Molotov Speaks Of Atomic Bomb

Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1947, Page 5

Molotov Speaks Of Atomic Bomb

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LONDLLN, N'ov. 6, "The seeret of the atomic bomb nc longer exists," declared the Soviet Foreign Minister (Mr. Molotov) today He was speaking in Moscow on tht 30th anniverpary of the Soviet Revolu tion, and made the first major pro nouncement on Soviet policy since th( formation of tlie Comintern, the All Europe Information Bureau.

"The Unit.ed States is basing hei policy on sole possession of the atomic bomb seeret, although this secret ma} be considered non-existent, " said Mr. Molotov. He declared that the Soviet Union was interested in permanent peace. Britain, the Fnited States and Russia had cooperated during the war, although they had different economic svsteins. \Vhy was it that they could not cooperate after the war? Mr. 'Molotov asked. He said the occasion had a deep meaning for capitalistic countries, as well as for those countries friendly to the Soviet. In capitalistic countries the dependent people saw in the 30 years of (Soviet Soeialism an approaeh to their own liberation from subjugation. There was no country in which the Soviet did not have friends among the peasants and the working classes. .AL-. Molotov said the recent war had shattered the foundations of capitalism. Britain was in a serious economic plight, in which siie had to rely 011 United States help. During the wai the Soviet people had saved Kuropean ci vilisation. Britain liad been in grave danger of invasion until the Soviet armies took the offemsive. Unlike the capitalistic countries, Russia had sufferecl 110 unemployment, even during the most difficult economic periods. The Soviet 's 1047 plan foi industry had been fulfilled 103 per cent. during the first nine mor.ths of the vear. Production had alreadv reached the pre-war level and 110 economic crisis tlireatened Russia. There would be 110 unei.iployment in tlie Soviet. -Air. Molotov added: "The creation of new naval and military bases by imperialistic natiaus is not for de.fence, but for aggression. Denmark is stib unable to regain from the United States her sovereignty over Greenlaud. Fgyjit is still struggling for independence, hui Britain refuses it, and is supported by the United States." Mr. JMolotov said that, if countries wished to cooperate they could do so, even if their systems were widely different. ' ' The atomic bomb is a weapon oi attack, and Britain and the United States are hiiulering United Nations eli'orts to get a Jiual solution of the atom question. ' ' Mr. Molotov said that the aggressive plans of imperialists must be foiled. •'The anti-iinperialist f'orces must be united into a mighty army which the capitalisls can nei er equal." Mr. Molotov declared that the (4erman people had fuii rights for a State of their own. The Soviet alone had faithfully adiiered to the Potsdam ano Yalta Agreements 011 Germany. The Soviet weleomed the t'onnatioii of the Uomintern. " We are li\iug- iu

an age when all roads lead to Coininuiusm. In Russia there is a certain amount of undue respect for the West. which persists only among the type 01 intelligentsia who cannot shake ofl their slavish habit of apeing the West." The liourgeois press had said that, when the Soviet soldiers returned from the Western front, they would be im pressed by Western ways, but the So viet men had developed'moro tinui evei a spirit of Soeialist coinpetitio'n. Tht Soviet Union 's success showed clearl} that tlie era oi' capitalism was nearing its end. Reuter 's Paris correspondent reporti-

that French Communists attending a meeting at the Yelodrome d'lliver rosc to their feet and eheered for more thau 20 minutes when the Communist Party's secretary, ilr. Jacques Duclos said in a speeeh that he had just hearc the news from Moscow that Mr. Molo tov had announced that the atomic ooiiib was 110 longer a seeret.