Evening star., 1950-08-16
u. 5. Could Withdraw
Recognition Of Soviet
On Pact Violation
Agreement Made in '33
To End Fostering of
Communist Groups
By David Laurence

IL y D"StN N"SNF
An overwhelming number of
members of Congress will vote to
ban the activities of Communists
inside the United States, on the
theory that the latter are agents
Of or inspired by the Moscow gov
ernment. But, strangely enough,
no group has arisen in Congress
to demand that diplomatic rec
ognition Of the Soviet govern
ment be withdrawn for that rea-
son.
Yet, on November 16, 1888. the
Soviet Union made a SPECIFIC
agreement with the Government
of the United States in which
the pledge was given that there
would be no attempt by the Rus
sian government to foster the
continuance of Communist or
ganizationS or individuals INSIDE
the United States.
Signed by Litvinoff.
The agreement-which was for
mally signed by Maxim M. Lit
vinoff, minister for foreign af-
fairs Of the Soviet Union, and by
the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, as a condition for the
extension of recognition-read in
part as follows:
"It will be the fixed policy OF
the government of the Union OF
Soviet Socialist Republics:
"1. To respect scrupulously the
Indisputable right of the United
States to order its own life within
It's own jurisdiction in its own way
and to refrain from interfering
In any manner in the internal
affairs of the United States, its
territories or possessions.
"2. To refrain, and to restrain
all persons in Government service
and all organizations of the Gov
ernment or under it's direct or
Indirect control, including organi-
cations in receipt of any financial
assistance from it, from any act
overt or covert liable in any way
whatsoever to injure the tran
guilty, prosperity, order, or Sc
curity Of the whole or any part Of
the United States, its territories
or possessions, and, in particular,
from any act tending to incite or
encourage armed intervention, or
any agitation or propaganda hav-
Ing as an aim, the violation Of
the territorial integrity of the
United States, its territories or
possessions, or the bringing about
by force of change in the politi-
cal or social order of the whole
or any part of the UniteG States,
It's territories or possessions.
Two additional provisions OF
the same agreement stated that
the Soviet government would not
allow the formation on its own
territory of any organization or
group (which has as an aim the
overthrow or the preparation for
the overthrow Of, or the bringing
about by force of change in,
the political or social order Of the
whole or any part of the United
States, its territories or posses
sionS."
Violated Repeatedly.
This agreement has been re-
peatedly violated. The arrests
recently Of espionage agents who
confess to be working for the So
Wet government is paralleled by
the arrest of Communists who
have been stirring up trouble in
various ways inside the United
States in industrial plants. Also
Communists have inf1ltrated into
our governmental agencies for
the purpose of serving the Soviet
government.
The United States can treat
this infection at the source-it
can withdraw diplomatic recogni-
ton on the ground that the So
Wet government has violated its
explicit agreement of 1888.
BY withdrawing recognition, the
United States can at the same
time serve notice on various satel-
lite states that the time has come
to draw a line between govern
ments purporting to represent
them and the peoples of those
countries with whom, of course,
America desires to remain friend
ly.
The United Nations once
adopted a resolution calling on
its members to withdraw recog-
milton from Spain. That prece-
dent can be invoked now as one
of the important membership
United States-reveals that the
Russian government is not will
ing to honor it's international OBJ
legations. The question of admit
ting China's government also be-
comes academic. For, as long as
Communist China is under the
control of the Moscow govern
ment, it is difficult to see how
Great Britain or any other coun-
try which has extended recogni-
ton to the government of Com
munist China can continue to
maintain diplomatic relations.
Once the Kremlin's tie with the
Western world has been severed,
the way is open to appeal to the
peoples Of Soviet Russia and the
satellite countries to prepare the
way for new governments that
can be admitted into the family
Of nations.
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