Moscow News, 30 Mei 1956, hlm. 5 (Delegasi perempuan Indonesia di Moskow)

=== [PDF page 1] === the Soviet /Jstete iHnmwiiiiiinmnimmiHiimunumiimiiimmiimmmmsuiilymmmnumumiiii Mental /"\F LATE British certain nologists, Slip? officials have other teachers, business intended experts—al! port communism at the been somewhat run services." they their export and exsame time goods and Afghan Ambassador Speaks Independence Day QN the occasion of the Independof Day Afghanistan, Gholam Jahya Tarzi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ence ter to their counthey have foundation May 26. Touching Soviet the upon leaders visit of Britain, the Selwyn, > Lloyd said: “The aims of British foreign policy can be stated quite maintain peace. simply. We seek to credence. peace, usual, that Britain maintains “absolute loyalty" to N.A.T.O. Selwyn Soviet come them, covering almost all problems of the world and its inhabitants. We disagreed about a with talks discussions lot, but the were cor- Further, much better to whether you can establish rather efforts.” such This sense personal ground common discussion very some any said: Lloyd it is “Surely see Selwyn and objective opinion was refuse than common appreciated furwho are interested in the ther relaxation of international tension. Peace-loving circles throughout the world favourably regarded all Camille Belgian the Parliament. The name of Huysmans with many stages of the development of the Socialist ( Parties in Western Europe. Today, he is an active champion of working is associated class deemed reason seek another sphere where month ago the leaders Soviet the USSR. discuss the “export not comgreat mass consists technicians, said, the sistance with techin "and Gholam bassador U.S.S.R. Soviet Jahya the experience the the The Soviet public citizens the asevery and achievethe fields of and painting music, sculpture, the cinema, and television the radio Moscow over and the television. Press Photo Agency "Every Afghan," tjie Ambassador celebrates this said, "sincerely remarkable date because this great reminds the holiday people Afghanistan of their centuries-old and them to be history inspires the radiant ready safeguard well future and "Celebrating historic bassador every and man, the and Lloyd’s Newark it merely This and the does then mean? speech legitimate public expects PRESIDIUM of the the Supreme Soviet U.S.S.R. announces with propeople of found Vekilov answered. the OBSERVER (From other countries. Pravda) “Udarnik," Yugoslav feature The Pursuit, was shown. The new after Vurgun the was Supreme viet the U.S.S.R., outstanding Soviet poet, Vice-President ofihe Acadeof Sciences of the AzerS.S.R. and member of the Presidium of the Somy baijan Monday. May 27 serious illness. Samed Deputy death of Vurgun Samed and long the sorrow Comrade FIRST Yugoslav film festival in the Soviet Union was opened the biggest cinema in Moscow, Dies THE is natural 'THE question prosperity.” further and Poet Yugoslav Film Festival slip of the memory? Amthe Azerbaijan are Afghanistan proud of their glorious history in which they have their love of freedom. displayed Selwyn unforgettable this anniversary,” happiness health." public What reconcluded, "1 am happy the best and sincere convey wishes of the people of Afghanistan to our friends, the glorious Soviet people, and to wish them lasting their country. desire for freedom ’’The Union immediately independAfghanistan’s established friendly relations with her. of science, technology, education all other theatre, broadcasting then that of the two counto Amviews it. desirable countries Tarzi, Afghanistan to (centre), addressing acquainting themselves literature, forth this ideas set the international veteran member of Pravda conmovement, labour cludes, meet, the policy of working class unity, pursued by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union the communist parties of and by The King- United accord two is 85 said, the the following: upon the Governments ments the consider "They steamroller of tolikely to be a military one,” occasion exchange have agreed the Bulganin and after tries should “The Russian proclamation of. the independof Afghanistan with respect. cognised munism." day the visit of N. A. went ence the the and Afghanifrom wish to point out that, outset, the Soviet Governand the Soviet people rement garded the great national event Declaration Kingdom Khrushchov, heads of the Governments Afghabetween the the very ence the United and contributed still more to the consolidation of that friendship. states:*— "The happily has stan the and This country. relations existed friendly sincere and contacts U.S.S.R. are relations extending of the Soviet Union, N. A. Bulganin that and Soviet Union, are permeated with-the spirit of peace. The visit of the esteemed leaders Britain development dom and Joint Declaration Khrushchov Selwyn Lloyd Union their developing nistan Union? only compatriots recall Government Afghanistan which have for many years counfail would be possible to maintain interspeech his "the friendly countries, are "The of culcannot Contradicting national tension. what he said at the beginning of his down opr people with all more? Did extension bring the the Majesty Afghanistan." Mr. Tar*! peaceful co-operation founded on are mutual directing all respect, the their efforts improving standards of life and culture, and the Could successes. His to ring once