SOVIET AND SATELLITE RADIO COMMENT RELATED TO THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING

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USSR and Setell.ites
Soviet' and. Sateiliti~ Radio Comment Related to
The Council Of For.'ei?T..Ministers Meeting
Mon:i.tor.-ad Radio Bro>a d.c acts,
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/9 May 1949
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" .. it is expected that the 1 SSR wil.1 euibmi.t posit:iv-,_ proposals for
the solution of the GerKnh c.i iaie. In thf..s : tispci_',t, the X5,_h2y
no need tone 'se her g 1 ;Y`_aimin~, as it does, at ('l) the preser-
vation of" 2e}ty;, (2) the early conclusion of
~e~rre tCQaty
with an all-German gover,rrenent, and (:3) the I of the
occupa-
tion troops within a f i.:x:ei, period after the con .' me ter. of a treaty."
(Commentary by Erika Rows:ll, Soti:.et-?cont.ro:l5l.ed i.l May 194.9)
rl~rm~riN The above three points, also the expr' seh alms of the Sov.i t-ton
German Peopl.e s s Congress, ar. e ;r'ep!,ated.ly reiterated o a?er thy: weekend by the Sotriet-controlled
German radios.. These aims are the main elements of ill-Germ n 'con-
sultations" to prepare "(Ierrman yxpe tatiorts" for i%ol >,aissiors to the CTM Confermrnce~ arr3. they
are gives at least tacit approve:). in Moscow's publicity devzi'ted to the campaign. Yalta' and
Potsdam are occasionally ci.tel by the Soviet radio &a n_eceLgIeary bases for. CFM agrreem:inL
Moscow also gives some attention to the spec i.f is issues of demsZif.I cation, demilitar'.i nation,
and the Ruhr industrial war poten:tia.1-??-but not in the context of c'omment about the CFMI
meet - i1g,
The broadcast of an TZ SrIA' editorial., the weekend.Is major. Soviet commentary received' on the
CFM Conference, gives sole credit to the USSR for the lifting of' the blockade and the con-
vening of the C?I?M; it also warns a,ea:inst implied Western use of "dictator?ia'L methods" at the
Conference. Some attention is gi.?t n to the Ang.lo-iJ,.S?-French "political circles" who are
still) trying "to confuse the pit-11.s rind build rtp an xmfaaorebl.e a?tmo;ephere abort the coming
session." in the latter context, TZAIST'IA also places "the hasty adoption of the so-?called
Bonn Constitution"--a theme that, is '.,repeated. by pr.'ac tic,a:l:-.y all monitored SatsiiUte n dia.
Moscow has not yet commented on what France ''s Duclos calla the IIfamour 0Kennen' Plan? involving
evacuation of Soviet and French troops from Germany, with only `Ir'uman R s and Perrin ? s soldier's
remaining." But the French Clammrxniat RSThAANrIE says that it shows the Western desire to
spread confusion and create La much dif ficulty as possible on the eve of the Your-Power
Conference"; and, in a similar context, Duclos quotes a statement by Stalin to the effect that
the Western governments only want "conyversatione on an agreement or collaboration in order to
bringe about the failure of this reeraent and make the USSR responsible for 'hi.s fa :ure,
whilei trying to prove the impossi:hi:lity of cooperation with the USSR, II
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broadcasts, attributes the CFM meeting to "the course of events (which) confirmed the
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correctness of the 'Potsdam decision and compelled the Western powers to give thil consent to
a meeting...." Thus, the correctness of the Soviet position is also vindicated. IZVESTIA
also interprets the "enthusiaatil-" ;'nte?,national reaction as proof of the g?ernr?re:l.;y ]mown
fact that only a small group is interested in internatiomi. tension, .,, (that) it is only the
warmakears with -their effc its to I,aixreh another war that are most afma:: d of agreements and co-,
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operati m wit r ~e Soviet Union." "It was not the f:au:lt of the Soviet Union," sayer
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(Bevin-ChurcW- 11) slanders and inactive= ega nst ttt - So -let Union.," and cite' ar. a73{,godly
pessimistic BBC ccmmnt about this . Cor,fe}rertce outcome as conffrmsttion of the saying sleet "the
wish is fath.er? to the thought. ax* paople in London, Washington, and Faris who
stand and fall with the cold war. The e:nd of the cold war would mean also tbF1r 5L! --
problem, and c;msoquently cannot: be sett1e,t apart from ~.he. qwestion!. rol.ating to qe tny."'
That the Soviet Union will be c ^exr!.~i, etbotzt the' reactinr ,r w;;v; d public opinion tt: the
CFM debates is Mugge+steed by a W~ir-:irr broadcast that spsaks _f tltc4 "zs^.t%asfnesR in '.1t rank4 of
the we eig'ers... caused by t1 t,'tr*.wbt of e,trtcrete prapo.,a'!s which. the 1Wft Will. to
the Paris Conf'errenco. 'Phq Dr'itl ii erica 'U. S. rtiLir,F szwm to fear that '.N. z.,-,n ttrcetive
Soviet proposals rrhie'h will be rs?r3 ,.. midst win toil support -~f wCtr'ld pudic opir1icn."
si.t~j.. '..A
CO LT _.~RS ECjS Although .TZvF;71A g7rants 'that 014 1 ' ! Li a: of tht, Vlock --
comrening of the CFM "may prov? tea ?1T5 w atop t.cwsr., ; ' ., ,:tt>r ~agraamenta," xzL ., e
"Btxt it would be ri.iliculou:; and riai.v.- to think mc,0hn,4 of dirt _t. ry-ti, ~u esed
in the w. ng talks, which i.q tmdoubtodiy the ere"m c'' cc,: tt.in 'J-io w:?St rabM
supporters of aggressive re'il.ltary aM politic+71 bioc.v x1t5S ellianc,as,
la_ ~YroT+a",:53
is to ttta{iA_dy tom' 1~_ S4Lt3~_ S'?? a~q a pp t77(,'[r, Lt t._ ``p ?~}'r:6_ IIn1. %_t' t nzr ~?.`~.iA~. y
"It should be noted that t'h-5o poi.itleal ci.rclcs in IA.,? U-3., Prltain, x. ? `*_- ^.r,
which are strongly opposad to any aeraament with the Sov1' t Union-. ar?>
steps through the prose they control to confuse the public: aM build up an un.'"avorable
atmosphere about thin coming _qession. ' .. Apps ontly the same aim is purauad. 1,y the
efforts... to speed the 1 ar a:t1' n of a West Gorman state. expressed in tha h"~y
adoption of the so-called. Bonmr Constitution...."
And another Soviet radio broadcast gm,otes the "demo:-stile P.e'rlln press" to th.e+ effect that
"the Donn des: ,= isaS:jga. c thc? path of, the talks tzi -t,tkki place in Par .o." Ietn
Satellite :radio broadcasts are expli.c:itly ":suspicious" of Wostern '"sincerity." Ih3 Prague
radio, for example, interprets tb? Bork. Constitution as "c:1.ear proof that some subweralve.
circles In the West wish to make .mza bef.orghand of the f'ai.3.uro of the Paris meetinE; '.y
removing the prerequisites of an unIet.{ta_nding." it also notes "another collectihn rf
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