Evening star., 1947-10-31
Russian Provocations
|At U. n. Still Puzzle
Western Delegates
By Not A. Borrows
Foreign Correspondent of The Star
and the Chicago Daily News.

and the Chicago Daily News.
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Oct. 81
Continued analysis Of the Russian
storm front" at the United Nations
leaves western delegates here utterly
puzzled about the reasons behind
many of the Russian provocations.
They cannot understand why vi
shinsky, and the Slavic bloc, are
building so many bonfires under the
lingering fragments of American
good will for Russia.
Some of the grotesque attacks,
they realize, have been beamed at
the home front In the U. S. S. r.
A large part, however, At definite
pattern of propaganda so outrageous
to many delegates that the intention
appears rooted either in complete
contempt or in ignorance.
U. S. Good Will Declines.
What concerns the major diplo-
mats Is that American public good
feeling toward the Soviet Union has
fallen from its heights Of the sum-
mer of 1945 to what amounts, now,
to almost zero.
Such an atmosphere outside the
U. N. creates subtle pressures, espe-
cially through the Congress. which
can increase the difficulties OF nego-
tiations inside the U. N.
One motivation behind the storm
front" seems clear enough: Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky
an dhis colleagues are aware that If
given propaganda line Is repeated
often enough, no matter how out
rageous it may be, 1t reaches down
eventually and stirs doubts.
Korea Dispute Cited.
The nasty taste left by the war,
mongering" allegations against
Greece, Turkey and the United
States has faded in a suitable COM
promise but the Americans and the
Russians are now deep into another
collision area-Korea
This dispute about Korean inde-
pendence promises further depre-
citation of Russian-American rela-
tions before it is finished.
The reasons are simple: Korea Is
a tangible military issue hinged on
the mutual withdrawal of the troops
of both countries.
Now warming up before the po-
litical committee of the U. N. Cen
eral Assembly, the controversy has
two viewpoints, obviously involving
basic policies:
l. The Americans, frustrated by
two years Of trying to attain Soviet
cooperation about the joint occu-
patton of Korea, want an election
while the troops, both American
and Russian, are still there.
2. The Russians, satisfied that
their zone in North Korea is already
snugly pro-Soviet and Communist,
want withdrawal of troops by
January /.
Propaganda Attack Seen.
Delegates see in Korea every pos
sibility for an invigorated propa-
ganda attack on the United States.
I 1t raises the old question: Is Rus
sia, SO contemptuous of Western
goodwill, preparing for a walkout,
one day, from the whole U. NJ?
There is no sign here of such in
tention, but it may be worth re-
counting what Mr.. Vishinsky him.
self said about it recently.
He was asked, straight out, by a
newspaperman at Lake Success if
Russia intended to leave the u. N.
The deputy Soviet Foreign Min
lister replied: p. Il.
You may chase us out of the
u. N. You may knock us out"
He was asked If that meant Rus
sia would not get out voluntarily.
Mr.. Vishinsky replied, enigmati-
cally:
"You may drive us out"
1t can be interpreted any way
the reader chooses.