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...Then Molotov resorted again to procedure, he wanted to call in the East German government, which the West does not recognize, and Konrad Adenauer's West German government, which Russia does not recognize. To the unanimous "No" of the West, the ministers adjourned...
Next meeting, the sixth, Molotov tried again to wangle the East German Communists into the hall. Again the Western ers stood firm. Again Molotov surprised them. With a genial bow, he let the matter rest...
Dulles, casting aside the careful sarcasm and barbed debating points he had been tossing through the week at Molotov, made a plea for the unity and trust that once joined Russia and the West in war against aggression. He spoke of Germany's right to live again and the world's right to assurances that she will live peacefully...
Familiar Sound. This week the conference was transferred from the U.S. to the Soviet sector of Berlin. In the first session in the giant, new Soviet embassy, Molotov submitted his own plan for Germany. It had a familiar sound. He suggested that the four powers sign a peace treaty with a united Germany-but made no mention of guaranteeing free elections first. Essentially his proposal was a rehash of what the Russians proposed in 1952. No prior commitments (such as EDC) would be permitted the new government, its arms would be limited to "tasks of a purely internal character...
Apologizing at the end for the length of his speech, Molotov cracked, "I am afraid that, as we say in Moscow, I have overfulfilled my plan...