Evening star., 1949-11-17
U. n. Delegates Study
Wshinsky's Softer
Attitude in Debate
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BY the As.eeiotsd Pres.
LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. IT,
United Nations delegates were
trying to figure out today whether
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y.
vishinsky has offered to ease East
West tensions.
The evidence before them was
not too clear. Mr.. Vishinsky made
. speech yesterday before the
Assembly's 59-nation Political
Committee htat could be viewed
in two lights.
He made his usual attack on the
Atlantic pact and the Western
proposal for atomic control. He
shouted once again the Soviet
charge that "reactionary circles
in the United States and Britain
are fomenting a new war-a
charge which Western spokesmen
describe as a deliberate falsehood.
Softer Words Slipped In.
Between his denunciations of the
West. the Soviet Foreign Minister
slipped in what appeared to be a
few softer passages
'It is possible to find a COM
mon ground for co-operation," he
said, despite the fact thaS the
opposing sides represent the rival
worlds of capitalism and Marx
ism. Mr.. Vishinsky did not ex-
plain how this goal could be
reached.
He ridiculed any idea that the
Soviet Union would want to bomb
the British Isles and said there
can be no thought" Of an attack
on the United States. Then he
returned to his verbal attacks on
the West.
The United States. Mr.. Vishin-
sky declared, "is in the throes OF
one dream-one idea-which is
world domination" He said other
capitalist countries have had that
ambition and all have failed, add
ing:
What has hapuened to the
British lion? = She (Britain)
is being transformed into a col
any"
No Sign of Policy Change.
The first reaction of Western
delegates was that Mr.. Vishinsky
was throwing out a glimmer of
hope-for what purpose the West
was not sure. But it will take more
than a faint hope, observers said.
to bring about any East-West un--
derstanding. It was pointed out
that Mr.. Vishinsky had given no
sign OF a modification Of basic
Soviet policy.
A member of the British dele
CATION, who sat beside Mr.. Vishin-
sky in the committee room, said
the Soviet Foreign Minister did
no. appear to do quite as much
able-thumping yesterday as he
had in earlier speeches before the
committee.
The committee continues de-
bate today on rival Soviet and
American-Bri proposals for
promoting world peace. The Rus
slams have asked for non-aggres-
sion pact among the five big pow
ers. The American-British plan
is based on q reaffirmation of the
U. N. Charters principles for
peace.
Calls for Open Door.
Before MIR. Vishinsky spoke,
Britain's Hector Mcneil called on
the Soviet foreign minister to
open Russia's doors so that the
Russian people and the Russian
government could see what the
rest Of the world is doing. Mcneil
said:
Let him 60 back to tell his col
leagues that in the worst days OF
Hitlerism there never was such q
world coalition of opinion ranged
against Germany as there is mus
tered against Russia today"
Mr.. Vishinsky said in reply that
the British Foreign Office and the
British Broadcasting Corp. had
tried to plant spies in Soviet ter
ritory. He added: ITO this crowd
we shall not open our doors or
windows or even one pane"
The Assembly meets in plenary
session today in Flushing Meadow.
That session is scheduled to con-
slider determinations against i'm
migration labor and the Greek
Balkan conflict.