Truman invited by Shverni
to sign 5-power peace pact

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his is the full text of the historic message of the Soviet
people to President Truman, sent on August 6,
1951, by Nicolai Shvernik, president of the presidium of ©
the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Included in the text is President Shvernih’s

Republics.

power pact of peace.

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letier and the resolution adopted by the presidium of the
Supreme Soviet, inviting the United States, along with
Britain, France and People’s China to negotiate a five-
The letter and resolution were
delivered to'U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson by

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Boris Karavaev, Soviet charge d’affair’s in W ashing
with the request that they be forwarded to Presiaet!
Texts of the letter and resolution
leased to the press in Washington by the Soviet

Truman.

on August 7.

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Embassy —

His Excellency,

Dean Acheson,

Secretary of State of Sue.
United States of America.

Your Excellency:

HAVE the honor ‘to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your com-

munication of July 7, 1951, and of ;

the enclosed resolution of. the
Congress of the United Sates of
‘America and to transmit to you
a resolution of the presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.

This resolution expresses the
feelings of sincere friendship of
the peoples of the Soviet Union
toward the peoples of the whole
world—it speaks of the fact that
the Soviet people are unified in
their attempts to establish a
stable peace and to eliminate the
threat of a new war.

The Soviet people have no basis
for doubting that the American
people also, do mot want war.

However, the Soviet people
know . well that there exist ‘in
_some states forces which are
striving to unleash a new world
war, in which the circles in ques-

tion see the source of their own.

enrichment. The peoples of the
Soviet. Union believe that there
will be no war if the peoples take
into their own hands preserva-

tion of peace and defend it to the.

end, unmasking tHe attempts of
those forces which have interests
in war and which are trying to
draw the people into another war.

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I share your opinion that a
desire for peace and brotherhood

exists in the hearts of a majority
of people. Therefore, govern-

ments which not with words but .

with deeds are striving to support
peace must encourage by every
means. the peaceful strivings of
their people.

The* Soviet government assists
in every way the unification, of
the efforts of the Soviet people
fighting for peace with the ef-
forts of the peoples of other coun-
tries. It hospitably receives com-
munications of peace from any
country and by every means con-
tributes to the intercourse of the
Soviet peoples with the peoples
of other countries, placing no
barriers in the path. rr

There is no doubt that friend-

ship between peoples which is
mentioned in your communica-
tion pre-supposes the development
of political, economic and cul-
tural relations and connections
between peoples on a basis of
equal rights. There is also no
doubt that a most important step
on this road must be the elimina-
tion of any discrimination with
regard to the Soviet Union on
the part of the eee authori-—
ties.

The duty of all peace-loving

peoples consists in steadfastly
carrying on a policy of war pre-
vention and preservation of

peace, of not permitting arms
races of attaining limitation of
armaments and the prohibition
of atomic weapons with the estab-
lishment of inspection over the
implementation of sueh a prohibi-
tion, and of cooperating in the

conclusion of a five-power pact 4 RESOLUTION OF THE PRE-

for the strengthening of peace. |

The conclusion of such a pact
would have an exceptionally im-
portant significance in the im-
provement of Soviet-American re-

“lations and the. strengthening of

peace among peoples. Such a
pact would raise the confidence of
all peoples in the preservation
of peace and, ‘moreover, would
pérmit the possibility of limiting
armaments, of lightening the

- burden of military expenditures,

which lie with all their heaviness
on the peoples’ shoulders,

In implementing the indicated
measures the American people
will always find full cooperation
on the part of the Soviet people,
who unalterably defend the cause

of peace. 3
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I hope that ‘the text of the reso-

lution of' the presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics will be

brought to the attention of the

‘American people.

I take this occasion 45 request
you to transmit to the American
people my greetings and good
wishes from the people of the
Soviet Union. | 1

Moscow, August 8, 1951.
“Nikolai Shvernik,

“President of the presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of thé
Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics.” :

See

Text of Resolution .

