Show see internal crisis 7 10 affecting russ policies report army looms as new power as factions clash over broad participation in postwar world affairs by news analyst anil and commentator service 1616 eye street NW washington 1 I 0 happening inside russia where theres smoke theres ire firc vehement denials of the death of marshal stalin were followed final ly by admission that the man who ho had more power than any czar could boast of was weary that he was well but that ho he was shedding some of his responsibilities it Is interesting to note the reaction in this country the wishful thinking of those who first announced the death rumor over the air and in print was not reflected in official washington the very day before the first story appeared a high government official expressed the opinion in my heiring hearing that the hope for understanding between the united states and russia depended largely on stalin this was after the ho long series of disagreements beginning with the breakup of the foreign ministers meeting in london the refusal ot of russia to take active part in tile the united nations food organization meeting in quebec the objections to various moves made by the members of the united nations executive council every where russia objects seemed to be the one answer which dussias Rus sias representatives had to offer to the su suggestions made by the american and other governments when the real history of the international ter conferences beginning with the moscow conference which secretary of state hull attended through yalta and Pots potsdam darn is written I 1 think it can be shown shawn that stalin frequently against the advice of his councillors was the one who broke the deadlocks and proposed or accepted compromises which were made necessary by his own colleagues stubbornness it will bo be recalled that when the invitations to the meeting at san francisco went out it was announced that russia would not send her foreign minister as head odthe of the delegation but would leave that post to I 1 A ambassador gromyko an washing ton this made a bad impression for it looked ns as if stalin were damning the affair with faint support however after the american newspapers sounded off on the subject stalin had a change of heart or perhaps the death of roosevelt which occurred in the interim affected his course molotov was duly assigned to the job molotov proved no simple primrose and more than once it Is reported intervention had to be sought to grease the wheels I 1 there was another occasion just which one is not revealed when the work was completely stymied and finally the president made a direct appeal to stalin to accept the suggestions gest ions of th the e majority on a point that appeared to have hava hopelessly deadlocked the meeting this time against the counsel of his advisors who were holding out stalin put his OX 0 K on the request isolationists bloc grows there Is reason to believe that this no vote attitude of a number of the soviet leaders who opposed what many have considered too deep entanglement in international affairs which has been in evidence for a long time finally wrecked the foreign ministers conference As early as the time of the san francisco meeting there were hints of a growing isolationist opposition inside russia ward reached certain members of the conference by a roundabout way but from a thoroughly reliable source concerning the status of former foreign minister litvinov dussias Rus sias crack diplomat who negotiated the resumption of relations with the united states after the long hiatus following world war 1 I at one time it was reported that litvinov had been purged this was not so but what had happened was that the russia objects element had managed to shelve him because of his more alb cral views this apparently was the beginning of what many called a palace revolution and which some people believe is now flaring up tip into full flame the story of the events which led up to the litvinov affair has never been confirmed but it is reasonable to assume that it Is true in brief there w was as a split in the all powerful burcak of the soviets the politic ell bureau Is a small body chosen from the central committee of the communist party which is the ho governments policy forming entity this body Is composed of powerful soviet leaders rind it exerts a great deal of influence according to the reports touching the bu 01 on i litvinova position rebii was sharply divided into isola zionists and those who looked upon ill the e rest of the world with kith a less ja jaundiced view at that time stalin was said to be walking a tightrope tight rope between the two and choosing carefully toward toWi irr which side he would lean litvinov who believed that russia could not live by herself and who had always encouraged a sympathetic attitude toward the outside world had been completely shelved for his ideas little more was hoard heard of these rumblings gs until after the end of the war when the red army became the th e symbol of russian salvat salvation fon then pien it appeared that the isolationist 15 t russia the big army russia the russia which take anything off anybody had a now new and powerful backer back erthe the officers and perhaps some of the rank and file as well of the red army in any case we know that the high officers of the army received all sorts of perquisites rewards and privileges which only the highest of the high receive red army strong factor the assumption on the part of some observers Is that with the ascendancy cen dancy of 0 the red army element not only the isolationists but the communist party as a whole lost influence mee there has always been jealousy between the two though of coarse course their membership overlaps in many cases you will recall that at the beginning of the war civilian commiss commissary commis sars rs were attached to army units aril ana they censored all orders issued by the this proved to be not only highly unpopular with the military but also cal the civilian commissars commissary commis sars were then withdrawn and only those with military training were appointed their authority in effect at least became merged with that of the military now the high army officers are recognized as occupying virtually the same plane as the high party officials just where stalin stands as a result of this change in the fabric of russian national policy it Is impossible to say it has bas been rumored that he has relinquished his function as commander ln in chief it has also been rumored that he Is ready to drop out of the picture completely and choose a successor in that connection it was wag hinted that general dussias Rus sias eisenhower Elsen hower was afflicted with a diplomatic illness when he suddenly gave up a widely advertised trip to the united states which it was said he had looked forward to with considerable zest zes tills this might have been a signal that russia was drawing further within herself some believe that it indicated that was the chosen successor of stalin and that until a new regime was firmly established the soviets would maintain a negative policy in foreign relations in any case it Is clear that the russia objects policy was inaugurated for some reason and naturally since in the past stalin had always been the one who was able to play ball with the allies it at least to the i point where progress seemed to be I 1 made toward working agreements washington Is by no means anxious to see him fado fade from the picture meanwhile the one hopeful view w which aich Is being taken of the russian situation Is that it may be that there Is some kind of a change taking place within russia and that the present policy of stalling means nothing worse thin than a necessary marking time on the part of the soviet leaders until the outcome Is settled and then there Is always another reason which pops up as an explanation of almost anything those these days the atomic 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