FOREIGN RADIO REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ABOUT AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN THE USSR

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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
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INTRODUCTION: On 2 October, for the first time, Moscow itself discusses at length
the now situation with regard to the atomic bomb. The only new notes introduced, how-
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l,a claim that President Truman's policy is now being criticizldleven by "certain
ever, are
the ruling circles," and a more direct use of the fear of atomic retaliation as,
a basis for appealing to the American "people" to oppose the policy of their rulers. As
Ehrezburgputs it, "Sensible people (in America) fully realize that from,Moscow to
aelpula 1G is as iar as ircim rulliAuu.Lp AAa YV MVPJNV".
Then.; commentaries on the atomic bomb are geared in with the enormovisly increased
emphasis~lon war and peace, which coincides with the celebration of "International Peace
Day" an 2October ! Emphasis In Soviet radio propaganda as a whole seemm to have shifted
peace. An always, the chief subthemes are simple accusations of "stern lwarmaking and
.simple claims that the unity and determination of the "people" throughout the world will
'keep thewarmakers from unleashing a new war. In the current output these 'are regularly
combined with references to the Soviet campaign in the U.N. for a peace pact and for pro-'
hibiting'atomic weapons; and there are frequent references to the policy of "atomic black'-
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he United States, whi
h is said to be no longer possible. T
ore'has not yet
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been any monitored discussion of the specific issues involved in control of atomic energy:
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