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Public creation of the "Little Comintern" widened the split at the United Nations, where the Russian bloc has lately abandoned all pretense of cooperation. The New York Times's James Reston remarked: "Probably never in the history of international gatherings has the simple, demonstrable untruth been put forward so often with such force and passion...
...danger of war, then, did not depend upon whether the Comintern was hidden or open, whether manners at U.N. were rude or Chesterfieldian. It depended upon whether the part of the world which wanted permanent peace would continue to be 1) "more powerful," and 2) "equally vigilant...
Most important act of the new Comintern: a proposal to organize an "Information Bureau," composed of two representatives from each of the central committees of the Communist Parties at the congress. Official purpose: "To organize and exchange experience and, in case of necessity, coordinate the activity of Communist parties on foundations of mutual agreement." Headquarters: Belgrade, conveniently close to the seething situations on the frontiers of Greece and Trieste...
What did the revival of the Comintern mean? It meant: 1) all-out Communist concentration against U.S. efforts to achieve economic and political peace in Europe, a new era of Communist power politics; 2) Russia's open reassumption of her place (dropped for tactical reasons during World War II) as leader of the world revolution; 3) intensifying of the battle of ideologies (Communism v. democracy), as a prelude to the battle of systems (Communism v. capitalism). The Comintern revival might also mean that Russia was tightening Communist organization for a series of imminent political (and perhaps military) actions...
From a superficial glance it may seem that the Kremlin has defeated its own purposes by resurrecting the Comintern. Not only have the Communists supplied powerful arguments to the backers of the despised Plan, but it may well be that they have weakened their influence in the countries of Western Europe still outside the Communist bloc. As the United States has painfully learned, national interest is often a more persuasive consideration than ideology. In countries where the majority of the people believe the Marshall Plan to hold the greatest hope for salvation, Communists stand to lose considerable numbers of adherents...