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early peace treaty, and withdrawal of troops, monitored Soviet broadcasts do not give
explicit attention to poasible Conference issues. Listeners are reminded of Yalta and
Potadom. And IZVESTIA reiterates the Soviet contention that "the Eerlin question is
only part of the whole German problem, and consequently cannot be settled apart from
the questions relating to Germany." That the Soviet Union will be concerned about the
reaction of world public opinion to the CFM debates is auggested by a Wareaw broadcast
that speaks of the "uneasiness in the ranks of the warnongers... caused by the thought
of concrete proposals which the USSR will present to the Paris Genference. The British
and U.S. ruling circles seem to fear that the constructive Soviet proposals which will
be made
might win the support of world public opinion."
CONFERENCE PROSPECTS: Although IZVESTIA grants that the lifting of the blockade and
the convening of the CFM "may prove to be a first step toward further agreements," it
warnst
"But it would be ridiculeus and naive to think that the method of dictating can
be used in the coming talks, which is undoubtedly the dream of certain circles,
the most rabid supporters of aggreasive military and political bloca and alliances.
If any pragress is to be made at the coming asssion of the CPM, this mothod must
be discarded.
"It should be noted that those politionl circles in the U.S., Britain, and France
which are atrongly oppesed to any agreement with the Soviet Union... are atill
taking stepa through the press they control to confuse the public and build up an
unfavorable atmosphere about the coming session. ... Apparently the same aim is
puraued by the efforts... to speed the formation of a West German state, expressed
in the hasty adoption of the so-called Bonn Constitution....
And another Soviet radio brondcast quotes the "democratic Eerlin press" to the
effect that "the Eonn decision is a bazzier on the path of the talks to take place in
Faris." Some Satellite radio broadcasts are explicitly "suspicious" of Western
"aincerity." The Prague radio, for example, interprets the Bonn Constitution as "clear
proof that acme subversive circles in the West wish to make sure beforehand of the
failure of the Paris meeting by renoving the prerequisites of an understanding. It
also notes "another collection of (Bevin-Churehill) alanders and invectives against the
Soviet Union," and cites an allegedly pessimistic BEC comment about the Conference out-
come as confirmation of the saying that "the wish is father to the thought. There are
people in London, Rashington, and Paris who stand and fall with the cold war. The end
of the cold war would mean also their disappearance. That is why. they fear concord
and peace." But Prague concludes that they "form only an insignificant minority and
that no diplomatic intrigues can arrest the advance and prevent the eventual victory of
the forces of peace."
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
NLI NARS Date -15-23
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