Evening star., 1952-01-27
Vishinsky May Be Finished,
Many u. N. Observers Believe
Signs Noted Thot
Soviet Fire Eater
Is Losing Old Punch
By the Assoeiosed Press

PARIS, Jan. .26.-There is q
widespread feeling among United
Nations people that Andrei Y
Vishinsky is losing his punch
both physically and politically.
He went back to Moscow this
week, and. some delegates ex-
pressed belief this may be his
last U. N. General Assembly. Be-
fore too long. they said, Andrei A
Gromyko. his first deputy. may
succeed Vishinsky as Soviet for
eign minister.
There are three good reasons,
these delegates point out, for the
old fire-eater, Vishinsky, to be
slowing down physically:
/. He is So and his last few
years have been full of turmoil
in international relations.
2. He just can't stop going. His
aides say they have tried to gel
him to relax at times and stop
so much work. He insists, how
ever. on taking heavy loads oil
work and he does more than any
other man in his delegation
young or old.
8. He has been a sick man for
some time. Some say he is suf-
fering from diabetes. In addition
to that, he is susceptible to colds
and coughs more than usual at
this Assembly. He was away from
his Moscow Office for months last
year because Of a reported heart
condition.
There are also three reasons
delegates say. to back up Their
feeling that he is slipping politi-
cally:
1. His boner of scornfully
laughing at the Western arms
limitation proposals from the
platform Of the General Assembly
This shocked q number Of dele
gates even the professed neutrals
who said humor on such a subject
was out Of place.
2. His added boner, a short time
later, in tossing aside the Western
proposals as not worthy of con-
sideration and offering In their
stead a warmed-over hash Of Sow
let proposals already beaten by
General Assembly votes.
3. His slip Of the tongue when
he apparently lost his temper and
said the four American aviators
who landed in Hungary received
due attention from our border
authorities and I hope that due
attention will be given them by
our military and judicial authori-
ties"
The word "our" meant Soviet
control to everyone who heard
him: it appeared Vishinsky was
openly Dragging that the Russians
were running the Hungarian show,
The quick trial In Hungary after
Vishinsky spoke seemed to some
delegates to confirm his remarks
Vishinsky took a calm attitude
during the closed meetings of the
Big -Four subcommittee on dis
armament. When his proposals
were defeated, he changed signals
and made what appeared to be
some concessions on the. point of
giving atomic Inspectors more
freedom in every country, includ-
ing Russia. But the trick In this
proposal. Western delegates said,
was that he wanted the Assembly
to approve a moral declaration
banning atomic weapons and the
delegates refused to do it. The
whole thing went over. to the dis
armament commission for study
there in the coming months.
Delegates who watched Vishin-
sky'S various maneuvers during
this Assembly speculated that he
wanted some concrete achieve
ment to take back to Moscow. But
all Of his propositions so far have
been voted down or shunted aside
for other consideration with one
possible exception and that may
be slim strip of bacon to place
before Prime Minister Stain. That
was the resolution in which the
Assembly recommended to the
Security Council that it hold a
meeting whenever the