Evening star., 1960-09-24


- Ours is the age of tht
struggle for freedom when tht
peoples are shaking the foreign
yoke off their shoulders. The
peoples want a worthy life anc
are fighting for it.
g The victory has been wor
already in many countries anC
in many lands. Can we relax
however? We know indeed
that tens of millions of people
are still languishing in colonia.
bondage, and. are experiencing
cruel deprivationS.
This is taking place at a time
which we are calling a time
of great and promising scien-
tific discoveries. The mind ano
the hands of man have created
b space ship that circles the
earth. Man is already capable
of sending human beings fal
beyond our planet. We have
split the atom and are pene-
trating the albumin cell. We
are moving on land and above
land with astonishing speed
and the viStas of our knowl-
edge are so broad that we our
selves are surprised.
It may seem that everything
IN our world is perfect. But
at the same time who can say
that this world of ours is
already completely and well
arranged, that in it there is
no poverty and deprivation. 1t
is worthwhile pondering once
again over the fact that, ac-
cording to United Nations sta
tistics, hundreds of millions of
people on different continents
are eking out a hungry and
miserable existence. Our world
is not free from the feeling of
alarm for the future, it sees
the danger inherent in the di-
vision into military groupings
and in the ever-growing race
of nuclear ornaments. The
great achievements of mans
genius can be used to the bene-
fit or to the detriment of man
kind. Such is the difficult
choice that faces us.
Peace Is Necessary
In 1860, however, a year in
which you and I are living,
only the blind will not see the
way in which the belief in the
necessity of preserving peace is
ever more definitely and plainly
taking root in the minds of the
majority of nations.
The peoples of all countries,
the workers and peasants, the
ihtellectualS, and a part Of the
bourgeoiSie, except for a hand
fIll of militaristS and monopo-
lists, want not war but peace
and peace alone. And if, there
fore, the nations wage an ac-
tive struggle in order to tie the
hands of the militarist monop-
olist quarters. peace can be
ensured.
1t cannot indeed be other
wise.
The countries that have cast
off the burden of colonialism
are a huge and active peace
force. From now on the young
states of Africa and the Medi-
erranean also will make their
outstanding contribution to the
solution Of the important and
complicated problems facing
the United Nations.
The policy of preparing war
and violating the sovereign
rights of the nations must be
condemned and halted.
A year ago I already had the
honor of speaking from this
lofty rostrum. That was a time
when highly promising pros
poets for the invigoration of the
international atmosphere had
opened up before mankind.
Contacts between responsible
statesmen from various coun-
tries of the world were expand
ing. The General Assembly
adopted a resolution on gen.
eral and complete disarmament.
The donation disarmament
committee began it's work.
Agreement was reached on a
summit conference. Certain
progress was made in the talks
on the discontinuance of atomic
and hydrogen weapons tests.
ALI this instilled great hopes
into the hearts of people in all
countries.
Attacks Plane Flights
No one can dispute the fact
that the Soviet Union has never
spared any effort to make inter-
national relations continue fur
ther to develop in this gratify-
ing direction. However, the sin
lister forces who profit by main
tanning International tension
cling hard to their positions.
We came up against a dan
gerous manifestation of the &C
tivities of these forces last
spring when the aircraft of one
of the largest of the United
Nations member states, namely
the United States, perfidiously
invaded the air space of the
Soviet Union and other states.
Moreover, the United States has
promoted such violation of in
ternational law into a principle
OF deliberately pursued state
policy.
The aggressive incursion of
an. American plane into our