FOREIGN RADIO REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S RECENT ST. LOUIS SPEECH

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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
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INFORMATION FROM
CUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
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what longer period of Boviet radio eilonoe than ie the ogee Frith mast of lai? important
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toreiga polloy'atetemente. it has taken almost fivo days for Moeorn-'to broadcast its
first ooamientary on the', eub~ lot. Ni?itten by xorioaov, the same ao~entator rho ?iret
reepondod to Bearatery AoheeonYs reoent roport to Co I .
ngresa, it le notable priaarilf for
its attontion too tho Proaidea~Ts etatoments about the ~~~'' ,
peaceful ob~'eativea of V.B, foroign
polioT. Theee,IlWriono~ attio~pte to repute in familiar Boviet
prope'gsnda fashion. Ia
doing so, ho makes an indireotlT favorable reference to T~
T69e Lie Ian 10-Point aem~oraffium
for penoo. Although the Bavilt radio hen
previously reportod tho patents of thxa
memorandum on moat of i'f;s beta, this represents Mosoox~e first oomotent of nay >~r1,ad
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direct or indirelot, on the eai~eot. Also of interest is that, ea ith Aoheeon's'report
to Congros?, t[oe~'oox oomplo`al,: ignores tho PreeidontTa referorioe to T~eotern adoption of
the principle ot~lbalanoed oolll otive defense forces. And Sorionov attempts to gloss over
tho Preeident~s btatomeat abonllt the sizo of Russia [b I ' '
peacetime arme?,,toroes bT calling
the statement "s4?e 2wzg !,ret~renoe to the toot that the UBBR ails d
golT,apends a httgr
proportion o! its reaouroea for vnr purposes." RaCio Bucharest ie he.onl,T Bntsll]Lito
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radio from whichl~a monitored o~ntery on the speech is availablc. '~ibhoing lbooo~rTs
'6eaoral 11ae~ it liprovidos: an iaterestiag example of one of the st+snd,axd 6oviot-Cw~aiet
propaganda teohni'quee. The f monitored ronoticna t"rom TlPeetern radi;q~, have '~aea', ravorable.
"'!'ilLNA1~ ~B T.AYIBH AND' FRAt1DiTl.'~1~T UBB OF if f~DB - ~ " ~ ~
exploits, withouf aolazrnrled LZL~ PRAC$ t Sorionov ~a oosmwatary
8me~t, Anerioan prosy observatioae oa the "^+'eslQ.ezi,Te fkequsnt
use of the word "pOn00. "-'I But jaloneidering the reoent pattern of Radipi ~he0cnr~/ prapt,~ffie
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in general, it would appeer that Korionov's concentrated attempt tQ~,di~?ocinte this word
Prom the President end hie policies ie ~ '-
f~ part of Moeccnr a larger pro$ram.~to cope with what
it onlle the organized Kestern counter movement to the Soviet Comaaia~et '-panda oempaig~n"--
that is, the oampeign for eignnturos to the Stockholm Appeal of tha,lo ld Penoe Congress,
For the poet txo weeks, the Soviet radio hoe shown marked ooncern pveT;i~-estera oftorte to
"undermine, disrupt, and enbvert?4 this "pea::e' drive. The "pertisanie~)P panne" have been
alerted and. inetruated to in,eneify thou "-united front" tactics a,~ ' `~ " ~ the Western
threest; enfl this week, they are implicitly told that as gnrt of thgixpct.*ce tl?s~y need to
give more emphasis to the "actual eerio~:aneee 'of tk-.e dbnger of warp ? ~?~Thue, Sarioaov'e
co~pa4rn with. "erpoeing" the alleged 2~ypoorisy of the President's ref'ere~ncee to peace
and with attributing "war preparationE" to the American Government~i~e'~'e~rt of the'.
pattern. Siorionov charges that the President's "'lavash'" use of tho, erosid "peens" 2nd
Acheeon~e "`refection of the term ?oold vrer?"' a9.mp:y reflect their coriTi~ction "that tl~jr
open wa: pro,pegande is isolating ~,ho U,S, in thb international aren~,~ an ever-iaoreeeing
eateat. .., They think that by dramatically declaiming the word 1p'ea`e' a fear times..
