Show U S russia fight diplomatic battle truman doctrine termed preventive against conflict by BAUKHAGE nu news analyst and nd commentator service 1616 eye street N WP W P washington D C washington there Is no imminent danger dfwar between the united states and russia youve heard that before and as far as I 1 know it is true there is a diplomatic struggle going on between the two countries the scope and importance of which lew few people realize when I 1 say important I 1 mean important in all senses b but ut one human we I 1 ife in which a real shooting war is important certainly involved are the other two factors in the trinity of rights to which americans believe they are heir liberty and the pursuit of happiness this has been clear to observers in washington Banh hace whether they merely look with their eyes at the external evidence or scent with news noses the currents which are wafted wafred over transoms and under the big oak doors of the sanctum sanctorum sanc of the sanctis simi sharp words have tumbled over one another since the first verbal barrage which was the presidential message of march 12 1947 sometimes described as embodying the truman doctrine may I 1 remind you of a few of the barbed shafts in that that message the very existence of the greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men led by communists who defy the governments authority at a number of points particularly along the northern boundaries said the president one of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the united states is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life tree free from coercion we shall not realize our objectives however unless we are willing to help tree free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes this Is no more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples by direct or indirect aggression undermine the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the united states the peoples of a number of countries of the world have re bently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their win will the government of the united states has made frequent protests against coercion md and intimidation in violation of the yalta agreement in pa poland romania and bulgaria I 1 must also state that in a number of other countries there have been similar developments he knew what was in the hungarian laii cards one way of life is based upon the will of the majority and is distinguished by free institutions representative government tree free elections guarantees of individual liberty freedom of speech and religion and freedom from political oppression the ibe second way of rife life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority it relies upon terror and oppression a controlled press and radio fixed elections and the suppression of personal freedoms strong words those au all quoted from the truman message congress follows words word with action then came deeds congress implemented ted the presidents message by authorizing the loan of three hundred millions to greece and one hundred millions to turkey missions were sent lent at once to both countries the united states concluded conclude d with britain arrangements for an economic merger of their respective zones in germany regardless of russian and french failure to go long along then came the expected coup in which the communists with the red army backing them and nd the aid of the communist con strolled trolled secret police took over the anticommunist anti antl communist government of hungary immediately there followed these steps A message of congratulation and support was sent to the premier of italy alcide de Ga gasperi sperl then in the process of forming a government without communist operation cooperation co and against communist opposition negotiations leading to the unfreezing of italian property un in eluding money in this country were announced at the same time hungarian credits here for surplus property supplies were cut oil off there were indications that hat a loan earmarked for hungary hangary would be cancelled A hungarland russian transport company was told that its planes no longer could fly by over the american zone in germany senator Van denber made his ringing speech in the senate declaring that hat soviet pressure on hungary demanded a trial before ore the forum of the united nations the united states pressed for settlement of demands on yugoslavia tor for planes shot down by yugoslavia last summer these and other steps which undoubtedly will be taken before this article is in print and still others in the making are part of a vigorous foreign policy by which we mean to block communist aggression wherever it appears in the world in other words we have undertaken der taken a form of positive activity in the foreign field the scope of which has never been paralleled in our history supporters of this policy the majority of congress believe it Is a preventive not an aggressive step they do not believe it Is a foreign policy which von clausewitz the german military authority described as something the extension of which is war they believe it can stop will not start stark military conflict possible war of extermination the policy Is based on this theory as nearly as I 1 can absorb il 1 from the people who know unless economic conditions are restored to normal throughout the world chaos will result communism will engulf europe and even eventually dually the clash between communism and democracy as we understand der stand it will mean war between russia and the united states since it now is believed that russia will have the atom bomb in from tour four to ten years cf report of the presidents advisory commission on universal training such a war would mean extermination if 11 not of the human race certainly of civilization as we know it granted this Is true the spread of communism in europe and elsewhere must be checked now because it if either france or italy goes red russia will not operate cooperate co in a joint peace agreement tor for germany and austria without such agreement europe cannot be restored to normal chaos and communism will follow it if russia Is stopped in her tracks if we can prevent her from moving south into greece turkey and the middle east and west of the line she holds at present from her german zone south through the balkans to greece she will ddll be forced to stop aggression in europe forced to operate cooperate co with the western powers for her own preservation that as I 1 understand it is what some people call the truman doctrine it quite fair to give it such an exclusive label when it never could have been put into effect without the yeoman service of men like and the other partisan bipartisan bi bl support it has received this does not mean that we have lost faith in democracy or its ability to compete in a fair field with communism it means we are going to see that a fair field Is main bained that russia will not be permitted to create chaos or to draw on the type of force and terror she has used so far latterly in hungary to enforce her way of life upon the world |