ONCE MORE ON THE QUESTION OF
ALBANIA

Speech at the Plenary

Meeting of the Paris P<cace Conference

August 30, 1946

Mr. President and Delegates. We have gathered today to
discuss two definite questions, but we are discussing 'some-
thing else—a third question. We approved an agenda con-
sisting of questions relating to Iran and Iraq, but we are
discussing the question of Greece. The matter raised by the
Greek delegation was not placed in the normal way on the
agenda of the Conference, but we have been unexpectedly
compelled to consider this question.
Now it will be necessary to dwell on the explanation
which was given today by the American delegate concerning
the order of examination of questions in the Council of
Foreign Ministers and at the Conference. Naturally, none
of us disputes the right of the Council of Foreign Ministers
to corisider the questions envisaged in the Potsdam (Berlin)
agreement. The statements which have been made here on
this score in connection with my speech were misdirected.
What order was established for the work of the Council
of Foreign Ministers? Attention ha's been quite correctly
drawn here to Point 3 (i) of the decision of the Potsdam