they can deaoi~?e the people and convince 'them of their peaceful in ent~ ons. But this 1e
e vain ei'fort. ?` ~
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TR@SAli'S "'F7013LD CRDES"s An unusual argument used by Borionov tlo~~s ' ox that American
policy is aggressive, warlike, and aimed et ~~rorld domination" ie :tha1t Wood_~?ow Wilson,
~ ~'xt+;~l~?-rRt'1~Ciples Truman etib9aribed,, believed tinat.. `~,~~., ~ ' ' ''- w
had to finance-
"and that the oountry which finanoes the world should rule it." On this basis Korionov
ooneidere "the world order of which Truman spoke" es "nothing morenor;ess than a modern
edits f H '
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n o itler s new order--~oa7.s multinlred by the U,S, atom 'homb;'s-' the 3nentiable
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SIZE OIL' TB$ U,S__._ ~; Another etypioel argument is that the U~ 8 .Army ie now the
].ergest aapitaliet army in the world, whereas before the ~anr it weal ' l~, ~~ in size amens
cepitsliet states Korionov cites tho "resctionery preen" ae sourc~ol oar hie claim that
"there ere at proseat..y eight million poisons in the U.S, Army* and~th~ bodies that
direa'~:~~"g4pply its need's ; ? ~,., ~ .~:.. , .
'This appears' to tio'Mbscow s first` rate enop to'?~b d'1s'a' of
the Amerioan armed forces. But Sorionov avoids a allusion to the'01fL ' of the Soviet
erme3 Soraes. Instead, he oontraets the Ameriaaf~~oviot military b}t~ige 'e--allogedly 76y6
of the total U,S. budget end 18.56 of the total Soviet budget--toe ~ hat it ie the
U.S. tbnt ie spending "huge proportions" for "war "' ~~
purposes.
ACHSSOH~16 R$JBCTION OF TRYQYE LIB?S MS1KCQtA19DUM: gorionov uses ~w~"~ lines og epnroach
in atteompting to repute TrumenQe atatemente in support of the U.ft.: j ~ ' Norbert
HeoverPs "plead to liquidate the. U.I~,"? ~
,, and {2) Acheson?s alleged rp,eo, lion of Trygve
Lie'q 10 point memorandum. Hardly Lad Lio made public hie momorend "e~imed at exidl.ng
the ao13 war and ostablishing n tyrant i~.
y-veer poece9'" uaye Kc~rionov ~ the U?8,
Clovernxewnt leaders fell on him tooth end nail. At a - 'Aaheeon
declared that the U,3. ~oula u;,~ be forced to acco t theso conforenr~e?
oold wax Chore could not bee P P-opoealey~~er#d thnL in e
x~}r magic wend.''" Coneequeatly, ooncludoo ~riotlo'1'y '~rhet
arc Cho Phaxee~eic compliments whioh the U?S. leaders made to the U.Nitr~e~lly worthf"
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oitee the followin o
gc Truman a resent elloged vow that ho would no~ hesitate to throw
en atom bomb in,o the peaoeflxl homes of pooplo end kill millions of ?~r ' ~-` ' an8
chi].dren"9 the Mershnll Plen,g American responsibility foi? "peralyzir,g" ~" 'e Bt,'B {~ionov's
aounter~argumont to Trumenos "claim that Cho USSR had rof~seod to tako~~pet in the work
of tho U.H.")y end Amerioea opposition to the Soviet propoaala for unie~sal die armament
and prohibiticn of atomic weepona. Hurl iris dame of Cho same chargoa,~~~ Buoharoet
radio pracodoa each et its "proofe'? with the phrase `"tho whale w?orld'ka`o~we." Tho' use
of this ph:aee, or its equivalents, ie a ahai?aateristio 3oviot ~ ""`'`
.give nn~~impression oi' feetualneee, ob,ectivity,'end univerael aprapeig~ doviao to
facts. greem nt~.'bout ?ho
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RLACTIONSs The BBC roporte that London obea~?l-a inter~e~t Ithe Frosident's
epoech as an gnawer to the plea proposed by Trygvo Lie end or Purther!ooir~tioa'ot the
feat that the U.S, believes in the United Metiona. Kent-fierrnan pal,era nerel.ly feel that
the apeoah reproaente Truraen~e etrongoet attack on the Soviet Un3on~ ~ ; ~'GW` '~,
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