The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s-N is unusual in any
 administration for Cabinet member outside the
 policy. But 1t is more than unusual for him to ex-
 press pocy-especially with the OK. of the PreSi-
 dent which differs from that of the Secretary of State.
 The fact that Henry Wallace able to per- suade President Truman to approve his Russian appeasement speech in New York was due in large part to comprehensive and confidential letter
 Wallace wrote to Truman setting forth the mistakes of our Russian policy
 This column has obtained copy of the secret
 Wallace letter. and because of the importance of the question involved, is publishing the essential por- tions. Yesterday, Wallace explained why Russian nerves were on edge over the atomic bomb. Major
 portions of the letter to Truman continue as follows: "Russa has two cards which she can use in
 gotiating with us:
 q Our lack of information on the state of her
 scientific and technical progress on atomic energy and
 (2) Our ignorance of her uranium and thorium l resources
 "Insstence on our part that the game must be played way will only lead to a deadlock. The
 Russians will redoube their efforts to manufacture bombs and they may also decide to expand their ] security zone' in serious way. Up to now their
 efforts to develop security in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East small change compared with our air bases in Greenland Okinawa and many
 other places thousands of miles from our shores. We may feel very self-righteous if we refuse to
 budge on plan and the Russians refuse to accept it, but that means only thing-the atomic arma-
 meat race is on in deadly earnest. T am convinced therefore that if we to
 achieve hopes of negotiating treaty which will result in effective international atomic disarmament
 must abandon the impractical form of the step by-step' idea which presented to the United Ma tions Atomic Energy Commission We must be pre- pared to reach agreement which will commit us to disclosing information and destroying our bombs at a specified tme rather than at our unfettered
 discretion. If willing to negotiate this basis,
 believe the Russians will also negotiate seriously
 with view to reaching an agreement. '"There be- of course absolute assurance the Russians will finally agree to workable plan
 if adopt this view They may prefer to stall until they also have bombs and can negotiate on more
 equal basis not realizing the danger to themselves as well as the rest of the world But must make the effort to head off the atomic bomb race. "On the whole, we look beneath the surface in
 late 1946, actions and those of the Western pow
 CTS in general carry with them the ultimate danger of third world war-this time atomic world
 AS the strongest single nation and the nation whose leadership is followed by the entire world with the exception of Russia, believe that have the op portunity to lead the world to peace. 'In general there two overall points of view
 which be taken in approaching the problem of
 the United States Russian relations The first is that
 it is not possible to get along with the Russians and
 therefore is inevitable. The second is that war
 with Russia would bring catastrophe to all mankind,
 and therefore must find way of living in peace.