Evening star., 1955-10-23
BY WILLIAM /. RYAN

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to embark on colossal gamble.
Recent Soviet statements. stacked
UP against the Kremlin collectiye's
fervent reassertion Of the principles
of Lenin, indicate a hope that con-
cessions- at least the appearance
Of concessions pay big divi-
dends in achieving the Soviet goal:
The production Of q @crisis Of the
policy Of strength in the West.
II this comes to pass. the spirit
Of Geneva" conjured up by Moscow
In its whirlwind Of matchmaking
over the past six months. win look
more and more like q useful ghost,
with no more substance than the
Western worlds wishful dreaming
can give 1t.
Few Incidents could better serve
as warning to the West than the
recent confession Of Soviet Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav NJ. Molotoy
that he erred dangerously In inter-
preting the Red scriptures. This
confession alone is tip-off that
the Soviet Union win offer what
viii look like spectacular conces-
sions at Geneva in bold bid to
hasten the disintegration OF West
ern unity.
Link in the Chain
The Molotov incident. coming on
the eve Of the Horsepower foreign
ministers conference ct Geneva,
dramatically illuminates the scope
Of the post Stain gamble and spot
lights the techniques behind the
smile offensive. It is another link
In chain Of evidence.
The confession. admitting Molo-
toy underrated the Soviet claim to
having achieved socialism. told
little. But an accompanying edi-
torial In the Red bible. the monthly
Kommunist. told much. 1t was this
editorial which accused Molotov OF
forgetting that Gin the Central
Committee our party has q leading
organ Of q genuinely collective ma
ture which is leading the party and
country along the correct path and
which combines f1rmness in in
ternaI and external affairs with
great hexibility and courage In de-
fining decisions Of the most COM
plicated tasks with Lenin-like
wisdom" !"
That paragraph Of double-talk
contains the important key. Molo-
tov's sin vas not theological at all.
It means Molotov considered him.
self infallible, in the Stain man
ner, when it came to foreign policy.
And the old fox scented danger In
stretching Soviet fiexibility too far.
Molotov lost the argument. Thus,
even though he may be present at
Geneva, the voice the West viii
hear will be that Of the Soviet COLI
lective leadership, standing for fiexi-
bility. The theory behind II. IS Leni-
mist. Lenin counseled Soviet Com
munists to take advantage Of the
antagonisms and contradiction be-
tween capitalist states. telling them
.'the practical part Of Communist
policy Is to incite one enemy
power) against the other"
Few Moior Issues
There are only Q few major issues
before the Geneva conference.
There should be more. but the Com
munists refuse to discuss some
basic causes Of tension, such as the
activities of international commit
nisrn and the continued enthrall-
ment Of the satellites.
At the summit meeting the
United States had hoped to get
Soviet agreement to discuss these
issues. but had no success. The
Reds denied any knowledge Of
either subversion or slave states.
The big issues are the unification
Of Germany. European security and
the limitation Of armaments by the
two armed camps.
There is not much to be said
about German reunification and
European security. The Soviet po-
sition Is clear: No reuniflcation
steps without q European security
system In which the two Germarlys,
West and Communist East, take
part. In essence, this means recog-
milton Of the East Zone as q soyer-
eign state, Izvestia. the Soviet gov
ernment paper. put 1t bluntly re-
Gently: Never win the workers Of
the German Democratic Republic
give UP their great Democratic
tmeaning Communist) gains"
The West, on the other hand, de-
mands reunification as q step to-
ward European security. "A deadlock
is in prospect unless there Is dra-
matte Soviet reversal.
That leaves the disarmament
question as the one on which the
Soviet Union can make o grand
stand play. Can any move on this
OR any Of the other major ques-
tions-by the Soviet Union be trust
ed In the West?
Revival Of Leninism
Reafiirmations Of the feminist
teaching In foreign affairs are nu-
merous in Moscow these days, from
Communist Boss N. 8. Khrushchev
down. Recently. primed o bit BY
vodka, Khrushchev exulted: "If
anyone expects that behind our
smiles We doubt the teachings of
Marxism-Leninisrn, those who wait
fny. that nos, yroAf sfr,fiI EoxSe, fo11e