Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-28
.PraVda AssaiIs u. s,
Extends Offer Of Aid
To North Koreans
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 28.-The Com
muniSt Party newspaper Pravda
declared today the signing of the
Korean armistice proves that
even the most complex current
problems can be settled peace
fully.
In a lead editorial. Pravda
repeated Soviet charges that
American aggression started the
war and declared the Russians
always had been working for
peace. 1t also blamed the Unit
ed States for dragging out" the
armistice talks and for South
Korean objections to the truce.
The paper warned that Ameri-
can officials bear responsibility
for seeing that the South Kore-
ans do not violate the armistice.
The Communist Party organ,
with other Soviet newspapers,
reprinted Premier Georgi Malen-
kov'S promise to North Korea of
every possible aid" in rebuilding
war damage and reuniting the
two halves of the divided country.
Acclaim Great Victory.
The Soviet leaders pledge,
made in a telegram to North
Korean Premier Kim II Sung.
hailed the armistice as great
victory for the Korean and Chi
nese Peoples Volunteers" A
similar message was sent by For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov to
the North Korean foreign min
iStry.
Malenkov's pledge did not
explain just what aid the So
VETS and their allies will give
the North Koreans. President
Eisenhower asked Congress
yesterday to appropriate 5000
million as a first grant from
more than 81 billion the
United States probably would
spend to help rehabilitate
South Korea.
(Molotov's telegram APP
peared to confirm South Ko-
rean reports in Tokyo last
week that in a purge of pro-
Russian cabinet members PAX
Hun Yung had been replaced
as North Korean foreign min
lister by Lee Tong Kun, a
South Korean trained by the
Chinese Communists in Yen
an. The Soviet monitor in
London reported that Molo-
toy addressed his message to
"Comrade Lee Don Gen." The
difference in the names was
attributed to translationO
The Pravda editorial said the |
truce signing confirms that by |
means of talks the most COM
pick international problems can !
be solved if there is manifested |
good will for their settlement.
1t was theme frequently sound |
ed by Soviet organs in recent .
months
Hit policy of Strength"
Ridiculing the idea that a !
policy of strength" could force
the Soviet Union or its allies
to make concessions, Pravda de- |
clared: 1.-THE United States and |
the countries dependent upon it !
advanced against the people of |
Korea the cream of their armies |
and for three years intense bat !
ties could not break the heroic !
resistance of the (North) Korean |
Peoples Republic and the Chi |
nese (CommunisD Peoples VOL
unteers who came to their help. |
Even the American generals |,
were forced to admit that they !
were not in a position to win a
military victory in Korea" the /
newspaper asserted.
Pravda also aSSailed United
States Secretary of State Dulles. |
who it said "cynically Dragged"
after the armistice that millions |
of North Korean civilians had |
been destroyed and "allegedly the |
territory of Northern Korea is
'basically laid to waste )"
Attack U. S. Character"
The editorial said Mr.. Dulles
possibly wanted to brighten !
some one by such a declaration
but the result was otherwise.
The Secretary of State un-
Willingly emphasized the gen.
uine character of American in |
tervention directed chiefly at de- F.
struction of the peaceful popu-
lation of Korea, at the deStruc-
ton of the peoples wealth"
Mr.. Dulles in his address Sun |
day night cited the wars toll in
North Korea as a tragic result"
which will surely be pondered |
by other potential nominees for
aggresSion-by satellite"
"All free nations, large and |
small, are safer because the ideal |
of collective security has been |
supplemented and because awful |
punishment has been visited |.
upon the transgressors," Mr.
Dulles declared.
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