Evening star., 1943-08-13
Action Is Expected
To Spike Nazi Charge
OF Allied DisunitY
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill are expected tc
summarize their decisions at their
forthcoming conference in state
ment designed to spike the attempt
by Nazi propaga ndists to portray
their meeting without Premier Jo-
seph Stain of Russia as a sign OF
discord among the three allies.
Foreign policy experts are dis
posed to take the view that while
there are serious outward signs OF
difference between Russia on the
one hand and the United States
and Great Britain on the other, the
situation can be repaired and that
the differences are not really SC
great as the signs make them
appear
While in Quebec officials con-
nected with the conference with
held comment on the Soviet an
nouncement that Russian represen-
tativeS were not invited to attend,
it was pointed out here that Rus
sia was fully acquainted with the
purpose of the conference and the
questions to be discussed. That
was made plain by the Soviet an
nouncements reference to the
nature of the conference
Better Understanding Sought.
At the same time, officials here
are concerned about what they
consider a growing feeling against
Russia on the part of the American
public. inspired by Russian criti-
cismS of her Allies Continued ef-
forts to arrange conversations be-
tween Premier Stain and Mr.
Roosevelt are planned in order to
improve the understanding between
Washington and Moscow.
The cancellation of communica-
tion through embassies and even
special legates like Foreign Minister
Molotoff is said TO be unsatisfactory
because in dealing with Russia, only
Premier Stain knows what he
wants and what he plans. Maxim
Litvinoff, who is not expected to re-
turn to his Washington post, often
gave the impression here he was
completely out of touch with the
fountain of policy-his Premier.
Soviet .,spokesmen below Premier
Stain with whom agents of this
Government have talked in the past
shrug aside the fact that the
United States is engaged in Pa
ciflc war.
Pacific War an Agenda.
The character of the Quebec con-
ference is global, and while it is not
likely all the subjects to be dis
cussed by the President and Mr..
Churchill will be revealed either be-
fore or for some time after the par
ley, there is reason to believe that
the war in the Pacific will figure to
some extent in their deliberations.
Ard the Soviet Union is neutral
in that war.
1t is probable also that Premier
Stain wants to be earnestly courted
INTO joining in three-cornered
Talk. The main points of issue be-
tween Moscow and the other pow
ers, however, are viewed as growing
out of the orthodox Bolshevist view
that the capitalist nations of the
world are Russia's natural enemies
and will therefore take advantage
of every situation that will make
possible the Soviet Unions injury.
Foreign policy makers here are
satisfied that in spite of this deep
rooted Russian view the United
States has made great strides toward
an understanding with Moscow, but
they expect that real basis of
harmony is to be developed only
slowly. The old Soviet suspicious
End fears are displayed in the
establishing of the Free Germany
Committee and in the Pravda criti-
cism that the United States and
England failed to keep their prom
ise" to open a second front in
Western Europe
Original Bolshevists. like Premier
stalin and Molotoff. retain the sus-
picions and fears of capitalistic
countries, but reports come here
mat high army officers who are In
Gay-to-day contact with British
end American representatives have
dropped the orthodox fear, because
they have been impressed by the
sincerity of their capitalistic friends,
Army Influence Powerful.
The army Is said to have become
the most powerful influence in Rus
sian political life, and Premier
Stain. instead of bucking its grow
ing power. has made himself mar
shall. so he could become part of
the army.
It is reported that Russia ex-
pected her present allies might turn
on her when Germany attacked
Russia in 194l. Germany had ac-
cepted the Russian view of CAPT.
ialistic nations attitude toward
Russia and sent Rudolf Hess to
Britain to enlist British support for
the German excursion against the
CSSR.
Great Britain and the United
States almost at once. however, up
set the orthodox Soviet calculation
ty announcing their good will to-
ward the Soviet, though incorrect
official estimates were made in
Washington that the Russian armies
could last only a short time against
the Nazis. The United States sub
seouently once again confounded the
Soviet orthodoxy by extending lease
lend aid to the USSR.
The United States furthermore
has never tried to use lease-lend as
9 bargaining lever. Harry Hopkins,
cne of Russia's most earnest friends
in the administration, is chairman
cf the Munitions Assignment Board
and therefore has much to say about
the amount of war material Russia
is to get from the lease-lend pool.
Europe Control Ambition Discounted
The view that Russia wants to
control all Europe is discounted here
IN high quarters If for no other
season than that the Russians make
a realistic foreign policy and they