Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10
Mokins Notes Russio's
Psychological Advantage


Sir Roger Makins, who is leav-
ing Washington soon as the
British ambassador. declared
here yesterday that Soviet Rus
STA is getting a greater psyche
logical advantage out of what
it promises to do than the West
gets from the great achievements
it can properly claim.
I'm the face of manisfesta-
tions such as the Banding Con-
ference of 1855" he said, I'VE
seem to have been rather on the
defensive.
1--WE are inclined to assert that
he who is not with us is against
us. while the Russians are con-
tent TO say that he who is not
against us is for us.
Thus. though we on our side
have actually done far more and
have much more to offer in
terms of technical and material
assistance than the Russians,
they seem to get a greater
psychological advantage out of
what they promise to do than
we get out of what we actually
do"
More Attention Prescribed
Sir Roger. speaking to the
Overseas Writers Club in the
Standardization Hotel, sug-
gested that the problem thus
posed is primarily one in the
field of international public re-
lations. He said the governments
of the United States and Great
Britain will have to give this
subject more attention.
The ambassador raised the
question of whether individuals
-pre-occuuied with immediate
problems and crises of the hour
fail to realize what he called
the revolutionary nature of the
times.
"On the world scene" he said.
the picture has been kaleido-
scopic. Old patterns warped by
the war. or overlaid in its after
math, have made their re-
appearance. New patterns have
appeared whose portents and
permanence are still uncertain.
I'm the last 10 years, IT new
countries representing nearly
500 million inhabitants have
achieved complete independence
and have taken their separate
places in the community of ma
tions.
U. N. Membership Jumps
"Last year, on single day.
the membership of the United
Nations was increased by more
than one quarter. And since
then, three more nations have
been admitted. This in itself rep
resents a remarkable change in
the pattern of international re-
lationS and in the lines of force
around the world"
Sir Roger traced the changes
In official Soviet attitudes since
his arrival here as ambassador,
He noted that Premier Stain
died just two months after he
came to Washington.
The entRenched positions Of
Stain and Molotov have given
place to the mobile columns of
Bulganin and Khrushchev," he
said. THE effect of this change
was and continues to be felt
everywhere. And perhaps its
greatest consequence has been
to relax, to some extent on both
sides. the tight bonds with which
the two great coalitions were
held together in the Stalinist
era"
Objective Unchanged
Sir Roger pointed out, how
ever. that the change in Soviet
tactics in no way alters the
Communist objective of under
mining the position of demo-
cratic powers and extending
Communist domination by all
available means.
he recognized that the. shift
Ing of the spotlight from one
crisis area in the world to an
other has made it difficult to
maintain cohesion and unity in
the West. He acknowledged the
trying times have resulted in
occasional MISUNDERSTANDING
and differences between his
country and the United States
But he declared these have been
neither extraordinary nor sus-
picious.
They are inevitable" said the
ambassador, land I think it is
unfortunate that. every time
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