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} 26th such blast since the Soviet
| Unilateral moratorium began in
August, 1985.

_ All of this appeared to have lit-
| tle effect on the forum parti-
, “lpants, who focussed their im-
Pressive energies and talents on a
Id of key issues in the search for

_ the technical problems of arms
‘ Control. Doctors considered the
( after-effects of nuclear war, and
! looked for new ways to educate
‘the global public about these
' Tealities.

es

Peace. Scientists met to discuss.

found a shared imperative in the
need to save the planet from a
nuclear holocaust. Businessmen
speculated about new opportuni-
ties for economic cooperation and
the contribution this would make
toward greater understanding and
lessening of tensions between the
two sides.

On the final day, all participants
gathered in the stunning Grand
Kremlin Palace Hall to evaluate
the work of the forum and to hear
a brutally frank, hard-hitting ad-
dress by Soviet leader Gor-
bachev.

West.

Ustinov: “Although the Soviet Union
now has glasnost (openness),
glasnost is far from complete in the

Mi acctwentiin

ee

; Cultural workers of all types
; ¢xplored such problems as

“enemy stereotypes” and how to
y OVercome cold war psychosis.
Political scientists drew upon
each others’ expertise to model
new approaches to disarmament
and peaceful coexistence.
Representatives of dozens of the
world’s chief religious currents

Many who spoke, including
Gorbachev himself, emphasized
the connection between the
domestic policies pursued by a
state, and its foreign policies. The
processes of change now under-

way in the USSR, Gorbachev ar-
gued, clearly illustrate the orien-

tation of socialism toward social

€ntire world.

Prove our country.

“olely by socialist yardsticks ...

from this.”
Sion

Gorbachey to participants on changes in the USSR, Feb. 16:

‘You have arrived in the Soviet Union at a time when essentially
Tevolutionary changes are underway here. They are on immense
Significance for our society, for socialism as a whole, and for the

“It is only by understanding their content, meaning and aims
at one can form a correct opinion about our international policy
-.. (which is) more than ever determined by our domestic policy,
Y Our interest in concentrating on constructive endeavors to im-

_ That is why we need lasting peace, predictability and construc-
Yeness in international relations . - . :
‘The reorganization which we have law d
and which is irreversible, shows to everyone: This is where we want
direct our resources; this is where our thoughts are goIngs these
ae Our actual programs and intentions; on this we In
Intellectual of our society ..- :
STo Fretinde eny tile talk and speculation (we hear a lot of it
from the West), I wish to emphasize that we are going about our
orms in accordance with our own socialist ¢
Our notions about social values, and are guid
viet way of life. We measure our successes al

But we want to be understood, mak
Community will at last aknowledge that our desire to make out

try better will hurt no one, and that the world can only gain

On changes
in the

USSR

nched on such a scale,

tend to spend

hoice, on the basis of
ed by criteria of the
d our mistakes

and we hope that the world

Meeting of minds
in Moscow

construction and peaceful com-
netition.

Conference participants, parti-
cularly Americans, showed in-
tense interest in the new Soviet
atmosphere. They questioned,
argued and frequently challenged
their Soviet hosts on points of
openness and democracy.

This dialogue, though charged
with excitement, was not hostile
as has often been the case in the
past. Participants by and large

evince deep respect for the new .

Soviet developments, and West
German Social Democratic leader
Egon Bahr drew a round of
good-humored applause for his
quip that “‘It is better to test Gor-
bachev than to test nuclear
bombs.”

Others, such as British actor
Peter Ustinov, more forcefully
suggested that “‘ Although the So-
viet Union now has glasnost
(openness), glasnost is far from
complete in the West.”’

‘‘We need glasnost in America
concerning the USSR,’ Nobel
prize-winning cardiologist Ber-
nard Lown, co-chair of Inter-
national Physicians for the Pre-
vention of Nuclear War, told the
forum. What passes for informa-
tion about the Soviet Union, said
Lown, is merely ‘‘an incoherent
mass of jumbled enemy-images.
It needs to be repeated over and
over again’’, he stressed, “‘that
the enemy of the human race is
neither capitalism nor commu-
nism, but these terrible weapons
of mass destruction’’.

Among the familiar faces that
crowded forum events was rock
music personality Yoko Ono,
who told the Tribune she was
deeply satisfied about being at
what she described as ‘“‘a very
unique meeting. We’re not using
bows and arrows here’’, she said.

‘‘Any armaments are totally ir-_

relevant and inadequate. In the
face of that, true love, wisdom
and unity will be power. We will
have peace. Believe me. The sur-
vival instinct will win.”

George Hutchison, British
physicist and international secre-
tary of Scientists Against Nuclear
Arms, agreed. He told the Trib-
une that, ‘““Yes, it has been useful
for people of different countries to
meet. Very good.’ He em-
phatically rejected claims in the
Western media that the forum
might be a big Soviet propaganda
ploy. Said he, “It is not propa-
ganda we’re experiencing here. In
fact, while they (the Soviets) are
becoming more open, we (in the
West) are becoming more
closed’.

The forum was aimed at gen-
erating dialogue and momentum
for peace, a goal in which it seems
to have succeeded beyond all ex-
pectations. Rarely have so many
opinion-makers and trend-setters
come together for such a purpose,
and never has such a broad con-
sensus been more apparent.

GEN. GERT BASTIAN

SS &
JOHN K. GALBRAITH

YOKO.ONO

GREGORY PECK

Virtually all participants noted
the positive impact of Soviet arms
control initiatives over the past
two years, and in particular,
many praised the unilateral Soviet
moratorium on nuclear explo-
sions.

Bernard Lown dramatized this
feeling when he told the forum
about an experience during his
stop-over at Frankfurt on the way
to Moscow. There, he said, he
met an ordinary middle-aged
German woman who told him:

“Tm sorry, doctor, I know you're
American. But these days when I

think of peace, I think of Gorba-
chev’’.

Another participant told the
Tribune that she had watched in
wonder during the Kremlin ban-
quet that ended the forum, while
such disparate individuals as
West German Green leader Petra
Kelly, actors Peter Ustinov and
Marcello Mastroianni, and
businessman Donald Kendall en-
gaged in vigorous debate with
Mikhail Gorbachev and other So-
viet politbureau members.

“Could you ever, in your wild-
est dreams,”’ she asked, “‘picture
an equivalent event occurring in
Washington?”

ons.

ethics.

not think it is.

Pi
.=

Gorbachev on nuclear threat, Feb. 16:

‘*We made ourselves face the fact that the stockpiling and sophis-
tication of nuclear armaments mean the human race has lost its
immortality. It can be regained only by destroying nuclear weap-

‘*We reject any right for leaders of a country, be it the USSR, the
U.S. or other, to pass a death sentence on humanity. We are not
judges and the billions of people are not criminals to be punished.

**So the nuclear guillotine must be broken. The nuclear powers
must overstep their nuclear shadow and enter a nuclear-free world,
thus ending the alienation of politics from the general norms of

‘*A nuclear tornado will sweep away socialist and capitalists, the
just and unjust alike. Is this situation moral? We communists do

Ss

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