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| WCRID COMMDNISM State Communist Conventions this year noted how open were the expressions of primary loyalty to the Soviet Union. One might legitimately be concerned that such persons are assiduously cultivating American scientists and selling them the glories of the Soviet Union. Particularly dangerous is the"joining record" of Professor Harold Urey, heavy water expert and consultant on the atomic bomb project. Also notable is the solicitude for such scientists expressed by the Daily Worker, which complains that they are under constant surveillance by internal security agents of the United States government. One wonders how the strike situation would be in the event of a conflict between the U.S.A. and the U.S.3.R. The Trend of Soviet Imperialism* The use of the title "Soviet Imperialism" might appear to be name calling and prejudging. Certainly it would not become us to degenerate into the Communist habit of "smearing". Nevertheless, the case against the Soviet Union is so strong that there is no problem of proving the thesis. Rather the difficulty is one of selection and compression. It might be useful, accordingly, to paint a broad picture before going into details country by country. At the time of writing, Russian expansion in Europe has reached its current height and at the moment is ebbing slightly. In the course of this drive, the Soviets have absorbed Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. They have installed puppet governments in Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, and Yugo- slavia. They have seriously infiltrated governments in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Finland, and Soviet Germany. Their influence is great in Italy, France, and possibly Belgium and the Netherlands. At the moment they are agitating through front groups for the overthrow of the governments of Spain and Portugal,' although a non-Communist group is also making a serious claim for control of Spain. Only Britain, Sweden,Norway, and Anglo-American controlled Germany, among the major nations, enjoy relative freedom from control. Not content with a hegemony over most of Europe, the Soviet Union is agitating for colonies in Africa, joint control of the Dardanelles, and control over Iran. In Asia, Russia controls Outer Mongolia and Sinkiang and by virtue of the treaty with China exercises a virtual condominium over Manchuria. The TT.S.S.R. is agitating for joint control over Japan. Communists are foster- ing the independence movement among colonial peoples in Asia, particularly India. This does not mean, of course, that the independence movement is either Communist inspired or dominated, but merely that they seek to use it for their own purposes. In China, the Communists are making a temporary re- treat, but only because the War's end has released Nationalist troops and because of the firm stand by the United States. But only a year ago, Communist propaganda had come within a hair's breadth of orientating American policy towards the Yenan government. Such is the march of what the Soviets euphemistically term "democracy." In many cases it was in direct violation of Armistice terms which called for joint Allied administration of conquered lands* Instead Allied control commissions were virtual prisoners behind the iron curtain. For many months a nev/s blackout was enforced, long after the fighting ceased* A few resource- ful correspondents, such as C. L, Sulzberger of the New York Times and various writers from Time and the New Leader, did get the facts from diplomatic and |