Dewey, Dulles and Dumbarton Oaks
Dewey, Dulles and Dumbarton Oaks It is quite possible that candidate Dewey's intervention is the Dumbarton Oaks discussion wan motivated by pwrely political motives. A desire to corrsl the fetes of...
...Such ttatementt teem turpriiing, in view of tyttematie appealt for armed rttittanee, broadeatt from Ritttia by the Polith radia ttation Kotciittzko long btfort, and during the firtt ttagtt of, the battle of Wartaw...
...At the same time we are participating » what is essentially a peace conference, and around %.cpnference table the Russians are advocating the freeling of such a division of power as constitutes a threat to future peace...
...On August 22 the Manchttttr (lueirdian ststed < .lil.ii i» IK : "The tit nation in Wartaw hat Mie*d become txlrtmtly precariout for tht Poltt...
...Through all the skillfully worded communiques on these subjects there runs the clear implication that among the three nations now in conference it, is Russia that takes the more conservative side...
...The Kosciuszko radio station in Moscow is a Communist station...
...ia impossible to avoid the fear that double is •Tewing at Dumbarton Oaks...
...A world dominated by the three big powers, or four, their spheres of influence and their strategic Jmntierg, will hardly be a peaceful world for much ""rer than the interval between World Wars I and II...
...Those who have never bowed their heads te Hitlerite power will again, as in join, battle with the Germans—this time for derisive action...
...Britsin and the United States favor wider participation...
...It is therefore a hundred times more necessary than ever to remember that in tho food of Hitlerite destruction, sll Is lost that is not saved by active effort, that hy our direct, srfive straggle In the streets of Warsaw, im Its houses, factories and stores, we not only hasten the moment of tnsl fibers!ion bat also save a notion's property and the lives of our brothers'" The Polish patriots—25,000 strong—responded to this appeal, under instructions from their leader, General Bor, and seized a third of the city...
...that the heroic revolt of the Warsaw patriots against the Nazis wss a bluff—an attempt of the Polish Socialists to get credit for the liberation of Wsrsaw...
...They come to us to bring us liberation...
...Despite the secrecy which most surround the four-power conference, the outlines which are being compared and revised are tolerably well-known...
...The promised aid to the underground was not forthcoming, except In utterly V inadequate dribblets dropped by British and American planes...
...The Polish army trained in Kussls and now entering Polish territory hss now joined (he People's Army to form the Ceaps of Polish Armed Farces, the srm> of our nation in its struggle for independence...
...We must do everything to avoid a repetition of these horrora in Warsaw...
...loss of lives depends upon close and loyal ••••eration...
...Vl The Guardian then quotes the appeals from Moscow given above, and others...
...An effective, democratic, inclusive orgsnization y the family of nations for genuine collaboration In part, upon oar knowing exactly what ¦ telng on—what are the realities of the game •* *wer politics that is being played—what are ™* renlirt* of national inferesls and of plans— Moscow Asked for Warsaw Uprising By Linton M. Oak CoMMUNISTS in Moscow, London, and New York hsve lied again, snd jheir lie has been echoed, not only by fellow-travelers, but by innocent liberals Slid even by honest conservative editorial writers...
...The Germans are destroying public buildings...
...The Warsaw underground was betrayed—for political, not military reasons...
...According to all the proposals made, the Council of the new league is to he controlled by the four great powers now conducting the war...
...But the Red Army suddenly ceased advancing...
...They murdered thousand* of our brothers...
...If France is voted down, we may take for granted that tight control will be held by the three nations which by virtue of overwhelming military power now dominate the world...
...The bask matter of the make-up and objectives of the prospective United Nations organization has been catapulted into the headlines...
...The decision with regard to this proposal will show the decisive trend erf the conferees...
...It has never once broadcast anything that was not in complete conformity with Stalin's polities...
...Assist the Ked Army to cross the Vistula...
...Do not doubt that Warsaw hears the guns of that battle which is soon to bring her liberation...
