WORLD RADIO REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE OF 17 MARCH

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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
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adventure the w:- oczong a axti: txpitt ng, # e,1' to c_,.e0.'.Ie a 1-u ycl.oti:.s`'?.r-Such are ?'wc,
phrases uaed by ttosc:mt In d1act. sal.cZxs of, the masea6,o. 'ka'! aomo ;a'c' the r=^;,_t`wca t e f=~a:_~
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article in which too I uigxwzlar P moor Dit itr'ov aald t3.Ia-U H17's: 121_1 :T sa atDooch an rr tic:
act of : sti ticn Ate :.o .(s to t-he favorable cow -emt Z-1- tth c,,:)nc0,1:! u
broadcasts --tom 1`I td LI7( Ott-s Lc1o of the Soviet Short; 1c #:1 L-U:ado:oy; C -l ttb
of Bcici) to eL 7Aatfl u!i:i JJ"f.7fl C~iaA?v e TJremosaip rrlti> A ar?ican op-Jr-L'm in Ci'c1J cl.;e t2C.
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catigaticc and/ca? of ' :n s mscxrngo, djra?L:_,:3.i~tr us ^ 9cuz"cr,;
pss?ap!xtrase of H my 17tt ,Qacevs :-:hello tta:Lk ice the f3Ubject? as does ThNX1JG ?tho !l~gaala';
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service.) In addition to hurling "'?zoouG p~ .3
~'in " e.Lthets ~i~hGJO COG'SteYl tFi- I'1CJ ra3, c? m}cl:~ o:c
the "yearly decreases" in the uSSR's budgetary "de ense estimates" and of her resent
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"demobilization decree" which "tostify to the peaceful intentions of the Soviet fie P11
These, in turn, are contrasted vital Truman Is "warmonger' "
~ prol,o;;a1s and with A:
defense Qxpendf.tur?t,_.-evidonce which allegedly makes it obvious "that the whole tl 1 p t,
peace comes fror. the actions of the American warmongers," from "the 'Americall exp'3 yis.;c,
with. their drearfl of world domination." J.:oscow also r?r_orts the opinion of "certa
i:epublicans" to the effect that Truman attempted "to create a crisis" to I uttross lips
v,avering political strength.
1. occos:'s satellite radios follow nn alrio; L Identical,' although r or; v3 tr i olxc r_
of attack. In the abovo-quoted Dimitrov article, I:ro:tdcas?t by the Ludapest rac7,i.r1
"democratic peoples af' the l:orld" are urged to "consolidate their dec:oc:^utic ragas os osa tbcf
can reject with even , eater assurance any attempts at c; war of nerves, 3ratiric]at '6~ lacl
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nail, or similar methods reminiscent of antler's tactic;;,," The ilumll arian Cornuris s' iLr.I)
While charginE; that the President's message "amounts to a disturbance of ~.or1d .p &cc P
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mu:.;ti daze that the policy of -tile I-resent rulin;, circles in America i's dictiite at
least as much Ly wcalmess as by strength," (ilungarian Homo Service., 19 Larch l948) .. A -Iiou-h
this is the most outspoken reference to the issue of war-strength, other satellite 1370d, a
broadcasts verge an the subject in nosing the unity of the It __
leadership of the U:iSfl, against the Lour ,;coning American "inporiali m"; in this Conte
however, the consistently "peaceful" motives and intentions of the U=% and its sato`ll lcr:
It is noteworthy that monitored broadcasts from tale Czochc7lovak radar contini+
slight the President's nossago. Finnish press reactions, accordinL to the ::ininish
include: the 1.olief "that the U.S, foreign policy has now entered a now phkasol' (lli;I,
iEVC:Oi. 1T, independent liberal); the charge that the original Truman Doctrine, togetlhf' tz
subsequent