USSR strengthened, not strangled, by economic blockade “The postwar economic diffi- Culties of the capitalist states have been further accentuated by the fact that the imperialists _ have themselves shut the door on the world democratic market.’ The Unitea States had cut down its prewar trade with the Soviet Union: to a mere trickle 4Nd had virtually forbidden not “nly Japan, Western Germany and ‘italy, but, also Britain. France, Holland and other coun- ‘ties to trade with the People’s Democracies. | : _ The economic blockade enforc- ed by the United States, Britain _ 40d France on the Soviet Union, _ China and the European People’s €mocracies, far from strangling these countries had strengthened the new world market, the demo- cratic market. _. “By doing this the imperialists _ iMtlicted a serious blow on their ©wn exports and their economic System.” Malenkov added. _ ‘Faced with their economic difficulties, the United States “apitalists are now trying to ®vercome them by the war in Ko- tea, the rearmament drive, and ‘the militarisation of industry. “Th major part of the indus- tial production of the imperial- St countries is dedicated to re- _ #rmament.’’ __ Malenkoy quoted the defense €xpenditure of capitalist coun- tries, Increased taxation and in- ~flation followed from the arm- _ 4ments race. ‘True, it helped _ the capitalist countries to raise Mporarily the level of their Production, but there was no Sound for them to be opti- ‘Mistic, as the ground was lid for the coming crisis by the unproductivity of arms Manufacture, and its cost, Which cut ever deeper into the Purchasing power of the peo- Piles, , the rearmament drive was a ag big burden for the satellites of the United States to whom *‘Am+ Stican help” was now given only for Tearmament purposes and the Preparation of a new war. 4 alenkoy described armament _ 2 the West as q source of “un-) **ard-of enrichment for Ameri- ©8n Dillionaires.” __ He said profits were rising, so €re taxes, the cost of living and Xemployment. ans €al wages were going down = Ng to the connivance of the ‘Msht-wing Socialists with the - *apitalists. oS he contradictions between the t Urgeois imperialist class and in. Working class in these coun- : *S were sharply intensified. & situation of the world cap- St system is also aggravated . ® fact that as a result of oes and of the national lib- tan ie struggle in the colonies Colo dependent countries, the ‘tata system of imperialism is _ ‘tally crumbling to pieces.” | (Cay alenkoy then charged that Fe — ital cy Otnerstone of American poli- Ati Was to achieve world domin- * ee by force. aE Dow. Said: “Of course it is not ot le to achieve domination ener eacefiul Means countries by pee Van BY know from the experi- can, °! the Hitlerites that one ag even dream of world dom- BA a Without resorting to arm- Sree, without unleashing a 3 SY, War, inet? Americans,” Malenkov ate DUed, “have decided to vio- War. Peace and to prepare a new to — the Soviet Union happens € main opponent of a new pulférs have come to the conclu- sion that war must be made on the Soviet Union and the other people’s Democracies.” Thus, he added, was born the North Atlantic Pact. “To conceal from the people the aggressive aims of this bloc, to deceive the nations, they have christened it a ‘defensive’ bloc against ‘Communism, against the Soviet Union, which is alleged to be preparing an attack on the United States, Britain, Mrance and the other members of this bloc. “American military bases are being set up in various countries around the Soviet borders for this criminal purpose.. For the sake of the same criminal aim, West- ern Germany and Japan are be- ing re-militarized. The attack of the United States on the Korean People’s Republic expressed the switch- over of the Anglo-American policy from preparations for an aggressive war to the aggres- siow itself. Malenkov was cheered for the declaration that tlie “stout de- fence of the Korean people, help- ed by the gallant Chinese volun- teers, is inspiring the warm friendly feelings of the whole democratic and peace-loving world.” He described as the main feat- ure of the present international situation the fact that ‘‘the prin- cipal aggressive power. the Unit- ed States, is pushing other capit- ‘alist states. especially those be- longing to the North Atlantic bloc and the losers of the last war, like Western ‘Germany, Italy and. Japan. on the path of a new. war. , “the smokescreen of the battle against Communism is used by the American imperialists to di- vert attention from their aggres- sive