between United Kingdom. necessary questions will be solved easily.” Representatives might between else. Having admitted something that “the likelihood of attack is less than before,” Selwyn Lloyd for some tries further improvement the international situation. However, in fact, he did better," article to Camille veteran of the internamember‘of tional labour movement, Socialist the Bureau of the Belgian Chamber Party and President of the Huysmans, constructive ideas for a further Huysmans birthday 85th new the contacts signed expect the eign all this, it was only logicthat the British ForSecretary would put forward wanted tural One After allegation the truth about the Soviet war." dedicates DRAVDA certain the fell back communism?" he fear that and think courteous and both sides made their points view very much closer to othdial that threat of had "the iron curtain" international situation towards what calls “the lessening leaders when hackneyed the be that the the not was Britain of this pursuance .aim... We had frank and direct what question: one "export vited Lloyd’s that servation, this “unilateral disarmament." Further, having noted as ignore Selwyn revive armed inWe seek to maintain British fluence in the world. With regard first aim, the preservation the Prime Minister into their strengthening have been possible for the exattempt continued, of ail possible Thus, it might set himself forces and armaments and he welcomed, albeit with reaware “Guided the purpose that Mr. Selwyn Lloyd the fact that Selwyn Lloyd appreciated the statement of the Soviet Government on the reduction of that Lloyd acknowledged changes have taken place posed and deprived been are King of port of communism” has been friendly relations between Britain and the U.S.S.R. and for extending Anglo-Soviet contacts. For instance, commentators noted the speech delivered by British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd at a Newark (Notts) constituency rally on May 21. people of Afghanistan that the independence gained is and will be the television network The worn-out legend of the "exrecently expressed wishes for establishing own dignity. The to the Afghanistan U.S.S.R., spoke on the Moscow radio and inconsistent, making statements which often They thank God that today their life is independent, in the lull sense of the word, and full of national film, viet Writers’ Union. unity. Pravda’s Paris interviewed Iluys- Some time Hampers Normalisation What ago, correspondent rnans. his about Huysmans spoke meetings with Ltfnin, and recalled his friendship with Lenin and his conHuysmans the international came which labour movement, to be a mistake. about in wife 1917, considers that his most important task is to strive for the rc-establishment unity class working Europe. "Now,” Huysmans respondent, but facing the More of the danger all danger with new weapons destruction. It is time to mass establish different the disuniting people today—the corto put unite working devastating class can made known countries what what must be must not forefront the told war the contact between trends in the working movement dream. Such complished there but quickly. mutual are they should "Personally, this task can course, dispersed. hope to live to see unity." deal. Last Union ited the the Belgian tion. Republic year vishead delegato visit the People’s China the near each other future. travels parliamentary He plans all should know MOSCOW WHY erected NEWS # barriers the U.S.A. pede the development imof trade with Union? the Soviet Issue: Big Unsettled Political Con- Busisiderations Continue to Limit Pointing out With Soviets." ness that trade between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S R. dropped has "not because trade with Moscow was unprofitable," the paper admits that it "occurred not for business but for reasons.” The cold war protagonists hoped East-West that the dislocation trade relations would bring about intensification of international staked tension. They great hopes the fact that cessation of trade the with Union and the Soviet Democracies would economies of these countries. But events showed these calculations utterly without foundation. detrimental The tional other day, visit 37 U.S.S R. A delegation and industrial leading the was confinancial personalities stituted to visit the Soviet Union June. The answer to this question has York been clearly given in a New Times article with the characteristic headline "East-West Trade Still a People's Soviet great acmisconceptions, Despite his age, Huysmans artificial are save democracy iff the world. This is not political wish to Trade of Soviet-U.S. Krupskaya. sidered the split in the Dreier, of the Naasked Broadcasting the possibility of listeners about developing trade with the Soviet Union. After his broadcast he was showered showing with letters trade interest with the U.S.S.R. Many businessmen wished inProminent American figures Prescluding Senator Kefauver; the Motors, Curtice, ident of General and others are for wider trade with the U.S.S.R note the though However, the interest shown great business community and the public Sovietdevelopment the hide the Amcrican trade, we cannot Amerfact that there are forces in ica which are against broader trade U.S.A. and the the tics between Soviet Union. One of the spokesmen of such circles is the New York World Teand Sun. Some time ago, legram its readers were offered