Guest Column
ARGUS, M. K.
GUEST COLUMN Berlin Talks Caught In Red Nyetwork By M. K. Argus Berlin The seventh conference of the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers opened today in the Allied Control Council building in...
...Now Mr...
...Dulles: Mr...
...You don't have to recognize them even if you know them...
...A Rogue with Ease...
...Molotov: I protest again...
...Let us consider the first closed session unopened—I mean, adjourned...
...Dulles: Suppose we refer the question of the windows to our deputies...
...Molotov: They stopped here on the way from Peking to Moscow...
...Will someone call an ambulance...
...Shall I ask them in...
...I want a little fresh air...
...The cold war makes me hot under the collar...
...Molotov: Nyet...
...Dulles, Eden and Bidault inform the gentlemen of the press that "Some progress has been made in the initial exploratory conversations...
...Eden: Her Majesty's Government will be happy to learn about the reopening of our talks in a spirit of friendly compromise...
...According to unimpeachable sources, the conference started as follows: Dulles (presiding): I hereby declare the first session of the Foreign Ministers Conference open...
...It is a serious question and should be discussed with the full participation of the Chinese People's Republic...
...The meeting is hurriedly adjourned...
...Dulles: But Mr...
...MOLOTOV: Nyet...
...Molotov shouts "Nyet" and goes away...
...The other three ministers leave the conference chamber and are at once surrounded by reporters...
...It is what we Communists call a short cut...
...Dulles: How did they get here...
...Molotov, you don't understand...
...Dulles: I will recognize no one...
...Bidault: Mais non...
...Molotov: Nyet...
...Bidault to sabotage an amicable agreement because the ruling circles of his country are now waging a ruthless war of colonial aggression in Indo-China...
...I protest...
...Molotov: The Soviet Union, being in the forefront of all peace-loving nations and desirous of securing a lasting peace in the world through friendly collaboration with the imperialist beasts, wishes to make an important compromise...
...According to the preliminary procedural agreement, we are to participate in closed sessions only...
...Dulles proposes to open the session...
...The Secretary of State not only tries to break the agreement but he also assumes an insulting attitude toward the representative of the Soviet Union, which holds all international agreements sacred and rigidly adheres to them...
...Bidault faints...
...Dulles: Very well then...
...Eden: I say, there is no harm in having a look at them...
...Molotov, you must realize that even a closed session must be opened in order to continue it closed...
...Molotov: I protest against the glaring attempt on the part of the United States, Great Britain and France to undermine the conference at its outset...
...Dulles and Eden tell the press: "We have not vet had a chance to tackle the main problems, those of Germany and Austria, although some progress is being made...
...This is an entirely new issue brought up by Mr...
...M. K. Argus is the author of Moscow-on-the-Hudson and a recently published novel...
...Molotov: The sooner the Chinese People's Republic takes part in the negotiations over international questions, the better it will be for the strengthening of peace between peoples...
...The second meeting opens on the following day with a statement by the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs...
...I do not agree...
...Messrs...
...By pure coincidence, fifty representatives of the Chinese People's Republic are outside right now waiting to be invited...
...The four ministers leave the conference chamber and are immediately surrounded by reporters...
...We consent to the opening of the closed sessions provided they are opened behind closed doors...
...Bidault: I hope I still have a government to consult with...
...Bidault: If our sessions are opened behind closed doors, would it be possible to open a window...
...Eden and Bidault: Agreed...
...Bidault: Please, please, will someone open a window...
...Dulles: Mr...
...Needless to say how much I welcome your new approach...
...Eden: Suppose we adjourn until we've had a chance to consult with our respective governments...
...Messrs...
...There is no mention in the preliminary agreement about windows...
...Molotov: I see that you do not wish to make any effort to ease international tension and strengthen the cause of peace...
...GUEST COLUMN Berlin Talks Caught In Red Nyetwork By M. K. Argus Berlin The seventh conference of the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers opened today in the Allied Control Council building in the Western Sector of Berlin...
...Molotov...
...France, I see, does not want any peaceful settlement of international problems...
...Perhaps you will recognize them...
...Molotov says "Nyet" and goes away...
...I am suffocating in here...
...Eden: I say, already...
Vol. 37 • February 1954 • No. 5
