ECE REPORT NOTES EXPANDING EAST TRADE

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• Publication Date: April 20, 1956
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ECE REPORT NOES E 'ANDiNG EAST TRADE
Mosccvw, Sori_. t Home Apr. 19, 1956, 1
(From Broadcast Topics of the Day: . "Disc~,ssi
of Europe")
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Cur obberver Menshikov wr.tes :
The 11th ses~?.on of the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe meeting in
Geneva is :ao;v.discussing the major point of the agenda--the review of the
economic position of Europe in 1955. This review compiled by the
secretariat of the Commission is a well-known document. It contains detailed
statJs-cieal data on the current state of economy and. fore=ign trade of all
European: countries. .
The first thing t"-.at attracts one's attention after the study.of this
document is the substantial difference in the nature of the economic develop-
ment of the capitalist countries of Western Europe and the socialist ones
in the Eastern part of Europe.
As can be seen from the material of the review in 1955 there has been a
certain growth of industrial production in the West European countries.
However, this growth is rather modest as compared to the speed in the ex-
pansion of industry in the USSR and the European People's Democracies. In
the last 5 years the volume of production in Britain, one of the leading
industrial countries in the West, has increased only 18 percent, in France
36 percent, while at the same time industrial output in the USSR increased
85, percent.
This fact is seriously alarming many bourgeois economists both in Western
Europe and overseas--in the United States.
The New York r1'Ili,,S, commenting on the figures quoted in the review, notes:
"The Western economists who repeatedly checked the results of this review
state unofficially that the figures characterizing production of the old
industrial centers of Western Europe are scandalous."
The material of the review of the Economic Commission also admitted that the
growth of production which was observed in Western Europe in the last year
was of a rather unstable nature. Excluding the fact that its volume varied
in different countries, it.(aords missing--ed.) did not take place in all
branches of economy.. The increase in the amount of production took place
mainly in those enterprises which are fulfilling military orders, while in
individual branches of civilian production the growth was small, and in
certain branches business was at-a standstill. A
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Such a nature of economic development of the West European countries is
surely unhealthy. As stated by USSR delegate Zekha.rov during the meeting
of the Economic Commission, the review in substance makes no attempt to,
expound the main reasons for the unfavorable picture of economic development
of a number of 'est European countries which are experiencing the detrimental
consequences of the militarization of their economy.
The review of the U.N. Economic Commission reflected the serious opposition
of business circles of the West European countries regarding the deteriora-
tion of the state of foreign trade of these courtries.
The increase of exports, which as a ruieT..took place in many West European
countries at a much slower speed than the increase of imports, can be
explained to a great extent by the foreign trade policy of the United States.
This was mentioned by the representatives of some West European countries.
The Danish representative expressed his serious discontent at the fact that
the United States is dumping her agricultural surplus on, the world market
and thus causing great harm to the economy of the West European countries.
At the same time, as can be seen from the review, the foreign trade of the
socialist camp countries continues to develop at an e.xcepGionally rapid
pace. This once more shows the truly unlimited opportunities which are
opened to the West European countries in the expansion of their trade with
the East.
Discussion of the review of the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe continues.
It is L)ossible even now to say that the data quoted in the review and
25X1A8a speeches made by representatives of various European countries demonstrate
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in Portuguese to Brazil, Apr. 19, 1956,2200 GMT--L
,'
erence of the Inter-American Association of Lawyers opened on
Apr. 16 at Dallas, Texas'-.-TM con ere Ni 777 7zys. Taking part
in this gathering are U.S. and Latin American lawyers. In spite of the
fact that the press has not reported anything about the aims of this
conference of lawyers, the first speeches by representatives of U.S. official
circles show who the real organizers are and what are its aims.
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For example, Mr. Holland. TT_~ Assistant Secretesy of State for Inter-
American AfJ.: irs, devoted all his speech at this conference to explaining
the dangers of:comzxunism and its doctrines. Mr. Holland affirmed that the
fundamental- principle of the communists consists in destroying all economic
and
,political systems--a11, absolutely all.
Mr. Holland was followed by Mr. H. Brownell, Jr., the Attorney General, who
endeTvored.to calumniate Soviet economic aid to foreign countries and in
Particular the economic cooperation of the USSR with the Latin American
countries. Tho invention.; of Mr. Holland and Mr. Brownell were repeated by
Mr, (Hoove:L,''` The latter alleged that the Soviet Union interfers in the
internal affairs of the Latin American Republics.
The question is: What is the aim of this new Cold War campaign unleashed
in the Western Hemisphere? By what can be deduced from the U.S. press this
new campaign is a reflection of the disquiet felt in
US
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over
.. the increase.in popularity of Soviet foreign policy and the loss of.prestige
of the United States in the Latin American Republics.
The measures adopted by the Soviet Union in her foreign policy aimed at
improving relations between states, the visits of N. Bulganin and N,
Khrushchev to Yugoslavia, India, Burma, Afghanistan, and Britain, and the
successful development of economic collaboration between the USSR and the
countries of Asia, Africa, and Europe, have considerably increased the
prestige of the policy followed by the Soviet Union.
Soviet relations with other states based on the principle of equality of,
rights, reciprocal benefit, and noninterference gain respect and support in
Latin America and all other parts of the world, Latin American public opinion
is becoming ever--more-convinced that the absence of relations with the.Soviet
Union harms Latin America exclusively.
The recent statement by the Soviet leaders on the normalization of economic
and diplomatic relations with Latin America has found propitious ground.
In Chile, Brazil, and other Republics there has grown a wide movement for
the restoration of economic and diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
and the People's Democracies,
The proportions of this movement is shown by the following facts. In
Brazil the. legislative assemblies of the majority of the states, 38 National
Congress Senators and 80 Deputies, and many organizations have pronounced
themselves in favor of the restoration of relations with the Soviet Union.
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And while in Latin Amexica the desire to re-establish friendly relations
with the Soviet Union grows, the policy followed by the United States in
these countries brings forth increasing hostility from wide sectors of the
population.
This is understandable, as the Mexican magazine NOVEDADES wrote recently.
The policy of the United States reflects only the (selfish?) interests of
the great monopolies and banks of that country which desire to profit at
the cost of other peoples. The United.States, states this magazine, bases
her policy with the Latin Americans on unequal:ity of rights and interferes
in the internal and external affairs of these countries.
The speeches made by the U.S. representatives at the Dallas Conference of
the Inter-American Association of Lawyers shows that they are trying to
rehabilitate the discredited policy of the United States by calumniating
EASTLAND SENATE SPEECH CENSURES NEGROES
Moscow, Soviet Far Eastern Service, in Mandarin, Apr. 1.4, 1956, 1400 GMT--T
(Anonymous article: "Senator and Plantation Owner")
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There appeared recently on the American political scene a new Senator,
Eastlad, whose name has made newspaper headlines.
Eastland is the owner of a plantation in the southern United States and
also a member of the U.S. Senate. He owns more than five thousand acres of
land in Mississippi and other localities which are cultivated either by
tenant farmers or Negro slaves. The Senator and plantation owner hates his
slaves and all Negroes and non-white people.
The following is a summary of Eastland's speech in the Senate: 'Negroes
are a humble race. (It is?) said that they are proud.to be (with?) white
men. We are glad that we have drawn a line between whit men and Negroes
in Mississippi. You know that white men are is superior race and rule the
world."
Eastland then openly urged oppression of Negroes and segregation in public
schools. Because of the speech, his position in the Senate was made secure.
He rose to the chairmanship of the Nationality Problems Subcommittee (as
received--Ed.) and not long ago was assigned another new post as Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee.
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