Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1960-04-01 / 4. szám

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FRATERNITY

Red Army is dangerously unreliable; (2) the satellite divisions are totally unreliable; (3) the masses under communism share a mortal hatred for the oppressor.

Though liberation must come essentially from within, we must spell out a program to encourage it. The first step would be to demonstrate the earnestness of our concern by raising the issue of the captive nations at every diplomatic conference and at every session of the United Nations.

Let us spread the facts about Soviet imperialism upon the record at every available opportunity.

But, we must never again permit liberation to degenerate into a simple propaganda device.

Let us say to Mr. Khrushchev: “There is tension because of your ultimatums and blustering threats, because of the massive armed aggressive strength which the Soviet Union and Communist China maintain, because of the subversive activities of Communist parties in every country, because you have flagrantly violated so many covenants that the world can no longer have any confidence in your pledged word. And there is tension because the Soviet Union has ruthlessly imposed its rule on the captive peoples.”

We can call the Soviet’s bluff on the Warsaw Pact. Not

in our lifetime will Khrushchev be able to use against us the

300.000 members of the Polish armed forced, the 250,000 Romanians, the 200,000 Czechoslovaks, the 160,000 Bulgarians, the

150.000 East Germans and the 90,000 Hungarians. On the contrary, there is greater chance, if it comes to war, that the

armies of the Warsaw Pact will wind up on the side of the free world. Certainly this would be our goal — a very realistic goal!

So back on my basic argument. The most effective deterrent to Communist expansion in Europe would be to place basic emphasis in all our diplomacy on the ultimate freedom of the

captive peoples of Europe. If we are not prepared to do so

for the sake of the captive peoples, then we must do so to

save ourselves.

Admittedly, the Kremlin would not like it. But only by

doing so can we effectually cope with Khrushchev’s hydrogen

missile diplomacy; only by doing so can we rekindle the flagging faith of our scores of millions of allies behind the Iron Curtain; in the long run, it may not be too much to say, only by doing so can peace be preserved and freedom under God prevail on this earth.