intentions,” he said. jdescribed as we eculiarity of the American m- y onlalists’ strategy their usage of foreign territories for their war plans, naming West Germany, Japan, Britain and France. “Already level-headed progres- sive politicians in Europe and other capitalist states see to what an abyss the American adven- turers are dragging them, ne aa eec] this is a symptom of the weakened position of the imperi- alists and leads toward an acute sharpening of the struggle within the imperialist icamp petween the forces of fascist reaction and the democratic forces of the imperial- ist countries.” : Malenkov then turned to the worldwide movement for peace, saying. that for the first time in ‘history there now existed a powerful and united camp of peace-loving states. ; The working class was noW bet- ter organized in capitalist coun- tries, too, where the Communist parties were ‘conducting a heroic yuggle for peace. ee The main task of all progres- sive mankind was to raise the organizational level of ‘the peace partisans, expose contin- -ually the warmongers, deny ‘them the ty of confus- ing the peoples and isolate ad- venturers in the. ‘imperialist cae Soviet Union, Malenkov declared, stands for the preserva- tion and strengthening of peace. The basic line of the foreign policy of the Communist Party Malenkov “Dean ‘nd the principal bulwark of the United States wire-- G. M. MALENKOV Malenkoy «iccused the United States of trying to ‘‘exploit and enslave’ Britain and France by their imperialist policy. “Greece, Turkey and Yugosla- yia have become American col- onies,”” Malenkov continued, add- ing that the rulers of Yugoslavia had long ago become American agents. ; Referring to the right-wing So- cial Democrats, ° Malenkov said tle British Labor party, the French Socialists and the West German Social Democrats headed the list of the parties responsible for the anti-national policy of the leading circles in their countries. The right-wing Socialists in Denmark. Norway. Finland, Aus- tria and other countries follow in the wake of their British. French and German colleagues, “Right-wing Social Demec- racy has developed into an ' agency of American imperial- of the Soviet Union was, and still ism.”’ Soviet peace policy is, “the policy of peace between the nations and security of the Socialist motherland.” In this connection Malenkov quoted Stalin’s words at the 18th Congress: ‘“‘We are for strength- ening peace and stand for coop- eration with other countries and shall stand on that position as long as other countries do the same.’ ; He said Soviet foreign policy after the last war was one ‘‘aim- ing at the preservation of a last- ing and stable peace. The peace- ful intentions of the Soviet Union. were demonstrated by its dis- armament proposals in the Unit- ed Nations and by the demobil- ization of its forces.” He recalled, ‘the \ withdrawal of Soviet armies from Korea, Nor- way, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, where they went to fight against the fascist ag- gressors,” and the putting for- ward by ithe Soviet Union of ‘«- proposals serving as a, basis for the Korean armistice talks.”’ Malenkov declared that the Soviet’ Union ‘attaches great importance to the organization of the United Nations, taking the view that it could serve as an important means of uphold- ing world peace,” and charged ‘that the United States was us- ing the United Nations to cover up its aggressive actions. ‘He repeated the statement by Stalin in the magazine Bolshevik that it would Be wrong to think that a new war could be directed only against the Soviet Union, as the present contradictions with- in the imperialist camp would ~ lead to a war: between two capi- talist states. ‘ “Soviet policy is based on the assumption tthat a peaceful co-existence ,of capitalism and communism and mutual consid- eration are perfectly feasible if mutual desires exist and if the parties are prepared to ful- fil their obligations on the basis ot equality and non-interfer- ence in the internal affairs of other countries.” : Summing up, he said the Soviet Union ‘“‘stand for the avoidance of any war-between states and He concluded by defining the task of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in foreign poli- cy as: V “To continue the battle against the preparation and un- leashing of g new war, to forge a mighty anti-war democratic front, to strengthen the ties of friendship and solidarity with the peace partisans of the entire world. Vv ‘“‘Stubbornly to expose. all preparations for a new war and all intrigues of the