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INTRODUCTION: Radio Moscow's immediate comment on the addresses of 1 and 9
September is marked by brevity and by evasion; in both cases, however, Moscow
reacts with atypical speed, noting the addresses briefly in broadcasts transmitted
only a very short time after the President himself appeared on the American radio.
In the case of the Fireside Chat of 1 September this initial response is not
followed up until a week later, when there is a commentary almost as uninformative
as the first one. The European Satellite radios have not yet touched upon the
9 September address, but they continue to denounce the warlike spirit revealed
in the 1 September broadcast. Asian Communist comment, like that of Moscow, is
meager; the Communist Chinese radios have not mentioned either address in
available broadcasts.
BROADCAST OF 9 SEPTEMBER: In the only reference to the latest address
PRAVDA contends that Truman was attempting to "justify the foreign policy of the
U.S. Government, as well as to prepare American public opinion for new war risks."
There is almost no elaboration on this analysis nor does PRAVDA give an idea of
the actual content of the address.
THE FIRESIDE CHAT: In the second brief reference to the 1 September address
PRAVDA asserts that Truman was "unable to conceal" the fact that the war in
Korea is "merely one of the steps taken by the American Government along the
road of unleashing a new war." Moscow sympathizes with the Americans who will
shoulder a heavy burden as a consequence of the industrialists' hopes for profits;
this is consistent with the recently increased emphasis, in comment on events in
Korea, on the American industrialists' profit-seeking motives.
Moscow, Bucharest, and Warsaw contrast the 1 September talk with the earlier
addresses of Secretary Mathews, General MacArthur, and Harold Stassen, asserting
that the latter three told the truth, while Truman's address was a hypocritical,
cynical, and useless attempt to conceal that truth.
Bucharest climaxes its criticism of the speech with an unusual coupling of a
reference to the air raids on Manchurian border towns with a reference to the
Sino-Soviet alliance:
"Is it the Soviet planes which are attacking the territory of England,
the ally of the U.S.? Or. is it the American planes which are killing
peaceful inhabitants and causing material damage on the territory of the
People's China, the ally of the Soviet Union?"
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