The Yalta and Potsdam agreements, concluded by the
heads of the Governments of the U.S.A., Great Britain
and the U.S.S.R. in 1945, furnish a solid basis for the
solution of both these problems. If not only the Govern-
ment of the U.S.S.R., but also the other governments
which signed these agreements adhere to the decisions
adopted, general agreement on the German issue will be
achieved despite existing differences. On the other hand, the
Soviet Government has always declared thait it would not
depart from these agreements and would not,go along
with those who do not want to implement them and who
are at present trying to impose a different policy with
regard to Germany, a policy that is at variance with the
principles of democracy and the security of nations which
were made the basis of the Yalta and Potsdam decisions on
the German question.
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PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY
The question of the peace treaty with Germany is
important not only for Germany but for all European na-
tions seeking to establish enduring peace. The peace settle-
ment with regard to Germany will mean the termination
of the present indefinite situation amd the full establishment
of peace in Europe. Not only the European, but all other
peace-loving nation^ are interested in this. If we really wish
to contribute to the consolidation of peace in Europe we
must proceed to prepare the peace treaty with Germany,
as well as to settle all matters involved in the convocation
of the peace conference on the German problem. This was
the attitude of the Soviet delegation, which, however, did
not receive the support of the other three Ministers at the
Londoni meeting.
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