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...Kremlin, rejecting this offer, made counterproposals: I) recognition of Soviet "paramount interest" in the administration of Berlin; 2) suspension of the provisional government set up by the Western Allies for Western Germany; 3) a Soviet voice in control of the Ruhr and withdrawal of all occupation forces as first steps toward a German treaty...
...feebly, once stalked out of his own committee in anger. But with no support whatsoever from his beloved Henry Wallace, he was smothered by Pressman & friends. In the end, the platform repudiated the Marshall Plan. It also called for destruction of atomic stockpiles, favored "Big Four control of the Ruhr," demanded "cessation of financial and military aid to the Chiang Kai-shek dictatorship." In chapter and verse it was a faithful reflection of a lengthy resolution prepared for the Communists' own convention this month...
...Berlin. All over Western Germany, much the same thing was happening. Russia's brutal siege of Berlin had shaken Western Germany out of a surly indifference. In Hamburg, Bremen and Lower Saxony, local governments passed resolutions pledging one full day's ration from each citizen. In the Ruhr, German authorities ordered 100,000 tons of coal, which had been earmarked for Ruhr homes, to be flown to Berlin instead. "We weren't at all sure before that you were determined to stay in Berlin," said a Frankfurt shopkeeper. "When you started these endless supply planes we knew...
What were the Russians after? Facing an increasingly hostile German population, their position was not much more enviable than the West's. They were simply beating against the West's weakest salient to win either its surrender-or the even bigger prize of a new conference, with Ruhr coal on the table. What could the U.S. do about it? Washington's diplomatic counterattack-which must strive not merely for present Russian withdrawal but for guarantees against future assaults-could start with a formal protest to Moscow (which was being readied this week). The next possible steps...
...issued a "new" offer to the West which, in gist, proposed that all four occupying powers get out of Berlin -set up a "democratic" German government for all of Germany, and withdraw their troops. (The Warsaw communique added, however, that Russia would still want a hand in running the Ruhr.) This alternative had considerable attractions for the Kremlin: they had experience in setting up governments like that. And getting Allied troops out would be a definite step in the greater plan-taking over Germany...