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SPECIAL ESTIMATE
THE SOVIET STATEMENT OF3 IN REPLY TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SPEECH ON3
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THE SOVIET STATEMENT OF3 IN REPLY TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SPEECH ON3
THE PROBLEM
To estimate thc significance of the Soviet statement of
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Soviet statement of3efense of Soviet policy and of the worldmovement,ondemnation of US policy. The statement gives no indication that the rulers of the USSR will modify their stand on any of thc issues outstandingEast and West.
The publication of the full text of President Eisenhower's speech is an unusual but notact. The Soviet press haspublished the speeches and writings of "capitalist" statesmen when such action could serve as the basiseply. In this case, one motive for publication may have been the conviction that the speech could be represented to the Soviet peopleemand for the surrender by the USSR of the gains of World War II. and of Communist principles, as the price of peace with the US. Probably also the Soviet rulers hoped by publishing the President's speech to convince world opinion of the sincerity of current Soviet "peace" tactics.
While Soviet and world Communist policies and actions arc consistently defended in thc statement as serving peace and justice, there
is an intimation that areas such as Korea, Germany, and Austria, and subjects such as Kast-West trade and disarmament, arc open lor discussion. In each case, the rectitude of past Soviet positions is affirmed, with thcthat it is up to the US to make the first stepettlement. However, the territories now in the Bloc, as well as the "national liberation movement" in theand semi-colonial areas of Asia, arcfrom discussion.
he over-all impression left by theis that itkillful efiort to promote dissension within the US Government,the US Government and the American people, and above all, between thc US and the rest of the non-Communist world. Tliesuggests that the rulers of the USSRrolonged political warfareexploiting the "peace" theme and lhat. whether or not there is an internal struggle for power, they are united on questions ofpolicy. Thc statement gives nolhat they are prepared to makeconcessions.
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