...All those appeals were made before the insurrection began on August J. On July 28 the Communist-led Union of Polish Patriots in Moscow bioadcast this appeal to Warsaw anti-Nazis: "Fight the Germsns...
...A desire to corrsl the fetes of numerous foreign -language groups may have lea up to his Under regard for the rights of the small nations...
...In Bialyatok they plundered for sit dsys...
...Russia desires te keep power tightly in the hands which now hold it...
...The N>u> York Timet, Tha New Republic, Tht Sation, PU, et al, please copy...
...Give it information and show it the best fords...
...But once the subject bawl been opened up, the ensuing public discussion has been of immense value...
...Moscow ststed categorically that the Warsaw uprising wss ill-timed...
...The international structure that is foreshadowed is far from being adequate— not justify all the blood and treasure that have •mn expended by the peoples engaged in this war...
...In the period from June 2 to July 30 the Kosciutgko radio made thirteen different appeals for an uprising...
...Thus the four great nations and two minor ones might express the will of the entire body...
...When the Germans are pushed out of Praga, they will attempt to hold Wsrsaw and will try to destroy everything...
...The whole population should gather around the Underground Army...
...Decisions are to he reached by consent of all four of the major powers and enough of the amaller ones to constitute a majority...
...More than a million inhabitanta ought to become an army of a million men Bghting for liberation and destroying German invaders...
...The defeat of our enemies with the smallest •ossibla...
...vition of adequate tupplitt to Wartaw becaute tht battle arott tpontantoutly or, at any ratt, not in tynchronumtlon with Ritttiau military plant...
...The Soviet armies art* pushing forward and are near Prsga...
...Tomorrow tha sons of Warsaw will join its ranks Together with the Allied srmies thfy will pursue (be enemy westward, wipe the Hitler vermin of the Polish land snd strike a mortal blow at the beast of Prussian imperialism...
...tha offensive was transferred to another lector...
...Thett apptalt eould hardly havt eteaped Allitd military attention...
...The Amer-ican plan is said to propose a Council composed of representatives of the Big Four, plus seven delegates from smaller powers...
...on August • the Red Army artillery stopped bombarding the tier-man positions in Warsaw...
...For Warsaw, which did not yield but fought on, the hoar of action has already arrived...
...For Secretary Hull and his colleagues the situation h) a difficult one...
...Attack the Germans...
...that the action of the Polish underground was tiol coordinated with the Red Army plans...
...This is the first definite move to widen the baa* of authority of the new organization...
...It also mentions 'the equality' clause of Article Four of the Moscow Declaration, and goes on to emphasize that the Great Powers which have suffered so much in this war must have a special place of authority in the sew 'international organization of safety.' Significant in this connection is the fact that both the British and American plans propose the addition of Franc* to the permanent league membership as seen M that country is "restored to the ranks of the treat power...
...The Germaaa wilt, no doubt, try to defend themselves In Warsaw...
...The Communists condemned the Polish underground lor their "immature" uprising, and justified the hVd Army for its betrayal of the heroes of Warsaw...
...No matter what formal denials Secretary Hull is sUe to make, the problem of controls in the future league it far from settled...
...It hat bten argued that it wat impottiblt to organizt tht pro...
...From an "unimpeachable source" the press is informed that "The Russian plan, even more than the British, puts the emphasis on the special place of the Great Powers in the world organization...
...But any one of the four great powers could exercise a veto...
...The Russians are fighting as our •Hies...
...On July 30, two days before the Warssw uprising occured, the Kosciuszko station broadcast the following appeal to the Warssw psti iots to revolt: "Warsaw trenables^-from the roar of guns...
...People ot H anaw—lo «r#ras...
...When this fact is coupled with Russia's unilateral actions in building up a sphere of influence in sll ¦•astern and Central Europe, the prospect foi an effective world organization is far from good...
Vol. 27 • August 1944 • No. 35
