Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

service officer, who served in Russia
during the 1918 revolution and
specialized in Soviet and Eost
European offoirs in the Stote De-
portment for mony years.
Goth Congress. q prompt and en-
phatic protest from the United
States Government to the Soviet
government can be expected.
In 1885 the presence of American
Communists at the 7th-and last
Congress Of the Communist Inter-
national occasioned a vigorous pro-
test ON the ground that the Soviet
government had violated its 1888
pledge to refrain from interference
In United States internal affairs.
The Soviet reply stated that the
United States note Of protest con-
tanned no facts Of any kind >. +.
which could be considered as .
violation on the part Of the Soviet
government of its obligations"
In the intervening years Moscow
has continued to interfere In United
States internal affairs. Neverthe-
less, Premier Bulganin, in his re-
cent proposal to President Eisen-
hover regarding 20-year bilateral
pact of peace and cooperation.
suggested the inclusion Of a pro-
vision relative to non-interference.
Conceivably President Eisenhow-
er's eventual reply to Bulganin's
second note on the subject may
point out that there is no reason
to assume that a second agreement
would be any more scrupulously
observed than has been the 1888
agreement. The Presidents reply
presumably negative or non-com-
mittal-may be withheld until af-
ter the close of the Twentieth Con-
gress in order to minimize its prop
uganda value to the Kremlin
leadership. ~
Any information revealed regard
ing the identity Of possible dele-
gates from the countries Of. the
Middle East where Kremlin ac-
tivities Gin the sphere Of the in
ternational revolutionary move
ment" and Gin the sphere Of the
foreign policy of the Soviet Union"
Gas Stain expressed IT'D will also be
studied with interest.
1t can be taken for granted that
the Kremlin does not defray the
expenses Of foreign Communists in
Moscow merely to have them listen
to those portions of the proceedings
Of q party congress which SUISSE
quently are published or broadcast
and to indulge in sightseeing. It
must be presumed that they at
tend meetings at which problems
Of the international revolutionary
movement are discussed.
The Cold War
With regard to the cold war, it
Is only barely possible that some
new trend or tack in the cold war
will appear. What is much more
likely is that there will be q re-
sumption Of the attack, In the old
critical and misleading terms, of
Eden's visit to Washington, West
German rearmament, United States
overseas bases and military budgets.
the. NAFO. SEATO and Baghdad
pacts, and Western, attitudes and
actions In the cold war.
Also to be expected Is q repetition
of the Soviet proposals relative to q
peace pact with the United States, q
collective European security pact,
disarmament and the prohibition
and control Of nuclear weapons,
views on the Bulganin- Khrushchev
visit to South Asia and evacuation
Of q naval base in Finland.
Another subject that may be
mentioned. although it is not off,
cially on the agenda, is the revision
Of the party program. The present
program. adopted In 1919. has been
considered in need Of revision since
1899 when a commission was elected
for the purpose by the 18th Con-
gress. The 1852 Congress also cleo
ted commission for this purpose.
Both were headed by Stain. The
20th Congress may hear an expla-
nation as TO why o revision is not
ready and be asked to elect q new
commission, which presumably
would be headed by Khrushchev.