RUSSIA’S AIMS

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27193, 10 November 1953, Page 7

RUSSIA’S AIMS

Sir,—A correspondent recently deplored the continued use of your correspondence columns to advance Communist propaganda, the chief objection being to brand America as a warmonger and so break up the North Atlantic Treaty. Let no-one forget that Churchill accurately foresaw the objections of Soviet imperialism but completely failed to convince America, whose leaders Agreed to terms that ultimately gave Russia half of Europe. Once badly bitten, they are now understandably shy, and are asking for action, particularly regarding the release of enslaved peoples rather than falling for vociferous .peace propaganda. After the death of Stalin some minor concessions }vere granted and a slightly more conciliatory policy temporarily followed, which' induced Sir Winston Churchill to say what he is quoted as saying. Recent news, however, clearly indicates that Churchill’s momentary optimism is now dead and the American policy stands on this occasion.—Yours, etc., . V. WILKINSON. Mitcham, November 6, 1953.