Show DREW PEARSON russia Is losing cold war HE russians can be very frank at times and oh so secret THE tat at other times I 1 caught one in a frank mood the other day however and he surprised m me e by confessing that russia had just about lost the cold war the diplomat who was of high rank probably let his hair do down because he was talking to another ambassador I 1 think he was telling the 0 truth at any rate he listed three basic errors made by moscow they ey were 1 the bellel belief that the U S would face wide unemployment and economic 1 1 collapse a soon after the war the politburo expected this w would enable them to P point oin t to the united states and tell european nations you see what a sham american capitalism Is Mos cows mistaken belief that the frenchmen and italians who 2 flocked to communist banners alter after VE V E day were real communists 3 the anti american campaign that was staged by molotov and this diplomat reported potted re that stalin and his associates still believe the united states Is 1 on the verge verg e of 0 collapse the soviet embassy in washington been able to convince them otherwise the politburo also still thinks that american collapse would prevent wholesale aid to western europe under the marshall plan and th that at american unemployment soon will make american manufacturers ale plead a d with russia busila lor for large orders from the soviet union to ao keep U S factories going |