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78 MAY 15 et ead *P> Wada’ Is Seen Provin Reds Play West for Sucker By DAVID LAWRENCE ! WASHINGTON, April 26.—It| begins to look ss if Moscow is) playing the United States and the other nations jn the free} world for suckers. The tip-off: in the Soviet chess game is the} publication of the recent speech; of President Eisenhower and the significant comment along with) it in “Pravda” that Russia, too, has her “claims and ideas of| what should be done.” Every one of the Elsenhower points; was met in the officially inspired) Soviet press with the usual Com- munist rebuttals. This reflects the plan of the Soviet government to overcome; war fears and strengthen a weak| internal situation by starting “discussions” which may Iast two or three years. Meanwhile. the Allies will be influenced by} ‘@ peace-hungry public opinion te follow a namby-pamby policy of watchful waiting and reduced] armament building. The Soviets are so sure they! have the free world in a trap) that even while Mr. Eisenhower, and the other statesmen call for) “deeds, not words.” the Com-| munist-supplied armies in the: last few days have boldly crossed the boundaries of Laos, an inde-| pendent kingdom in southeast] Asia, thus perpetrating a new aggression before the eyes of the whole world. Moscow guessed right—both Washington and London were too impressed by the “peace maneuvers” to risk! any denunciation of what hap-, pened in Laos. Good Chess Players ‘The Soviets play their chess mame well. Undoubtedly: they re being guided by Doygine Gactean. the British diplomat, who, after serving a long time at the British Embassy in Wash- ington, then was assigned to take charge of the all-important “American desk" in the London Foreign Office through which all vonfidential cables flowed daily. ‘When he disappeared behind the Tron Curtain a year and a half ago, Secretary of State Acheson exclaimed, “My God, he knew everything.” : What MacLean knows basi- cally is the weakness and vul- nerability of the Allied position on the diplomatic side, particu- larly the situation in Britain . Where a wedge has been guc- cessfully driven between the Washington and London view- ints, although it has Jooked te y as if Washington was ginning to succumb to the London concept of peace at any price. No inference of lack’ of courage nebi-ie-drdwn from the trend of British diplomatic’ policy, It is rather an obsession’ in London that if Asia is writ-! ten off and any kind of peace is} made there, the Allies will be freed to build up thelr defenses and America will spend more. money in Europe. Story on Montgomery ‘The story is going around ‘Washington, for Instance, that! lat a private dinner here, given two weeks ago by Gen. Collins, chief of staff of the United States Army, In honor of Vis- count Montgomery, the British field marsha!—who is deputy military commander of NATO—| told the high-ranking guests' bluntly that if the American government insisted on carry- ing the war further in Korea she would find herself alone bearing 100 per cent of the bur- iden; that she could not expect any help from Britain, and that Ihe thought the American peo- ple wouldn't go along either. publican, chairman of mittee, who was at the dinner, that he thought he understor somewhat better the feelings of the American people, and since they were today bearing 95 per cent of the burden in Korea, he didn’t think they would object to carrying 100 per cent if necessary. There is no doubt that what Field Marshal Montgomery said privately is no secret in London. Every one there knows that the British government wants the Korean War ended on the prin- cipal terms laid down by the Red Chinese, or the Moscow government, as the case may be, because of @ belief that this is| the way to get more man power! land money to strengthen Eu-| rope’s defenses. ' Red Maneuver Seen Knowing that the government; lof Great Britain and British public opinion are almost unani- Imous in opposition to American) policy in Korea, the Soviet dip- Nomats are pressing for a general peace conference. where they are confident those differences will! be -accentuated, or where the 'U. S. government is expected to capitulate in the face of a united European demand. So the Russians have every- thing to gain and nothing to Jose: Iby long-drawn-out negotiations. ‘They know, too, that the Amer- ican-British cry of “deeds, not words,” is just Thetoric. because the American and British gov- jernments are goingtesrtewn, AL this, Rep. Dewey Short, Rae.C1LD the House Armed Services Comy LEITT® t Tolson * O°" Ladd eord f Ct leary ts reported to have Temarkegt fOr anduert Vv ~ «” Nichol, Belmoa t Clegg Glavin. Harbo Rosen Tracy ——— Geary Mohr ——__-_— Winterrowd — Tele. Room — Holloman —— Sizov Miss Gandy — f, aD @~ MAY + 1953 ee ee a i ? Pr As Times- Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. B N.Y. Mirror APR QTC Date: N D- he Herald erald Tribune Te on 2c