Evening star., 1947-10-19
ootov Heads WeDcip|ned and Mcuouk
Stiff Penalties for Foiure and Loysh


ANDREI Y. VISHINSKY.
(MolotoD's right hand.)
his consummate skill in negotiating
His status Is most readily COM
parable to that OF the American
Undersecretary Of State and his
reports undoubtedly carry great
weight in the inner sanctum when
decisions are in the making.
Under these two men, the Foreign
Onice appears to be highly depart
mentanzed. Dekanozov, for in
stance, was the Ambassador to Ger
many during the brief honeymoon
with Hitler in 1899. He is the sole
deputy still In Office who was ap-
pointed when Molotov took over.
He has specialized consistently in
the affairs of Middle Europe.
Malik Authority on East
Dekanozov was moved into top
spot after serving as Vice Premier
Of the Georgian Republic. He went
with Molotov to the 1899 meetings
with Hitler and followed this up by
handling some trouble with Ro-
mania in 1910. At years end he
succeeded Alexander Shkhartzef as
Ambassador in Berlin. Little was
heard of him during the war years
he returned to Moscow in July, 1941
but he was an important and quiet
part Of the Russian delegation at
the Conference of Foreign Ministers
in Paris last year.
The top Eastern authority in the
Soviet Foreign Office undoubtedly
is Jacob Malik, Ambassador to ia
pan, who served Russias declara-
ton Of war upon the county. Lit
tie is known about him outside the
Soviet, but his diplomatic labors
were rewarded last year when he
was named Deputy Foreign Min
lister.
Big, bald and silent Feodor Taras-
sovich Gusev, considered third in
Foreign Office Importance, succeeded
Litvinoff as the specialist on Great
Britain. He served as Ambassador
to Britain until last year when he
was recalled to take the deputy's
post. :,
Moscow demands an extremely
long work week from Its top officials.
At the most recent Moscow Confer
ence Gusev suffered breakdown
from overwork from which he is only
now recovering.
Gromyko, the Scotch drinking
sturdily handsome U. N. representa-
tive is best known to Americans.
Most Of his diplomatic upbringing
and maturing has taken place in
Washington.
A native of White Russia, Gro
myko was 20 when he appeared in
the Capital as Counsellor to the
Soviet Embassy. Soon he was made
Charge d'Atfaires and, in August,
1943, succeeded Litvinoff. At the
time 1t was believed he was the
youngest man ever to serve as an
ambassador from a great power to
a great power.
The Supporting Cast
Gromyko has been in on U. N. ses-
sions since their inception. He rep
resented his country at the Dunbar
ton Oaks Conference and has been
very much in evidence at hundreds
Of meetings. His performance-in-
cluding dramatic walkout from a
Security Council meeting-appar-
emily pleased the Politburo, for he
was not only made Deputy Foreign
Minister, but was awarded the Order
of Lenin for the second time. That
Is like CT holding two Congress
sional Medals Of Honor.
Bogomolov, Ambassador to France,
who was made deputy shortly after
Gromyko. has been concerned all
most exclusively with Western Eu-
rope, particularly France. He. was
Charge d'Affaires to the Vichy gov
eminent after Frances fall early in
the war and, with the coming Of
peace, was named Ambassador to
the De Gaulle and Ramadier gov
ernpents. In 1914 he took over
Vishinsky's duties on the Allied Ad-
visory Council on Italy. He prob
ably has much to DO with Paris
postwar reputation as the center
from which, the party line is dis
seminated to Communists outside
the Russian sphere.
Among the supporting cast, Zaru-
bin and Novikov are comparatively
unknown quantities. -
Zarubin Is not known to the pub
lie as a personality-but was in the
limelight during Canada's atomic
espionage case two years ago. He
was Ambassador to Canada at the
time, was recalled while the case
was still hot and never returned to
his post.
He popped up next as Gusev's sue
cessor as Ambassador to the Court
Of st. James,s.
Novikov served under Gromyko In
Washington for q short period as
Charge d'Anaires and then sue
ceeded him as Ambassador. Little
or nothing was known about him
until he stepped from behind the
Kremlin curtains in 1943 as Minister
to Egypt. He also held the titles
of Ambassador to Greece and Yugo-
slavia, whose exiled governments