Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
.Ma|enkov Bids
For Close Ties
With Peipiing
Leading Red Named
Envoy; Mao Halls
New Soviet Regime
By Thomas P. Whitney
Associated Pres. foreign Correspondent,

MOSCOW, Mar. 10.-The new
Russian government named Dep
uty Foreign Minister Vastly Kuz-
netsov its envoy to Peiping to-
day, emphasizing Prime Min
lister Georgi Malenkov's promise
of continued unity with Com
munist China.
The announcement of the APP
pointment of Kuznetsov, a lead
ing figure in the Soviet Colnlnu-
mist Party and long the head of
Russia's trade unions. appeared
in the same issue of the Moscow
newspaper Pravda as a eulogy
of the late Prime Minister Sta
lin, written by Communist Chi
nese leader Mao Tse-tung.
Kuznetsov succeeds Alexander
Panyushkin, former Russian
Ambassador to the United States
Panyushkin, the announcement
said. was recalled in connection
with his transfer to other
work" He had been shifted
from Washington to Peiping only
last June.
In his Pravda eulogy, Mao de-
clared "the great friendship Of
the peoples of China and the
Soviet Union is inviolable. Any
imperialist aggression whatsoever
will be routed by u.s."
Voices His Confidence.
1--WE deeply believe" the Com
munist Chinese chief wrote, that
the central committee of the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union and the Soviet govern
nent, headed by Comrade Malen-
Sov, can Internationally continue
the cause of Comrade Stain, ad-
vance forward and brilliantly de-
velop the great cause of COM
muniSm."
In an article in the Peiping
Peoples Daily, Mao affirmed
confidence in the new Soviet
leadership and counseled it not
to overlook the Importance of
commanding Asia. He called
Stain "our great teacher and
most sincere friend" He
termed his death a calamity"
CAS- broadcast by Peiping
radio, Mao wrote:
WComrade Stain was full
of warm love for the oppressed
people of the East. DO not
forget the East was Comrade
Stalin's great call. p
Many Visit Red Square.
Many Muscovites visited Red
Square today to see again the
big red marble tomb of Lenin in
which the body of Josef Stain
was buried yesterday.
Above the huge metal doors,
where previously was carved the
single name "Lenin." the two
names now appear in red letters
on a black sign-"Lenin" above,
Stain" under it.
The tomb is closed to the pub
lie at present. but it was an
nounced that the people would
be informed when it would be
opened. Presumably this would
be soon.
Floral Tributes on Display.
officials announced the MAUI
solemn would be known as the
Tomb of Lenin and Stain. Later
the bodies will be moved to 8
pantheon to be built for them
and other leading Communist
dead.
The thousands of wreaths anC
floral tributes sent to yester.
days funeral Of the dead premier
have been arranged in rows or
the reviewing stands for thu
ceremonies-Stretching on each
side of the tomb to the north
and south limits of the square
Despite the barely thawing tenn
perature, it looks like vast fielt
; of spring flowers.
The official mourning periot
ended yesterday and the capita
returned to work today. A heav.
stream of traffic flowed as uSua
along the edges of the square.
Uneasy About Reactions.
The appointment of Kuznetso
to the key Peiping job offere'
| some support for Western be
liefS that the Kremlin is un
= easy about the reactions of Ma
Tse-tung, the boss of Red China
toward the Malenkov govern
ment.
r Some sources have Suggeste
$ that TIE Chinese leader is likel
v to demand a much greater voic
v in world Communist plannin
than he claimed when jose
" (See RUSSIA. Page A-3.)