Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Cne period OF It's maximum devel-
opment, let alone now.
"Rich countries-as the Comrnu-
mist countries viii behave more
strategic and diplomatic strength
than poor ones-as the North At
lantic Treaty Organization coun-
tries will one day be, relatively
speaking They can offer better
terms Of trade. They can bribe
more politicians, finance more spies,
entertain more delegations. The
Communist threat is thus partly
one Of economic growth. In reuly
to it neither virtuous conduct nor
cultural freedom are altogether
enough. The Western rate Of eco
nomic growth must also be stepped
up
Now, returning to what has hap
pened to this production since
Khrushchevism took over in the
Soviet. The one thing outside Of
an attack. by an external power,
which would seriously impede this
phenomenal production schedule in
the fields Of basic, arms and heavy
industries. would be the workers
themselves.
Back in 1851 my colleagues OF
the Senate Committee on FOREIGN
Relations tried to get some facts
about the extent Of the tensions
which would normally develop UNI
der such q society. They had q
study made by experts on the
tensions then existing within the
Soviet Union. and four years ago.
right after the death OF Stain. !
brought it UP to date.
In an early part Of the analysis.
the committee warns against the
illusion that because Of dissatis-
faction existing in Russia, an armed
and organized revolt was imminent
at that time. It even questioned
II those who were dissatisfied would
necessarily disaffect from the /
Soviet Union and its Communist
regime in case Of q military show
down with the West. It then iden-
tined and mapped the areas Of
tension within the Soviet society.
Now the question is, have these
tensions decreased or increased
under Khrushchevism? All avail
able evidence points to the fact
that they have decreased because
Khrushchevism has given q few
carrots to the Russian people in
relaxationS and consumer goods. in
order to keep them working. Re-
ports indicate the relaxations have
not been numerous. nor would they
be particularly satisfying to US Of
the Western world. Any relaxa-
tons, nevertheless. tend to lessen
tensions and make Q people less
disposed to revolt against their
existing government, or desert In
war emergency.
Nothing New in Khrushchevism
Now. what has happened in the
rest of the world since Khru-
shchevism went into effect?
To begin with. the world needs
reminding that the hlow-llot. blow
cold foreign policy Of the Soviet
Union under Khrushchevism Is not
by any means new policy.
Under Stain and his predeces.
sors, communism also played the
opportunist game and jumped on
any, bandwagon headed for the
locale it wanted to penetrate. and
put on any mask necessary to
achieve its ends. Under Khru-
shchevism the collective leadership
has been climbing on all the band
wagons at once, or climbing OF all
Of them. And the Soviet has been
changing mask after mask, until
1t Is increasingly difficult for the
rest Of the world to find out when
the thing is peeled down to the
skin,
In the months before the Hum
garian debacle. Khrushchevism had
begun TO persuade the Western
world that Russia might be willing
to play fair ball. It was only when
the Hungarians took them ct their
word and tried to step out from
under the pressure Of the Soviet
Union that 1t had to pull on all its
masks and reveal the same brute
dictatorship which existed before
Stains death-or as an alternative
lose Hungary. and probably all of
the satellites In q chain revolu-
ti0nary reaction.
Under other than Khrushchevism.
! do not believe that NATO would
have dared reduce its forces.
Ceylon would not have invited the
British out. Iceland would not have
asked the United States to remove
its bases, And certainly the USSR
would not have responded to our
open skies proposal. however deceit
fully, under any but Khrushchevism.
This respectability has permitted
the President Of the United States
to shake hands with the Russian.
rulers. and Queen Elizabeth Of
England to entertain them. Smaller
and less developed countries have
increasingly thrown out q more or