Show friendly russian element holds out hope for peace by news analyst and commentator service 1818 1616 eye street NW washington D 0 washington D C america has no foreign policy th that at Is 1 one of 0 the bromides which h has a 3 a always been popular among critics of govern ment anent I 1 dont know on what the remark Is based if we any foreign policy today then many hundreds of thousands of words have been ex tended ended in comment on nothing wil while 11 the recent cen I 1 byrnes wal I 1 lace ace controversy was raging I 1 spent many hours baukhage hage trying to find out what our foreign policy toward russia was supposed to be and if so why I 1 shall report as nearly as I 1 can what I 1 have heard the report will not be in the formal language of diplomacy in which we have been told words are used to conceal thoughts I 1 report it compressed of course but as nearly as possible in the phraseology used by gentlemen who ought to know what they are talking abo about t we start with the not too startling startling revelation that american negotiations with russia are complicated and difficult they are complicated because it appears the approach must be made along two separate paths each leading to a separate russian group they are difficult because there are unusual obstacles put in the way ot of the diplomat especially our representatives in moscow obstacles which I 1 am assured must be encountered at close quarters to be appreciated the two groups since neither is homogeneous nor closely identifiable might better be referred to as two elements one comprises that great indefinable and inarticulate body roughly classified as the russian people americans who have spent some time in russia and who have enjoyed such contact as Is ts i permitted with the russian people say they are devoted to their country with a spartan loyalty sensitive to its shortcomings proud of its achievements many in this group especially those who have met americans like us all want to know more about us for example they devour the big propaganda picture magazine A Amer menka ikall printed in their language and distributed by our embassy formerly we distributed copies later we were permitted to increase the printing to copies it Is estimated that a hundred russians read each copy of amerika Ame riha it is black market ed at a high price and read to tatters this group admires and respects mechanical know how our industries our technical skills officially there has been no propaganda to cry down american achievement in the production fields but rather exhortations to emulate and surpass us soviet officials hate america the other russian element which we have to consider and with which we deal directly is composed of the leaders the party bureaucrats the secret police they hate america with an almost incredible hatred their attitude Is so extreme that it does not seem real it appears to be prompted by a policy rather rather than a normal human emotional reaction if either of these two elements existed alone it would be simp simpler ler to establish a line of procedure but my informant points out each element requires a separate and different approach since the two contradict each other because the ane only visible hope tor for an understanding with russia depends on the semi friendly group nothing must be said or done in our relations with the other now in power which would make it seem that we are building a wall against russia that impression would alienate any potential sympathy the semi friendly ones might feel for us this dual approach was exemplified by the byrnes speech calling for the unification of germany under a single government with all four occupying countries acting to geaber as co directors of the whole byrnes made the proposal inclusive russia would participate equally equall 7 with the rest the intention of the tha united states was firmly stated there would be union of 0 british and americans presumably the french an and d the russians too it if they consented if I 1 the russians refused the united states would go ahead with the plan but it would not slam the door on russia we are to be friendly but we must be firm that Is what makes negotiations tiati ons so difficult to cop convince vInce the haters baters ha we mean what we say the united states must state its decisions firmly and emphatically outline exactly what we will do and will not do what we will permit russia to do and not do our firmness has to depend on our words we cannot use to force ace because ca u se we have not the force available tib le to use this however does not mean we cannot succeed beca because u se I 1 am optimistically assured the russians are weaker than we are although their military forces on the continent I 1 of europe are stronger than I 1 those of the allies it Is believed that the russians lack the economic physical or moral strength to engage to in a major war and they know that in the long run the rest of the world can develop a greater power politically they have not the influence either to risk withdrawal from the united nations they know they could not take a sufficient number of other nations out with them and thus withdrawal would mean ostracism and threats from the rest of the world this the russians know as well as we do leave door open for co operation Is there hope my informants answer yes but it will be a long h haul aul this is why russia cannot fight a major war for five or ten years she might seize all of europe temporarily pora rily but she realizes she could not hold it that she would be delat ed in the end it would take taice five to ten years for russia to build a force strong enough to risk a war meanwhile america hopes and believes that it if the door of co operation cooperation is left open and it by example the haters baters see that co operation cooperation will benefit russia not hurt her internally and externally then either the haters baters will c hange change their policy or the other f friendlier element will force them to do so this does not mew mean i there will be a revolution in russia the loyalty to the present system or the power to enforce loyalty is too great but it means that american americ an slates statesmen feel they can hold bar back k the non co operators cooperators without risk of war until russia is convinced that she can benefit more through co operative cooperative methods than by force of arms mechanical typewriter latest invention if there had been a word count ing de device vice on my typewriter I 1 would not be writing Us this end piece now but it is just a as s well authors adopted these or they might find their thoughts being regimented the typewriter has already advanced far in its evolution there is now a typewriter tor for the chinese with their believe it or not characters it is a product of the miracle working international bus business machines corporation but it is no miracle tor for IBM ellch which built a gadget used at the trials whose dial we could twist to produce with equal fluency english french russian or german regardless gard less of what language was being spoken of course human beings lightning translators are cogs in its works the trials lasted too long as it was but they would have lasted tour four times as long if it been for IBM I 1 understand a typewriter is being perfected into which you talk and which obligingly types the words you speak with no manual effort on your part how I 1 wonder would this recording typewriter spell if you spell the word house on the ordinary keyboard it comes out that way house but if the machine operated by sound house depending on where the speaker was born might come out idea might appear as idear for my part I 1 should be very happy if a gadget were invented which would spell better than my typewriter can or even if the gadget would produce a synonym now and then after I 1 had repeated the same shopworn word three times |