Evening star., 1950-03-16
Acheson Urges Soviet to Prove
Desire for Peace by Accepting
His Plan to Ease World Tension
Reds Will Refuse
New Program,
He Predicts
By the Associated Press

BERKELEY, Calf. Mar. 10
Secretary of State Acheson chal-
lenged Russia today to demon
strate her desire for peace by &C
cepting a new seven-point pro-
gram to free the world from de
structive tensions and anxieties. "
Boiled down, the seven steps
MI. Acheson proposed call for an
end to Russia'S aggressive diplo-
macy, both in her dealings with
satellites and with the Western
world, and for new moves to con-
clude peace treaties and to find
some solution to the problem of
atomic controls.
Bluntly, he predicted Russian
refusal of any attempt to settle
these points of greatest differ
ence" between the East and the
West.
But he insisted that they must
be identified and sooner or later
reconciled if the two systems are
to live together, if not with mutual
respect, at least in mutual Sc
curity."
Will Not Play "Sucker Role"
Otherwise, he said, the United
States can only continue to re-
sist aggression where it finds it
and to press ahead with the
building of a free world"
I'VE are always ready to dis
cuSs, to negotiate. to agree" Mr.
Acheson declared, "but we are
understandably loath to play the
role of international sucker"
MI. AcheSon's address, major
statement of American policy said
to have taken three months te
draft-was made at the University
of California, in connection with
the Conference on international
Cooperation for World Economic
Development.
1t was the second major policy
speech by Mr.. Acheson in two
days. Yesterday in San Francisco,
he warned the Chinese Communist
government against expansion at
tempts and promised limited mill
tary and financial aid to non
Communist Asia.
Lists Program for Russia.
Declaring that 1--WE want peace,
but not at any price" Mr.. Ache
son said Russia must do several
things which, while leaving much
yet to do, would give the world
new confidence in the possibility
of peaceful change
These are the points he listed
/. Join with the West in de-
fining peace terms for Germany
Japan and without try
ing to make them satellites
meanwhile refraining from any
interference with the new states
of the Far East.
2. Withdraw military and po-
lice forces from the Soviet satel-
1ites and refrain from using the
shadow of that force to keep ir
power persons or regimes" which
do not command popular conf
dence.
3. Drop the present policy OF
obstruction" in the United Ma
tions and help make the U. N. 9
serious instrument for building
international peace and security
4. Join in seeking realistic anc
effective arrangements for the
control of atomic weapons anc
limitation of ornaments in gen.
eral"
5. Stop using Communist Party
apparatus to overthrow by sub
versive means established gov
ernmentS with which the Soviet
government stands in an outward
state of friendship and respect.
6. Quit badgering American dip
lomatic representatives, who are
now being treated as criminals,
and branded as sinister people
with whom all contact is "preg-
nant with danger"
7. Stop Systematically distort-
ing to their own peoples the pic
ture of the world outside theil
borders, and of our country in
(See ACHESON, Page A-3)