Evening star., 1951-07-19
Latest Soviet Moves
Sir Speculation on
New Peace Approach
By Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

MOSCOW, July 10. - Several
developments have caused West
ern diplomats here to ponder
whether the time is coming to
make a new approach to problems
disturbing world peace.
For the moment one section of
Western opinion here at least has
adopted a wait and see what
happens" attitude.
But If progress continues to
be made toward a Korean peace
and If other developments should
follow the present trend, certain
Western embassies may advise
their home governments to make
fresh explorations for an all
around peace.
These recommendations may
tax the form of four power for
eign ministers meeting or even a
meeting of President Truman,
Prime Minister Stain, British
Prime Minister Attlee and Presi-
dent Vincent Auriol of France.
Soviet Confident of Truce
The Russians appear to be con-
fident that an armistice will be
arranged in Korea.
But the latest development to
interest Western embassies was
the reprint-in Russian--in 1--we
sta yesterday of the article of
Soviet historian Eugene Tarle
from the new English-languageI
magazine "News."
This is the magazine which in
its first issue printed the incest
things that have been said here
about the Americans and British
since the war.
(Secretary of State Acheson
/ told a news conference Wednes-
day it would be stupid and dan
gerous to listen to Russian
\ peace propaganda designed to
slacken the Western defense
| buildup. He said the Russian
magazine, News" was a Rus
sian lullabye. State Depart
\ ment leaders said they look for
Russia to put forward some
major diplomatic proposal in
| the next few weeks to further
| her current peace campaign"
London officials also said
1 they believed that News" was
| part of a calculated move to
separate Britain from the
United States by appealing to
leftist Laborites9
In his article Mr.. Tarle said
there was no Justification for
that basically artificially fostered
animosity" now troubling rela-
tions between Russia and the
Anglo-Saxon powers. He urged
that normal economic relations
between Britain and Russia would
benefit both countries.
In general, the News" articles
cited the record of traditionally
peaceful relations between Russia
and Britain and the United
States-a sharp reversal from re-
cent Soviet press articles claiming
that the United States especially
had entertained aggressive inten-
tions against Russia through all
| its history.
Importance Attached to Move.
A number of Westerners-but
not all-attach much Importance
to this magazine, which says it is
dedicated to promoting closer
understanding between the Soviet
Union and Anglo-Saxon world.
The reprint in Izvestia, official
government newspaper, meant
that it would be read by hundreds
of thousands of Russians.
Other developments, coming sol
close on the heels of the break
down of efforts in Paris to agree
on foreign ministers conference,
which have diplomats wondering,
are these:
The Russian suggestion of al
ceaSe-f1re in Korea, which led to
the present contacts at Kaesong
and the renewal. after two years,
of four-power talks on the tech
lnical level in Berlin on how to
deal with smuggling and other
trade problems.
The Russians, who are taking
note of Western skepticism con-
cerning these recent moves, say
Western monopolists" are to
blame.
Pravda's New York correspond
ent said yesterday sit is impossible
not to notice the growing horror
among the imperialist bosses of
the U. S. A. at the thought of
peace"