REPLY BY RUSSIA

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28477, 6 January 1958, Page 7

REPLY BY RUSSIA

“Distortion Of Facts” (Rec. 8 p.m.) MOSCOW, Jan. 5. The Soviet news agency. Tass, accused the British Prime Minister, Mr Macmillan, of making “crude antiSoviet attacks” and distorting the facts in his radio broad-

cast last night. Tass said, “Mr Macmillan in a lengthy broadcast over London Radio tonight about the basic problems of Britain's foreign relations, tried to justify the foreign policy of the British Government. “He lauded N.A.T.O. and nuclear weapons as the notorious deterrents.”

“Mr Macmillan said the hydrogen bomb was the best guarantee of security and that N.A.T.O. had only one aim—the preservation of peace.

“Mr Macmillan tried in every way to justify the decision of the British Government to make British territory available for the siting of American rocket weapons and the flights over Britain by American bombers loaded with hydrogen bombs which Mr Macmillan said ensured the effectiveness of the 'British defence system.”

“In his speech Mr Macmillan also made rude anti-Soviet attacks and distorted the facts, alleging that the Soviet Union had subjugated the Baltic States and the countries of Eastern Europe. “ i . . He ignored the constructive proposals, designed to achieve the speediest relaxation of international tensions and remove the threat of atomic war, which were set forth in a message he recently received from the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr Bulganin.

“Mr Macmillan assured his listeners, however, that the British Government intended to continue to seek an agreement with the Russians.

“He said there were two ways to world peace—the strengthening of N.A.T.O. and talks with the Soviet Union.”