Mr. Vyshinsky's Methods
The strongest argument against Mr. Vyshinsky's proposal of measures calculated to remove the tension at present exist- ing in international relations" is the speech Mr. Vyshinsky made in submitting it. Nothing better designed to aggravate the tension in international relations than the now customary deluge of vituperation could well be imagined. Mr. Vyshinsky is far too intelligent not to realise the effect speeches of this kind have, and that there will be no belief in the sincerity of anything he says till he can reconcile himself to addressing the United Nations Assembly and its committees in the tone and language normal to all other responsible statesmen. _Commended with patient reason, the proposal that a special meeting of the Security Council should be called to consider causes of inter- national tension generally, and peace in Korea in particular, would have deserved and received serious attention. It would not, even so, have been approved, because after Russia's record of the misuse of the veto in the Security Council there is little temptation to restore to the Council responsibilities which for that very reason wpre transferred to the Assembly, and, badly as the military talks in Korea are going, there is little to be said for their removal to the political stage, with Mr. Vyshinsky himself as one of the chief actors. In the circumstances the decision of the Political Committee (only the Soviet bloc dissenting) to recommend further study of the measures that might be taken to resist aggression, including the earmarking of contingents from national forces for United Nations service in case of need, is as much as it is possible to achieve at the moment.