an editorial hatred, which filled with vicious said: "Trading with Communists trading with the enemy. During a unthinkable. hot war it would be Can be any less so in a cold of anything to Comwar? Sales relielp those regimes sell them a gimes. We should not of corn. Even chicken feed kernel is strategic in a war." munist The joint U.S. Congressional SubEconomic Committee Foreign Policy has taken an evasive position on the issue of extending Sovict-American trade. its January report the sub-committee stressed the of trade with the expediency Soviet Union peace commodities, but at the same time said it considered it necessary to point out that "no basic change in our controls on trade with the Communist countries is required at the present time.” fn other words, the sub-committee advocated tion trade the further operarestrictions against the U.S.S.R. On April 26, the U.S. Department of Commerce made public a list could exof 700 items that ported to the U.S.S.R. and the East Democracies People's without licences. the Department of Commerce noted, the items the list had never been prohibited for export. They had been listed European only to know that these let exporters could be shipped to Eastern Europe. In other words, there has trade been real easing restrictions, though much has been items said about it in the U S A. Unquestionably, this ican trade, Commerce the U.S. himself Secretary of admits. The Journal of Commerce reported that he did not consider that discontinuation the practice Issuing licences for the export of certain commodities would lead to any substantial increase trade between the U.S.A. and the Soviet official Neither did the Secretary of Commerce promise anything for the future since, as he pul it, tiie Department did not intend at the moment to take any action ease export restrictions. Certain circles the U.S.A. claim that the existing restrictions imposed on Sovict-American trade cannot impede the development of trade in peace commodities, as long Union desires this. pretend that everything the Soviet Union’s will. this is wrong. The Soviet Government allowed the American Com* pany Dresser Industries to buy the patent for the Soviet turbo-drill which, according to the admission American the Soviet I hey specialists, faj superior to anything the U.S.A. has oilwell-drilllng technique. But • lie U.S. Administration forbmJc tin; Company to furnish the Soviet side with data equipment relating real certain oil parts. I his step is no Soviet-Amerbroadening help Union. example opponent shows based mutual far the who broader the trade advantage. Soviet Union concerned, it Is for developing trade with all countries, including tlio The Soviet Union is convinced there conthat are siderable opportunities in flic field of commerce for establishing nor- United States mal relations among countries. ECONOMIST (From Pravda) === [PDF page 2] === General Secretary of MOSCOWNEWS 16/2 Moscow Gorky Street, K-104. Telegrams: USSR Union News, Moscow Moscow d^oard to the Inter-Parliamentary Appearing Wednesday and Saturday YOUNG INDIAN WANTS TO HAVE V HE Secretary General of thelnter-Parliamentary Union, Andrfi Parliaments Can Blonay, Howson official and The guests countries are with vested great responsibility and the preservation the for solidation con- Union of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., and had a meeting with It is, tions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. will travel abroad. Parliais allowed make to go the tween peaceful states with bechoice coexistence social differing parliamentary exand understandfriendly relations and confidence co-operation between states. The Supreme Soviet ing, U.S.S.R. guided was Febthese great aims when, ruary 9, 1955, it passed a declaration calling for the establishment of direct inter-parliamentary contacts. At its session towards the end 1955, the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. passed decision Concerning the exchange of deleof forgations with parliaments eign countries. these meetings ardent the desire of the Soviet people to live with all peoples. Those peace who M.P.s proposal for parliaSoviet mentary exchange is being carried out on quite a large scale. The Sobeen visited by parfrom 21 delegations invited by the Supreme been have Union viet quite the Blonay and have the Statement of the' Soviet Government on the reduction of the Soviet armed ments. Speaking ple, foreign the Soviet reciprocal the forces that seen people are expecting to be taken in measures the sphere armaand Soviet peo- M.P.s have armed forces foreign states, Great with Federation. Andr6 M. Howson made a sightseeing tour of the capital. They will visit Leningrad and necessary Women obstacles great Indonesian has arrived in Moscow the invitation of the All-Union Central Council oi Trade Unions. women further the developof direct inter-parliamentary The wider they more useful will liamentary normalisation they way with a I congratulate you and VOKS for publishing such a grand newspaper in English. I have been reading it regularly. It gives the reader clear account of life in the Soviet Union. and only impressed people are calm wish head azines the delegation, about her impressions. "My colleagues and / were most Moscow. and centres if the great peoples visit some the tion, Kumpul, head cotion then "When sions." based home get book about by K. Danilov devoted to the anniversary of