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authority which might be dominated by the political beliefs of the other.
The
United States and the other non-Communist states of the world are not ready
either, but it is probably the Soviet Union which is and will remain the most
adamant in opposing a general surrender of sovereignty to a world authority.
It is that country which would be most likelyto be
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It is therefore not surprising that Soviet co
on the idea of setting
up a world government inthe near future pour scorn and sarcasm on the proposal,
Thus, one Soviet commentator, in writing about those who dare to advocate that
the Soviet Union along with other nations should yield up sovereignty, declares:
"At present they are not only talking about a United States of Europe but also a
United States of the world, a world parliament, a world government and so forth.
Fine phrases, and behind them renunciation of the basis of the struggle against
fascist ageression and of what is the foundation of the struggle for a stable
peace n°"
Ambassador Gromyko, Russian delegate at the London meeting of the
General Assembly of the United Nations, spoke against "voices . .. heard from
somewhere stating that the Charter had already become obsolete and needs revision," 69
Evidently, no voluntary yielding of authority to a world government
is to be expected from the Soviet leadership at this stage in world history.
According to Clarence Streit and the advocates of "Union Now," there is no
need to wait for Soviet Russias; but a world government whose authority did not
extend to the Soviet peoples would be no world government at all.
It would be
Ov.
When the United Nations Conference on International Organization voted in
plenary session to invite Argentina to send a delegation, there was a preliminary
show of voting strength as between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The vote was 31 in support of the American position and ) in support of the
Soviet position. United Nations Conference on International Organization,
Verbatim Minutes of the Fifth Plenary Session, April 30, 1945.
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J. Viktoroff, Soviet radio commentator, quoted in the New York Times, Dec-
embor 4, 1915.
United Nations News, February, 196, p. 2.