Evening star., 1955-02-27
Internal. Soviet Struggle Neors
Decisive Stage, Kerensky Says

| reVolutlOn. Inc younger men
like the mass Of the population
Of the Soviet Union, are far les.
interested in communizing India
for instance. for the glorif1catior
Of Communist ideals than they
are in advancing the interest.
Of the motherland. Under pres.
sure from the mass of the people
the split in the ruling group has
become larger and larger, re-
sulting in the present instability
Of the dictatorship.
Lenin's policy Of world revolu.
ton through indirect approach
as carried out by Stain and Mr.
Molotov, has had brilliant results
since the end OF World War II
But these results have produced
negative effects which demon.
strate that pursuit of world rev.
olution is dangerous to the wei.
fare Of the Soviet state-a.
distinct from the internationa,
Communist movement. These
effects are the current disorgani.
zation of the ruling group, the
disruption of the Soviet economy
and increased danger of direct
war with the West.
The army. newly risen tt
prominence. does not favor the
world revolution doctrine, feeling
it may provoke the West. The
general staff, better than any
other branch of the government
knows best the strengths ano
weaknesses of Soviet power. The
generals, being concerned with
the morale of their troops
drawn from factories and farm.
are probably in closer touch
with the mood of the people
than the politicians and are
aware that an aggressive wal
would not be popular.
The Soviet Union, in the light
Of the world revolution doctrine
is merely a tool or weapon fol
the revolutions achievement-as
was recognized by Secretary OF
State John Foster Dulles In his
address February Is before the
Foreign Policy Association. Thus
the goal of world revolution die
tated Stalin's policy of forced
induStrialization. which strained
the country's resources. The
forced collectivization Of farms
for the same purpose disrupted
agriculture-the real basis of the
Soviet economy.
The world resolution policy
has created Communist China
whose dynamic leaders, by their
provocation of the West, create
a further danger that the Soviet
Union will be drawn unprepared
into a war it does not desire.
The Chinese Communist leaders,
it is evident. do not fully grasp
the essence of the policy of indi-
rect approach to the world revo-
luton. They could wreck the
plan-and the Soviet state.
The increased emphasis on
heavy industry that was an
noun ed simultaneously with the
changes in personnel does not
necessarily mean the. Soyiet
Union is preparing an aggres-
fsive war. Western military
budgets are extremely high. and,
since the democracies are arm
ing through fear of attack by
Russia. So the Soviet emphasis
ION military preparedness also
probably reflects fear Of attack.
It IS also a fact that increased
agricultural production requires
more heavy industry for tractors
and similar items. Mr.. Khrusch-
chev. promoter of agricultural
expansion, and Marshal Zhukov,
promoter Of defense policies. are
therefore on the same side Of
the fence for different reasons.
The internal struggle between
those who wish to promote the
interests Of the Soviet Union and
those who favor world revolution
is now approaching it's decisive
phase. The Soviet ruling group
is in a period of Transformation
that will last until one or the
other of the major tendencies
finally wins controlling power
and eliminates the other.