FOREIGN RADIO REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET MESSAGE

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2004
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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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IfITRODLICTI(3f: The first Soviet rodi oomment oza the President's budget message
appeared eurpriingly early. Usually the~e is a fleley of ee~erel deye'betwean en
important event rind Mosaow'o broadoast relation to i't; the'bndget message, however, evokes
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e Soviet radio 'aa~amleat on the very day o2' its delivery to'Congre~~, followed by'eaothor
oaa?aentnry the nett day. As was the Dees lest year,,Moeoow aonoentretea on the 'allegedly
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inim.ioel military ohareater of the budget, "olose to' throe'-quarters (of Ti}~1o>i~ rill
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go... for erpend~turea oonnooted in one xay or another with the polloy oP ins'Cigeting
a new war." sat;) 11ite radio broodoaets on the sub~ebt pur~ene an ~ldentical line. Iran
oomnaent~ have been reoaivod from foreign rladios outeiiio the Soviet orbit.
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"F~2fi.~R MIZITARIZATTOfts: The first Soviell: oa~entax on Jan
in terms of the overwhelmin y 9 uory anallyzoe i;he betdget
g proportion elloaeted to'what it oe11e "war?needs? es
aomparod to thel~mieerable part" eermerkad~for internal sooial needs. 'That this initial
broadaaet mey?heTe served to lay down a baoio propaganda line is euggeet~d by the'
rigid adherence of subsequent Soviet and Satellite oomment.eeries~tu its',"faotual"_
pattern: The e~econd Soviet ba?dntary (10~January) on the budget, however, is em-
belliehed xith many mare explicit goneralizetions abort Amdrioe's "ttirther militarization,"
xhioh !e ellogedly'refleotod; as from a mirror, in iho Preeident'a message. Onelof
these ge~nora11za7rions trios to identify the present U.S. Caverament wlbh Hitlarite
Germany ~-a throquoxit theme in Soviet radio propaganda, but one that has snot yet been used
report. Says `:e ~ co?entetor
"For the sells oP xar properation,e inpoeaotime, the policy of the present
U.B. Governu~ubz-t sea only bo oomparod with that of Hitlorite Germany during
the years preceding the 9oaondS~Tor1d War."
The impl~iaativn f this stetc+mement le mada rplioit in his Peter ohargo that the foreign
polioy ulf the Trw~mn administration is ono of open preparation for a nax war and'the
in oomolants about) either the President's State of the Union message or jhis eoonaaaio
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formation of !aggrassivebl'o,9r." Of some interest ie that xhereeA bho lirot Boviot ~i
commentary semtloaedti~~~19rpendlturee connected xith eliminating'tho con6equeaoea of
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~2-e budgot' a "71 peraoat" eilooatod to "xnr noeda
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commentary o~itte@ thii` ,~ altogother and stated baldly that "close tc tbrao-ga~tez~a
x111 go... toy, ailiteria'aa~nrpoeos, for armaments. for ezpeaditnree aonneoted la ass
xey or anothar xith ~ ~ ~1'iloy of instigating a 'iex xa. ~' Roth of'~ the oa~oentariea,
hoxever, oseaine tho~i~dan" military expenditures and in almost ~,dentioal xorda fiadt
that "Hader 1~]te heedingof~~ developing natural renounces' there !e'~ ~ item, of 870
million dollars for des*~o~~ag atomic energy^--rhiah, ea everyone knoxa, bears an
ezclneiTO military nattrra~kla the United Status. "*+-
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Satellite comme~ent hna ~, eceivod from the Soviet-ooatrollod Berlin radio and from the
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Polish and Ozoolaoeloval[~~,Serviaee. The .only apparent devietioae ?'rum 8adio 1[oaoo*'e
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pattern arc t~to: (1)i~~a~ claims that Tr'mm~n anaounoad a 20 poraent redaction of
foreign aid f'aade booat~a,'~he roalisod. tho "ban]o~nptoy of the Marshall Plena" end 'Ch~st !
'C the eavias~"ol one billion dollars to erm~ent of the American "aato113tee"; ~
ho x111 diver
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and (2) according to~Be=~ia'~ "Tramnn'a nnaouaoement that II.B. ezponditurePfor military j
end xarliko preperatiooui is to be doublod 'caused n great sensation!."
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~SOCIAL lI~DB: Both Mosaox
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xith the American xorl[iaa pa~ople, for xhoso ~relfare such n "negligible share" of the
budget vas eva.ottod '"~Tha~_'ehildron of xorking people x111 still be deprived of an.
opportunity 'Co stady.:.~~~Tens of m1111ons x111 etil.l be deprived pf medical eereioe. ...
M1111oao of Aseriaen~fesil"i'ee x111 go on living is alums; mi111one'of homelose end
stnxving people are duo `sudj ~to a miaereblo a=ietence ~ ^
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MORffi3 TO B$ B~ffi0!A'~~T~'3-~f TAB: Attributing the ,budget doflcit to "the d:'op is
production sad trade~is~3~1 ae to tho "huge some for ailltary expenditures," both
Moacox and the Sritellitie ra~ios also predict that ?thd mein bnrdon'of the Hex tez'ee x111
fall on the ehoulder~'ot x~orking people; this ana be seen from thr fact that the
draft budget 'iaalla for~la:~6~7 mi111on reduction in corporation fazes, (xhile) on the
othor head it calla fors?an{lacroaee of ~t275 million in the tazoe paid by the population."
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~ A Prague 3a~entaz?;~~daalares, xithout qualificnticn
For tho ^ ? ' ` ~ ~ "
production of , ~~~os3,c bombe .
that this;l-money is to be used
+~ A g JnauarT Boviet.~0o~aatary, ostensibly devoted to tho Btato~of the Union mesee,~e,
also talks about 70-odd?~p"~oeat of the budgot going for xer needs; ~~ it charges that
"plans Por fiendish e~tcai ' 1 ing" are one phase of tho II.B. policy', aimed at "xinniag
xorld enpremecy for the;~~J,B~: moaopolloe . "
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