The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968 Page: 5 of 12
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Conference communists avow goal of peaceful coexistence
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By DIANE PING
and CHARLES SZALKOWSKI
Thresher Staff Writers
"Peaceful coexistence is the
goal of the socialist republics
of Eastern Europe," stated Jer-
y.y Michalowski, Polish Ambas-
sador to the United States, at
the opening session of the
three-day World Affairs Con-
ference on the Soviet Bloc at
Texas Tech last weekend.
"We do not intend to attempt
to conquer any other nation by
force, or even to export our
ideology, we only want peace,"
continued the ambassador.
He explained that his coun-
try's official position was that
each nation should determine
what political and economic
structure was best suited to
its purpose. He noted that
Poland's choice of socialism was
dictated by the physical condi-
tion of that country after
World War II.
Corneliu Bogdan, Romanian
ambassador to the U. S., in a
later address at the same con-
ference, seconded that position
and stated, "War cannot, by
any stretch of the imagination,
be considered a solution to the
world's problems."
War No Solution
Both ambassadors noted that
their countries could not ap-
prove of the United States' ac-
tion in Vietnam, as it was
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Dr. Naohiro Soga, assistant
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contrary to their idea of peace-
ful coexistence and conflict
resolution through negotiations.
Dr. Ferenc Nagy, exiled for-
mer prime minister of Hungary,
spoke at the last session of the
conference.
Political States
Nagy condemned the actions
of the communists in the take-
over of Eastern Europe after
World War II and blamed the
fall on the West's failure to
secure those countries as allies.
He stated that the countries
of Eastern Europe were not na-
tions, but rather merely poli-
tical organizations, and called
for the development of nation-
al states in this area, based i
on the wishes of the citizens.
He predicted that the estab-
lishment of national states was
coming closer to becoming a
reality, because the generation
now growing up in the com- '
munist countries is disillusioned :
and uncommitted to commun-
ism.
11 u nga ria n Revolution
With this "ideological va
uum" will arise the beginnings
of factors to cause a change, in
the political structure of the
countries behind the Iron Cur-
tain.
Nagy noted that the Hur.c-ir-
ian Revolution of 1956 was "
a failure, that it had, in fact,
succeeded, and that the revolu-
tionary leaders had not called
for Western military support,
only political support, never
guessing that the Soviets would
employ armed forces to re-
capture the country.
Other speakers at the meet-
ing included Leon Volkov, for-
mer Soviet Air Force Lieute-
nant Colonel and Soviet ailairs
editor of Newsweek Magazine,
and George Allen, U. S. career
ambassador and director of the
foreign service institute of the
State Department.
Seminar leaders for after-lec-
ture discussions on topics rang-
ing from history of pre-revolu-
tion Russia to Eastern Eur-
opean art as affected by the
political situation of the coun-
try, included various political
science and history scholars
from major universities, among
them Dr. R. John Rath, chair-
man of the Rice history de-
partment.
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Garon, Phil. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968, newspaper, March 14, 1968; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245024/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.