Evening star., 1955-03-18
KnowIand Attacks
President Roosevelt
On YaIta Report
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by Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Churchill.
AS to whether the Yalta
papers will wreck the bipartisan
foreign policy, Chairman Rich
ards of the House Foreign AZ
fairs Committee said that will
depend on whether the Republi-
cans attempt to exploit them. +"
Mr.. Richards. South Carolina
Democrat, said-before some of
the Republican comment was
made public-that "there is no
sign yet that they will do.so."
''If they do" he continued,
''it is bound to hurt the efforts
Of Democrats to build up a CO.
operative policy"
Mr.. Richards said he felt the
papers were like a skeleton
you dig UP in a graveyard-it
may be more intriguing to i'm
agine what the skeleton is like
than to actually see it."
There seemed to be general
agreement that the publication
of the papers will affect Amer
ica's role in international af-
fairs.
Representative Vorys. Repub-
ican, of Ohio voiced a widely
held opinion when he predicted
that the publication would kill
any chance of American partici-
patton in a new Big Three con-
ference with Russia.
Mr.. Vorys said the disclosures
SHOULD discourage the people
of the United States from want
ing to have our leaders take
part in any more three or four
power secret conferences such
as some of our allies are now
suggesting"
British Prime Minister Church.
Ill has periodically talked of a
new Big Three conference and
British Labor Party leaders have
strongly urged one.
Mr.. Vorys said publication of
the documents probably would
produce a ''lot of partisan. nom
partisan and bipartisan discus
sion," but that he didn't think
1t would affect the bipartisan
foreign policy.
Many Democrats, while an
gered over release of the papers,
had hopes that the more mod
crate voices In the Republican
Party-possibly led by President
Eisenhower-would at least tone
down the political use of the 10
year-old documents.
Senator Mansfield. Democrat,
of Montana said some Repub-
licans undoubtedly would "try to
use what happened at Yalta for
political purposes" But the
G. o. P. as whole. he said. will
have to decide whether to place
their country or their party first"
Russia Baked on Oil
In the meantime, examination
of the papers continues to turn
up new information on the Yalta
negotiations. They reveal:
l. President Roosevelt told
Marshal Stain that the United
States would not keep troops in
Europe for more than about two
years after the war and did not
plan to station troops in Ko-
rea at all.
2. Russia did not get every
thing she asked. One Russian
retreat was on Premier Stalin's
demand for oil concessions in
Iran. Mr.. Roosevelt and 'Mr.
Churchill said no. Also, Stain
lost out on his demand for an
unlimited veto in the United
Nations.
8. The role of Alger Hiss was
limited mainly to that of a
stenographic reporter. Two rec
concentrations which he did sub
NIT opposed Russia demands.
4. Even in 1945 the State De-
partment recognized that there
were areas of potential discord"
between the United States and
Russia over China.
The Yalta documents raise the
possibility that the conversations
there may have influenced Soviet
strategy for expanding world
communism by political ma
neuver, suhversion and military
pressure into areas of weakness
left by World War II.
Two Key Premises
In view of the assurances that
the overseas stay of American
troops would be limited, the
Kremlin may have been surprised
in the succeeding years by the
force with which the United
States came to resist Communist
expansion in Europe and Asia.
The papers indicate that Presi-
dent Roosevelt based his dealings
with Mr.. Stain on two basic as
sumptions:
/. What he conceived to be
the supreme Importance of assur-
ing Russia's entry into the war
against Japan after the defeat
of Germany in the light of word
from his military advisers that
such entry was essential.
2. A belief that Russia was
approaching the postwar period
In the cooperative spirit of an
ally, and that Stain could be
trusted.
Thus, for example. in secret
talks with Mr.. Stain, when Mr..
Churchill was not present, Mr..
Roosevelt talked about imposing
an international trusteeship upon
Indo- China. This was against
Mr.. Churchill's interest in reas-
serting British authority in
Burma. Mr.. Roosevelt also dis
closed to Mr.. Stain. calling the
action 'indiscreet." the Churchill
plan to build up France into a
strong power for British pur-
poses in Europe.