Evening star., 1949-04-01

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Agency dispatch from MoScop
on the SoUiet memorandum on
the Atlantic Pact as distributed
here By the Souiet monitor fol-
lotDs:
On March 81 the government Of
the Soviet Union sent through its
ambassadors the following memo
randum on the North Atlantic
treaty to the governments of the
United States OF America, Great
Britain, France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and
Canada
ON March 18 the State Depart
ment of the United States published
the text of the North Atlantic
treaty which the governments Of
the United States of America, Great
Britain, France. Belgium. the Meth
erlands, Luxembourg and Canada
intend to sign within the next few
days.
The North Atlantic treaty fully
confirms what was said in the
declaration of the Ministry Of For
eign Affairs of the U. S. S. r. of
January % this year, which is
being attached hereto both as re-
CARDS the aggressive aims of this
treaty and the fact that the North
Atlantic treaty contradicts the
inIa nj &f TTnifnl
Nations organization and commit
ments which the governments Of
the United States of America,
Great Britain and France have as
sumed under other treaties and
agreements.
Statements contained in the
North Atlantic treaty that it is deS-
ignated for defense and that it rec
ognizes the principles of the United
Nations organization serve aims
which have nothing in common
either with the tasks of self-de-
fense of the parties to the treaty
or with the real recognition OF the
aims and principles of the United
Nations organization. Such great
powers as the United States, Great
Britain and France are parties to
the North Atlantic treaty. Thus
the treaty is not directed either
against the United States OF Amer
ica, Great Britain or France. OF
the great powers, only the SOVIET
Union is excluded from among the
parties to this treaty, which can be
explained only by the fact this
treaty is directed against the Soviet
Union.
Soviet Treaties Cited.
ITO justify the conclusion Of the
North Atlantic treaty, references
are being made to the fact the So
Wet Union has defensive treaties
with countries of the peoples de-
mocracy. These references, how
ever, are utterly untenable.
"All the treaties of the Soviet
Union on friendship and mutual
assistance with the countries OF the
peoples democracy are of bilateral
nature and they are directed solely
against a possible repetition OF Ger
man aggression, of which danger
no single peace-loving state can
forget.
I'm contradistinction to this
North Atlantic Treaty it Is not a
bilateral but a multilateral treaty
which creates a closed grouping OF
states and what is particularly i'm
portant absolutely ignores the pos
sibility of a repetition OF German
aggression, not having consequently
as its aim prevention of new Ger
man aggression.
Participants in the North Atlantic
treaty are effecting extensive MILL
tarv measures which can IN no way
he justified by interests OF self-de-
fense of these countries. Extensive
military measures carried out by the
limited States in cooperation with
Great Britain and France under the
present peacetime conditions. IN
Guiding the increase In all types oil
armed forces, the drafting OF a plan
for utilization of the atomic weapon
the stockpiling of atom bombs wnicn
are purely an offensive weapon, ana
the building of a network or air and
naval bases, etc.--by no means bear
q defensive character.
preservation in Washington OF a
combined Anglo American staH or
ganized during the Second World
War and the recent establishment
of a military staff of the so-called
Western Union in Fontainebleau
tFrance), as well as the intention
Immediately to set up a Defense
Committee envisaged by the North
Atlantic treaty, is by no means an
indication OF peace-loving or de-
fensive aims of the participants OF
the treaty. but, together with other
numerous military preparations, con-
tributes to the intensifying anxiety
and alarm and to whipping up of a
war hysteria in which all sorts OF
instigators Of a new war are so
interested.
u. N. Weakness Cited.
"The conclusion of the North
Atlantic treaty and establishment
of a new grouping OF powers is
motivated by the weakness OF the
United Nations organization. 1t is
perfectly evident, however, that the
North Atlantic treaty does not serve
the cause of consolidating the
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