes experts.
as long as 30 minutes.before ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL
he gets a dial tone. Leading German financial ex- Existence" movement, in which submit to Communist pressure
inside our national territory."
The Committee referred to the
Often he waits so long he for The United States, therefore,perts from the Soviet Zone were they demanded increased sub- to the Soviet sitties und better living con-
gets the number he was going made an
United States as "the rallying alternative proposal, today summoned
for professors
that
to call-and even the reason for under which the Soviet mark headquarters at Kurishorst for ditions
discussions
dragged, the call. would be introduced throughout emergency
have not yet been on the Government-supported students, point of all free natlong situation, C- under Berin currency
The fellow witif a battery of Berlin, but exclusively
No untoward incidents mark-elther by intrigues or by force Western control in the Western cording to officials of the Soviet
telephones on his desk will plck which of arms, into the orbit of the demonstration. Zone Central Financial Ad-e the
up two receivers even when he sectors of the city,
strict police Soviet Union." It added that held Way
wants to make only a single call, The Soviet Union, under this ministration.
precnútlans. A Garrison spokes-Communist attacks on relations
He's not going to pass up any COUNTER-MEASURES would
been
between the Philippines and the have proposal,
-sald "any reasonable United States were "all lies,'
possiblilty of quickly getting asked to erect u trade and cur-
Senior officials of the Soviet-n
demand should be steered in
dai tone. curtain around the controlled reney,
Bank Deutsche
the proper legitimate channel and warned the Communists and
Some have advanced the sug- were reported to
expained the sympathisers that they have no Western sectors, in order that Notenbank
which he of the have been called to the meet-
delegates, business meddling in the affairs gestion that offices hire coolics of. appointment the Western issuing.
listen for dini just to sit and the school of the two countries." ading, including the President either to approach
would Eastern mark should not
Although the Philippines has tones. They think it Willy Kuhn, and the versely affect the economy of the terr
Govern- authorities or the
never extended formal recog-save a lot of valuable time." Dewey-en Soviet occupation areas.
Director, Churles
ment. Reuter..
nition to the Soviet Union, The Soviet Union rejected American-born Communist whe the American proposals as being claims to be a close relative of
CUFA gave its support to the Dutside the
Committee's terms Governor Thumas E. Dewey of
Philippine delegation in United Nations for "its capable specifled New York State. reference, which
of cur-
They quadripartite control
Professor J.A. rency and trade.
of
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Of Doctors
Court Martial
System
the
CAN'T AFFORD EQUIPMENT
The situation is bad and Mr W.F. Flánley, general manager of the Shanghal Telephone comi- pany, admits, it. But he says it is not likely to Improve very. Geneva, Mar, 16-The major part of the world's population
The purchase of new equip
40, the burden can needs nearly 12 times more doc-
ment
is the torn than are available, the
London, Mar. 16-Common- taken off present lines World Health Organisation re-wealth Governments are to be only solution to the problem, ported lodny,
Mr K. W. Johnstone, consulted about proposed changes
SDYO WHO revealed that in Africa in the court martial system of general commercial and Asia, excluding Russin and the Royal Navy, Viscount Hall, the telephone company.. the Union of South Africs, there First Lord of the Admiralty,
overy
America,
Dc
At present the company
manager of
But, he adds, the company. Thas no money for thir.
had
is one physician to every 12,000 stated today. persons. This area is inhabited He was explaining to the
of Lords, why it was P2,000 phones on its exchange by more than half the world's louse population.
necessary to appoint a Com-network. It has applications but sees no North America, Europe and mission to inquire into the sub-for 28,000 more Russia have one doctor for Ject when another commission chance of alling them becauso
had already recommended chan- of the lack of
of equipment. 1,200 persona. Latin
There are more than 6,000! the Union of South Res for the Army and Royal Air
on private lines and en counted number of requests Africa, Australia, New Zealand Discipline in the Navy, he and Japan have an average sald, differed from that in the for more. But again there's the ratio of one doctor for every other services. Before changes question of where, to get the 1,700.
could be made there must also necessary equipment.
For a while, at least, it looks The ideal ratio is one doctor be consultations with Common- for every 1,000-1,800 of popu-wealth Governments, who had as it phone-users are just going British Naval dia- to have to walt their turn for Intion, WHO declared-United adopted
elpline, he said-Reuter.
a-dial tone.-áAssociated Press, Press
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