Evening star., 1951-07-24
MoIotov's Latest


about the possibility that the Kremlin may be
planning to shift soon to new line of propa-
ganda and policy aimed at easing international
tensions in order to lull the western world into
a false sense of security and rearmament slow
down. One basis for the speculation has been
the sudden appearance In Moscow of a new
ish-language magazine full Of relatively
sweet and reasonable Russian views emphasizing
that there is no real reason why Britain and the
United States cannot be good friends of the
Soviet Union. ,.&
But Deputy Premier Vyacheslav Molotov ap-
pears not to have read this Kremln controlled
publication. At any rate, judging from his
speech in Warsaw the other day, the magazine
tmaybe 1t will do better with its next issue) has
failed to enlist his aid in promoting Anglo
American-Soviet friendship, the objective to
which it has dedicated itself. For he seems to
be as virulently pugnacious as ever. In fact in
some respects especially as regards Yugoslavia,
his latest remarks are perhaps uglier than any
he has made in a long time Certainly, they are
not the sort of thing that one would expect of
him If he and his Politburo comrades were pre-
pairing to change their usual tune for softer
dealing with Britain, the United States and the
West in general.
Thus, In his Warsaw speech Molotov, lashing
bases, has accused the West of engaging In "acts
Of direct aggression" and "open preparation for
a third world war" under the leadership of
Britain and the United States And with par
ticular venom he has inveighed against the
Tito government as "hired gang of criminals
that has established the capitalist system in
YugoSlavia" maintained itself in power by
bloody terror" Qook who's talkingD, and "be-
trayed" the people of the country by having
"sold them out to the Anglo-American imperial
lists" as a tool to be used for aggressive" pur-
poses. But 'this cannot continue for long,"
according to the Soviet Deputy Premier, be-
cause the great mass Of Yugoslavs "will find
way to freedom and liquidation of the Titoist
Fascist regime
These obviously are not the words Of man
seeking to win friends and influence people in
the free world, especially here in America. On
the contrary, as far as Yugoslavia Is concerned,
the words imply that some kind of direct action
may soon be attempted to overthrow Tito and
once again drag the country behind the Iron
Curtain. This threat, though 1t has been uttered
several times in the past, seems all the more
ominouS because Molotov has voiced 1t at
special gathering of puppet leaders from numer-
Gus Soviet satellite states including Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria, whose armies-in viola
ton of solemn treates-have been built up by
the Kremlin to point where they are now fully
capable of cutting loose with massive aggression
against the Yugoslavs.
Possibly the Kremlin, in relation to Yugo-
slavia, does not intend to 60 beyond nom
shooting war of nerves. Nevertheless, in declaring
that the independent government of that coun-
try Cannot continue for long" and that way
will be found to liquidate 1t, Molotov has sug-
gested that something spectacular may happen
In the not-too-distant future-something de-
signed to hurt what he chooses to call the
"Anglo-American imperialists" In any event,
he mas indicated that 1t is still little bit pre-
mature to talk about possible change for the
better in Soviet propaganda and policy.