- His. Excellency, ‘
Harry S. Truman,

President of the !United States
of America,

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sipIuM OF THE SUPREME:
‘SOVIET OF THE USSR

‘

BEING informed of the joint re-

solution adopted by the Senate
and the House of Representatives
of the USA, which was trans-
mitted together with a letter from
Mr. Truman, President of the

USA, on July 7 of this year, the ©

presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, combining the work of
both Houses—the Council of the
Union and the Council of the Na-
tionalists of the Supreme Soviet of
the USSR, considers it necessary.
to make the following statgment:

Expressing the will of the

r peoples Of the Soviet Union
for peace, the Soviet government
always cdénducts a policy directed

_ toward strengthening peace and

establishing friendly relations be-
tween states. The principle of
this policy was laid down in the
peace decree adopted by the Sec-
ond Congress of Soviets on No-
vember 11, 1917, as soon as the
Soviet state was formed. Since
that time the foreign policy of the
Soviet Union has remained un-
changed, being directed toward
the strengthening of peace and
friendly relations among peoples.

After the Second World War,

when, as the result of the joint

efforts of the Allfes, the forces advanced a proposal to put an
of the aggressors were smashed,

the aggressive states were dis-
armed, an international organ-
ization was established for the

maintenance of peace and the

' prevention of the outbreak of

Not ‘ignorant’ of war's horrors

These Canadian youth delegates who visited the Soviet Union last year reval that: thie “i enorance”

.Ment of a@ lasting peace.

any new aggression, conditions

were created for the establish-_

As_is
known, the matter of strengthen-
ing international security, the
Soviet government assumed the
initiative, coming forth with a
Proposal for general reduction in
armaments, including as its prim-
ary mission the prohibition of
the production, and utilization of
pea energy for war purposes.

SAbEeQueRLy: in defending the
‘eause of peace and expressing
the inflexible determination of
peoples to prevent the threat of
a new, war, the Soviet govern-
ment has twice introduced a pro-
posal’
Great Britain, China, France and
the Soviet’ Union unite their ef-
forts for, the purpose of support-
ing international peace and secur-
ity and conclude a peace pact
among themselves. The initiative
of the Soviet government met
with fervent support and approv-
al on the part of the’ peace-lov-

ing peoples of the entire world,

that the United States,-

.. ples.
‘Soviet Union are not- waging |

The Soviet people cannot under-—

‘stand what peace-loving motives

the goveYnment of the United
States of American can have in
hitherto ‘rejecting the proposal of

conclusion of a peace pact be-
tween the five powers.

After the outbreak of the mili-
tary conflict in Korea and the
open armed intervention of the
United States of America in Ko-
rea, the Soviet ‘Union made re-
peated proposals for a peaceful

settlement of the Korean conflict.

Recently the Soviet Union, again

end to the bloodshed in Korea
which has even led to negotiations
for an armistice and a céssation

‘of military activities in Korea.

- The peace policy of the Soviet.

of how “the rest of the world lives and thinks” at‘ributed to the Soviet people by British Foreign

Secretary Herbert Morrison, could properly describe’ the purpose of war-m

minded politicians’ and a war-

the Soviet government for the

_ ican authorities to issue visas

ment of the United State?

méngering press in striving to blind the people of tie West to how the Soviet neople live and think.
Travelling freely in the USSR, talking freely with the Soviet people, they found them to be well-informed,
on world affairs, proud of their great achievements i2 reconstruction, eager for friendship with all peo-
ples and concerned for world peace as only a people who have seen their country devastated can be.

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stated that the American peopl’
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Soviet Union does not pla¢ iy.
obstacles in the way of. fries?
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American people or with Say
peoples, and does not create o
obstacles to the establishme?™
business, trade and friendly
lations, between them.
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of the foreign policy that i f
ing conducted by the ore
authority of the United states
America. This is proven not
by such facts as the syste™
refusal on the part of the

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