Evening star., 1952-08-20
Soviet Action Taken
As Omen Russians
Expect World War Ill
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Stain. sharply to the fore. Malen.
kov probably has had more OF q
hand in this revision-one Of 9
series in Soviet history-than any
other man. 1t is Malenkov who
is most widely regarded as the
successor to Stain.
AS long as five years ago
Malenkov forecast this move wher
he said in an address that the
central committee was preparing
a new program for the Communist
Party because the program in use
was obsolete. He also said. there
should be name statutes for the
party.
If the program was long in the
preparation, it will be swift ir
execution. and will be hailed by
the controlled Soviet press as 8
step toward Communism" and to-
ward peace. It will likely be
neither.
Westerners have long awaited
this announcement.
Met Last in 1889.
The last all-union congress o.
the Communist Party was II
March. 1889. Competent diplo'
matte observers have been saying
that when the Kremlin decided tt
call the 10Th congress-, it woulc
indicate that the Russians fell
themselves in danger of Worlc
War III.
The last all-union congress was
called on a wave of peace
slogans, ominously similar to those
in current use by Soviet propa-
gandists today. 1t came at a
time when Europe nervously
awaited the blow that meant war
At that congress, Stain made
a speech forecasting economic
crises in the non Communist
world and a struggle of imperial
ism to divide the world into
spheres of influence. That is what
the Communists are saying again.
Followed by Nazi Pact.
The congress also had the aim
of healing the wounds of the blood
purge of the 193Os. When it was
finally convoked, Stain had fin
ished the job of making himself
the unquestioned dictator Of the
Soviet Union, after eliminating
thousands of potential enemies
before firing squads.
After that congress. the sign
ing of the Soviet-Nazi non-ag-
gression pact broke up the f1imsy
structure of the "Anti-Fascist
Popular Front" coalition in Eu-
rope. Today, under Soviet tutel-
age. the Popular Front has be-
come a Communist rallying cry
against Imperialism"
The congress is called following
a widespread cleanup throughout
the Soviet Unions constituent
republics. 1t is likely that this
time any veStige of opposition was
done away with quietly but COM
petently. The swing around the
Southern republics by Soviet Po-
lice Chief L. P. Beria, Sidekick of
MalenkoV and a top Communist
power, indicated that fences were
being mended and possible oppo-
sition was being rooted out all
along the line. H..
Backtracked in War.
Malenkov, then young and
rising power as Stalin's personal
secretary, read the riot act to the
Communists at the 1889 party
congress. His harshly worded
structures left little doubt that he
spoke with the greatest of author
ity.
When the war intervened in the
progress of the Soviet dictator
ship. the ruling clique back
tracked somewhat. The toll of
war had been so heavy and the
suffering of the Soviet people so
great that too harsh an applica-
ton Of the dictatorship was in
advisable.
Now, apparently. the rulers of
the Kremlin consider themselves
strong enough once again to call
an all-union congress, convening
many Communists from all cor
ners Of the Soviet Union in one
place.
The heavy stress laid upon pro-
duction in the current f1ve-year
plants announcement had been
delayed long since the time a year