Evening star., 1950-09-22

lem CnaC is not N'
only a vexing one for high-level
diplomats of every other nation
but one that is anxiously dis
cussed at every fireside.
1t is asked with particular
point at this meeting for the very
obvious reason that, for the mo-
ment and on the surface, there
appears to be a perceptible
change in the Russian approach
which is being analyzed for a
possible shift Of strategy
From Andrei Vishinsky, the
Soviet foreign minister. on down,
the Russian delegation here is
gregarious and extremely affable
socially. like guests who are en-
joying themselves. uninhibited, at
a big party. And in its public,
official acts-at least in the pre-
liminary stages - the delegation
exhibits what, for Russians,
could almost pass for moderation.
Very much so, in fact. in con-
trast with the grim and vengeful
spirit and the wild and reckless
gestures so recently displayed by
Jacob A. Malik to the Security
Council, the U. MS high-level
body, and to an increasingly
growing and irritated television
audience.
Is Television Responsible?
Maybe the Russians have got
from their agents a sort of
Hooper rating report on that ex-
citing television show and its
efects-though it hardly could be
as simple as that. It couldn't be,
could it, that television might
change the course of history,
rather than the atom bomb?
| OF course even an assumption
at this early date that the Rus
slams are acting differently is ex-
tremely risky. For at any time,
maybe in the sixth or seventh
inning of what is to be a pro-
tracted game here, or perhaps in
the third, or even in the second
inning. they might break forth
like the New York Yankees, ex-
ploding all over the place, on a
change of signals or lineup from
the Moscow dug-out. Or even.
perchance, before this report can
get into print.
To nervous diplomats, Mr..
Vishinsky purring-very figura-
lively, of courSe-can be as omin-
GUS as Mr.. Vishinsky scratching
and meowing, which also shows
how easy it is for diplomats to be
thrown off base. How, then, can
a mere layman dope it out?
1t is fact that, when the ques-
ton of admitting Communist
China to the Assembly was
pitched headlong into the opening
session this week by India. and
Russia promptly jumped in, that
Mr.. Vishinsky spoke very calmly
and strictly to the point at issue,
instead of foaming all over the
place about wall Street war
mongers" and the like, and he
took his eventual defeat grace
fully.
Reply is Moderate.
| When, for the record and for
propaganda purposes, he seized
the occasion to reply to Secretary
of State Acheson's very biting in
dictment of "the new imperialism"
Of Russia, he protested merely
that Mr.. Acheson was rude" and
then went on with only a rehash
of his usual speech about us and
the West. and much briefer and
not at all tub-thumping. Signifi-
cant to diplomatic observers was
the fact that he offered not a
thing new for this occasion. AS
if Moscow had no new "line" yet,
and he had done paste-up job of
his old stuff, which is safe for q
Russian.
Some, however, saw a clue in
that speech in his reference to
our increased armament expendi-
lures for ourselves and our West
ern European Allies, in which he
read our detailed budget figures
which, of course, are public prop
erty, unlike those of Russia.