warmongers, to carry on with the policy of in- ternational cooperation and ex- tension of trade relations with other countries. V “To strengthen still further friendly relations with the Chin- ese People’s Republic, the Euro- pean People’s Democracies, the German Democratic Republic and the Korean and Mongolian repub- lics. “The party will also unswerv- ingly strengthen the defensive might of the Soviet Union and increase our preparedness to deal a devastating rebuff to any ag- gressor.” : : Turning to internal affairs, Malenkov said the Soviet Union has rebulit its national economy destroyed by the war. Prices had been cut down five times and this improved the buy- ing price of the rouble and im- proved the standard of living of Soviet workers, 8 The rouble was based on the gold standard and its exchange rate rose. After the war the Soviet Union aimed at extending on a large scale the heavy industry, which was now on a much higher level than in prewar years. Industrial production this year would be 230 percent higher than in 1940, Consumer goods would be 165 percent higher. ; Production in 1952 would in- clude: 25 million tons of pig iron; 35 million tons of steel; 27 mil- lion tons of rolled steel; 300 mil- lion tons, of coal; 37 million tons of mineral oil; 130 million metric tons of grain, The Soviet Union, he said, est- ablished after the war its indus- trial base in the eastern part of the Soviet Union—the Urals, Si- beria and farther eastward. “We have all the pre-requisites for the present Five-Year Plan,” he added. “Any slackness is to be eliminated and latent reserves have to be discovered and used.” There were yet many industries where work is done badly. In many cases consumer goods were of poor quality. Agriculture had been strength- ened and in the Soviet Union there were now 97,000 collective farms. U.S., Britain closed door on market ine for the peaceful settlement of all international conflicts and dis- lagreements.”’ engaged in any military operation since the ‘“‘very moment of the end of the world war.” Soviet relations with Britain and France should be ruled by the treaties signed between these countries during the war and providing for cooperation after the war, but “the British and French governments are grossly violating these treaties.” (Program outlined The problem of. producing grain for food had been solved satisfac- torily and finally.’ Owing to slackness, production of vegetables and flax was still less than in 1940. _ Malenkov said leading workers in the administration of collective farms had overlooked their pri- mary tasks—agriculutral produc- tion—and had used labor to build new houses and other buildings, to erect new agricultural towns. Many collective farms had started building their own brick- works and similar enterprises to supply their own. need which turned out to be expensive and hampered agricultural produc- ‘tion. “This must stop,’ Malenkov said. He also pointed cto the faulty organization of work in farms where mechanical aids were not fully used. Many progressive farmers were > taking full advantage of the lat- est scientific discoveries but there were others who ignored them or made only half-hearted use of them with the result that their productivity suffered. Malenkov blamed inefficient propaganda for this, He said the erection of build- ings was still much too costly. Much material was being wasted and not sufficient use was made of mechanization, |} Some of the ministeries were not exercising sufficient control over their enterprises. ; A huge program of building dwelling houses had been fulfill- ed but there was still a great shortage of houses' because many ministries were slack in fulfilling their building quota. Malenkov’ said indifiference, lack of organization and waste must be eliminated from the So-. viet Union. Malenkov laid down a _ nine- point program for home policy: + -Strengthen the economic might of the Soviet Union; + To increase production and develop transport; : + To increase agTicultural production and to obtain more foodstuffs and raw materials; + A _ strict economy every-— where; : + To develop science to take the first place in the world; : + To introduce innovations and further Socialist competition; + To improve living and cul- tural standards and extend health services ; ; , : + To strengthen our social regime; : + To increase our vigilance, expose warmongers and strength. en our armed forces and intelli- gence service, PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 17, 1952 —-PAGE 3 The Soviet Union had not been