Evening star., 1948-05-23
Soviet Charges
j. ). Stand Bars
Better Relations
Attitude of America
AssoiIed by Toss in
Reply to Statement
FINN PRO-COMMUNISTS Quit
Work to Protest Minister'S Gust
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BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MOSCOW, May 22-Russia
blamed the United States un-
equivocally tonight for the wide
fields of disagreement that
separate the two nations think
ing in the postwar world.
Tass, the official Russian news
agency, distributed restatement
of the Soviet position which said
clearly the attitude of the United
States Government is not conducive
to progress in international affairs" :"
The 13-page statement, Tass said,
reflected "the attitude of leading
circles in the Soviet government"
Tass listed the same II spheres of
disagreement which had been noted
by Prime Minister Stain in his
reply to an open letter by Henry
A. Wallace. The United States State
Department on May 10 detailed its
own position on these points. charg-
ing that Russia blocked settlements
in each case.
Roosevelt Accord Cited.
After citing the Russian position
on the points, Tass said:
From all that has been said
above, it is clear who bears the
responsibility for the present state
of Soviet-American relations.
The statement added that the
facts refute the assertion OF the
State Department" that Russia's 8
non-complaint attitude prevents the
solution of the problems.
Everyone knows that under the
Roosevelt government, the most diff
ficult international problems were
settled" by the United States, Rus
STA and Britain, Tass said.
1t added that now the United
States not only violates the de-
cisions made at the Yalta and Teh-
ran conferences, but also violates
decisions of the Potsdam confer
ence which were taken with the
participation of Truman and which
he signed"
The statement was the latest in
series of Soviet-American ex-
changes that began with a May 4
letter from American Ambassador
Walter Bedell Smith to Russian
Foreign Minister Molotov
The Tass answer seemed to repre-
sent no deviation from previous
Russian statements of Soviet
American relations. The list of
topics ranged from lack of peace
treaties with Germany and Japan
to control of atomic weapons.
The statement blamed the United
States for the failure Of the United
Nations to agree on effective action
for control and reduction of arma
mentS.
U. N. Declared Opposed BY U. s.
Referring to the first of the II
points in which the United States
State Department on May 10
blamed the Soviet Union for failing
to reach an agreement, Tass said:
I'm reality, the decision of the
United Nations General Assembly
on the necessity of speediest
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not being put into practice, in the
first place because the government
of the United States has taken a
position opposing this decision OF
the General Assembly
Contrary to this decision on a
general reduction of armaments,"
Tass said, the United States gov
ernment is openly pursuing policy
of an ever-greater increase of its
armaments and armed forces, as
signing ever fresh billions of dollars
for these purposes.
1T is understandable by everyone,
however, that an agreement between
the U. S. S. r. and the United
States for implementing the decision
on a general. reduction of arma-
ments would favor fulfillment Of
this extremely important task ="
Atomic Stalemate Cited.
Repeating Russia's oft-pronounced
support for unconditional prohibi-
tion of atomic weapons" Tass said
the United States for the past two
years has rejected the proposal -
and proposed so-called international
control.
1T should, however, be clear to
everyone that only the existence of
a decision for prohibition of atomic
weapons would give means to
establishment of international con-