FOREIGN RADIO REACTIONS TO THE NEW SINO-SOVIET TREATY AND AGREEMENTS NOS. 1 AND 2

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2003
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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
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SUBJECT ~ 0??EZ' '~rAstrntIe friendship betty enour powers." Z~e cites the
ci 1 er.1 te,r~^1 t' rlal ag^: ern x fl as bo tid to "sucks the p?reat enthusiaen~ among tie
t" f .7e~ p? oxlq. " A 1 in by asserts thA t "the rallying of the peoples of Chime land
t' 5 siet rnio.,l! C~~a t?izg appra:r . Z;~rly 700 million popule*.Ition, constitutes force i2
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knocapa-vin; TASS announcement, that the text, of
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11 fr_:tk1CT1O : Although there h.ae
numDer 2 (1'-16 Fobruary)
been a ! conoider?able volume 6f ,foreign rca.i o attention
f, Sinc-,Soviet treaty and egreemerta, there is no .yet no cpID~ent available from eoun-
_as than Japan in the Pacific-Southeast Aeir, iren. As explected, the Soviet and
C.Iae,,,v c:vim tniet rad_ioa mac"e ,riven major publicity to the r_ews. Radio Moscow, in all
zv_. ges used, has been broadcasting the texts of the treaty and Igreementa to the virtual
5 wlu7ia: Uf its n== l co unontaries. To dete, however, it has is ued only one commxmnttury
o, t!:., sub jest--a PRAVDA editorial paraphrasing the speeches by Vi~hinaky and Chou at the
s 1.g.ni.:.a ceremony and citing pertinent sections of the treaty and the supplementary agraemnente,
C:r15IInent:;3 'ram rad.ioa in tb.e Soviet sphere are, of course, all lau tory; they use a varictty
er apnc1 i ar ,nmants ta, enb3nc4 the prestigei of the Soviet-Coamrun at camp and to dofern. the
y.-.la+': "i.mperialiat" camp. in l esterrt-oriented ccmmnent there ia, a general refusal to
r., -z-)pt ti,,, treaty and ag1oemente at face value; but they are ,:ciasiciered import?rt as pr:,pn-
SUTII?it'-i"OMMUNIST COi fl Ia In aldition to the usual generalized claims about th,) camp cY
"p ie ce ana dermocracy an3 the benevolently righteous Soviet foreign policy, the r ,cll ring
axe op-+_ Ific points appear:
"Ar_et?har aubatantial shift in the balance of power. "--The camp of peace and tIniroczaoy is
rhp:,atsdly ay id to have beenlstrengthened at the expense of the imperialist cramp. Fre-
;tu +rt? rafFr. c~nces are trade to I the fart that the rJSSR and China together poar. t;ao naarly
?'n"-third of the hnin n ice, A Berlin commentary oayo theq pact mt~rks the "m?irger of
tt.,? ?crat3t tirritorieo of the USSR arum China in.tb one single geological area, " Aud "the
went' bro.-.:!cant clciira "that the prospect' of pro*.lenting the outbreak of a thi:_d world
,,tar !-,3 no longer utopian."
Aci :;son ?..,nu.sked--Idsteners are reminded of'Aeheeon's Press Club speech, which r:t.L:
a:.1~;ad3;T been shown up as sc much "false prattle. tt
E t?,?u~k avainst U S d. 3.mnerialism--The "mutual military aeaiatance which tine pact
tdee" is said to be e. "clear warning' for all aarmonge'.-s to heed." PRAVI]A axp7uirie
tiu he t.rea ty si.*_sglod out Japan because "American imperialism is doing all in its
power to turn Japan into a strategic place d'R s directed against the USSR and China. "
Z*nT i alions for A2ie--here rare occasional sic. gestions that the treaty is "a new way in
International relatiorw, axdrriln.'n to Asia previously. It aims at liberating Asiatic
peoples and malting them equal partners in the defense of progress and peace throughout
the world. " A NEW ;EtNA NEWS AGENCY edit-.- Is 1. considers that the treaty "will. have
set effa.:ts on the situation' in the East,.. ; "''
Nr.+ Titoism in Chinas-Although there is no direct r.onsideration of this issue, some in-
l root allusions are made toi the subject. The NEW CFItNA NEWS, AGENCY, for example, con-
tends that the treaty and agreements "will provide all patriotic, aa.vanced elements and
patriotic people with weapons to criticize effectively sentiments of narrow nationalism...
entertained by acne people. "i And a Warsaw broadcast ooneludes that the treaty "b.rries
all hopes arul calcu:Lations of the imperialists with regard to, dissension and divergencies
inside the '.amp of. socialism, peace, and the liberation of cglommiel peoples."
Coi perisons with U .S. aid a eements--Th,e "m>iagwntnoue" Soviet aid to China is contrasted
with ERP-and NAP which imposed duties and burdens on the recipients of American aid.
The one-per.-ent interest on the Soviet loan to China is contrasted with the lnLa+" tit of
three to three and a half percent charged by the U.S. Attention, however, is not drawn
to the size of the Soviet loan.
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WFSTERN-QRIMTED C= Tt Practically all Western-oriented coa=ents agree that probably'
there are secret clauses modif~ging the outward appearance of the announced treaty and agree-
ments, (In this connection, oPly one radio in the Comtrtunist sphere--I dio Berlin--makes lean
Hxplioi . reference to the subject, claiming that there is "no room foe any secret clauses
such aniwere customary with the imperialist powers.") That the news represents a decided
Sc-viet-Ccmruniet propaganda v1 tory, however, is gene 13,
v conceded, rrench coamnantatar
contends that the treaty ana,ra,~r9 ments are "going to be powerful instruments of anti-
eloniaiet propaganda for both China and the USSR. (The clause pram sing non-
interfe enoe in the internal affairs of either country In called an es facially important
vlcto'71 for. Imo.) There is also agreement that the treaty is directedlprimariiy against
tha United States. And among fihose considering the subject, there is greement that thej
p,~saibi.ity of Titoism in China has been minimized, if not written off completely.
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Critica comments point/to the limited amount of the Soviet loan and note the absence of
t? t'i references to Sinkiang. They also predict that time and events will reveal the
apr,rifies to be wrung from China in return for the announced Soviet concessions; the
relation between the'SB iet UInioh and. her European Satellites are pointed to as a precedent
for what can be expected.
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