The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

The interview follows:
 My auctions and Stalin's replies follow:
 Question 1: Do you agree with Secretary of State Byrnes' feeling, as expressed in his radio address last Friday, that there is growing tension between the USSR and the United States?
 Reply: No.
 Question 2: If such increasing tension exists would you tell me the reason or reasons for it and what are the most essential bases for it's removal?
 Reply: This question does not ap- ply in view of my answer to the preceding question.
 Question 3: Do you foresee that present negotiations will result in peace treaties which will establish cordial relations among the na- tions which were Allies in war against Fascism, and eliminate the danger of war on the part of the former Fascist sources? Reply: I hope so.
 Question 4: If not what would be the principal obstacles to estab- lishment of such cordial relations among the nations which were Allies in the great war?
 Reply: This question does not ap- ply in view of the answer to he preceding question. Question 5: What is RusSias attl- tude with regard to Yugoslavia's IS decision not to sign the peace treaty with Italy?
 Reply: Yugoslavia has grounds to be dissatisfied.
 Question 6: What, in your opin- ion, is at present the worst threat to world peace?
 Reply: The incendiarieS of a new war: Foremost Churchill and those who think like him in Great Britain and the United States.
 Question T: If such threat should arise, what steps should be taken by the nations of the world in order to avoid a new war? Reply: It is necessary to unmask and bridle the incendiarieS of 8 new war.
 Question g: Is the United Nations organization guarantee of the m- tegrity of small nations?
 Reply: So far it is difficult to say
 Question g: Do you think that the four zones of occupation in Ger many should in the near future be thrown together insofar as eco- homie administration is concerned with the view to restoring Germany as a peaceful economic unit and thus leSsening the burden of occu- patton to the four powers?
 Reply: It is necessary to re-estab- fish not only the economic but the political unity of Germany as well.
 Question 10: Do you feel it feas- ible at this time to create some sort of central administration, to be placed in the hands of the Germans themselves but under Allied control which will make it possible for the Council of Foreign Ministers tc draft a peace treaty for Germany?
 Reply: Yes, think so. |.
 Question II: Do you feel con- fident in the light of elections which have been held in various zones this Summer and Fall that Germany is developing politically along democratic lines which give hope for it's future as peaceful nation?
 Reply: am not sure of it for the time being.
 Question 12: Do you feel that, as has been suggested in some quar- ters, that the level permitted in- dustry should be raised above the agreed level to permit Germany to pay her own way more fully?
 Reply: Yes I do.
 Question 13: What should be done beyond the present four-powel program to prevent Germany from again becoming a world military menace?
 Reply: It is necessary to extir. pate in practice the remnants o1 Fascism in Germany and to demo. cratize her most thoroughly. . Question IA: Should the German people be allowed to reconstruct their industry and trade and be. come self-supporting?
 Reply: Yes, they should.
 Question 15: Have the provisions of Potsdam, in your opinion, beer adhered to? If not, what is needed to make the Potsdam Declaration an effective instrument?
 Reply: They are not always ad. hered to, especially in the field ot characterization of Germany. Question 16: Do you feel that the veto power has been used to excess during discussions among the foul foreign ministers and in meetings of the United Nations Security Council?
 Reply: No, don't.
 Question IT: How far does the Kremlin fenl ho Allied powers