the Soviet-Yugoslav Declaration. article "The negotiations and the Declaration introduced radical changes In the relations between the Sovipt the Union Yugoslavia," says and “Only one year has passed since signing of the Declaration,” says the Pravda. great. “However, the results are The past period has conthe pressing need to norwas newspaper. "A firm foundation laid for the re-establishment and the development of fraternal friendship firmed and People’s Democracies. has doubts all-around co-operation between the peoples of the Soviet Union and .Yugoslavia, temporarily disrupted in 1948. The forthcoming arrival Broz Moscow of Comrade Josip Tito, President of the Federative Yugoslavia, People’s Republic will constitute a new step along the successful development of road of friendship between the Soviet and Yugoslav peoples. relations be- “The disruption tween the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and also of relations between the People's Democracies and Yugocounter to the vital inthe socialist terests of the peoples of of the countries, to the interests world, fhe working ; slavia ran people harmed the unity of the international labour movement, weakened the forces of peace, democracy and from this, the socialism. Proceeding Soviet Government and the Governof Yugoslavia resolved to put abnormal relations end to the between the two socialist states, and to re-establish the traditional friendship, confidence and fraternal coment operation. "The Soviet-Yugoslav Declaration, signed in Belgrade, was a true Leninist the reflection great principles of peaceful coexistence, equal rights and mutual respect of all peoples, large the interference into fairs of others.” small, of nondomestic afan outline Declaration and refers to the response it brought forth. The the article then contents gives of the Soviet-Yugoslav malise relations, and also Yugoslavia’s relations with any ness Now,-no one the correctof the consistent policy purby the Governments of the sued Soviet Union and rected towards prochement Union and "The Yugoslavia, diresolute rapthe Soviet between implementation the Decand, on this basis, the reof co-operation beestablishment tween the Soviet Union and Yugo*-, slavia in the struggle for peace, democracy and socialism facilitated relaxation the international tension and the strengthening of the forces peace. "The Declaration ment part has the played an rc-esiablishcontacts economic and establishment of scientific and technical co-operatton between the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia. Big suchave been achieved during cesses In July 1955, in Belthe past the year. Protocol was signed on an turnover between trade Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Under that Protocol the value of the grade, additional two-way traffic goods ran into 12 million dollars. econegotiations between nomic delegations of fhe Governments of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union held in Moscow last August “The and September broadened the and fruitful cohave economic contacts operation between tries still further. the two coun- During these newere discussed, gotiations questions concerning the economic that the level of trade turnover during the three coming years would be 70 million dollars a year and that they would take steps to increase the following An agreement was also achieved deliveries long-term reciprocal interest goods which are of Yugoslavia and trade turnover years. * between the U.S.S.R. the two countries economic activity, experience in including the sguestions of licences and technical documcntatipn. further such co-operation, provimade to set was fund, with both up a special countries making appropriate donations. “Speaking of the importance the Soviet-Yugoslav economic negotiations, the head of the Yugoslav economic delegation, Comrade Vukmanovi£-Tempo said that the agreed between Yugoslavia the Soviet Union might serve and relations for constructive between co-operation leading towards peoples, the consolidation of world peace. “These agreements are being successfully carried out by both countries and are of great benefit to peoples the agreement tion U.S.S.R. was and much Soviet University. interested in literature, art and life. I also colstamps and autographs. This lect will be sufficient for the present. I would thank you and all those who read my letter. Respectfullv yours, Sayed Mohammed Lastly, Parkar Chambers 6, 2nd Floor Khandia Street Block Bombay (India) jf<. JP4 j?pH f-*pl6p6al JjjPJßSjflßfflf between co-operation the U.S.S.R. and F.P.R.Y. Belgrade last Decemaccording which both signed in countries will exchange experiences the work of industrial enterpritechnical documentation and ses, one another in the promotion thought and achievements. In January scientific co-operaof atomic Soviet delegations ‘ which met Yugoslavia invariably energy and the construction of their part, Soviet atomic pile hospitable to Yugoslav ing Soviet the technical for this and “Since the Declaration, grantassistance necessary fuel. nuclear conclusion the of other number have agreements the consolidating and purpose transfer of the equipment portant signed, Yugoslavia, imbeen connections and businesslike co-operation Union .and between Soviet the Yugoslavia particular, a postal agreement was concluded covering telegraph, telephone and the parcel post An agreement on air traffic Between Moscow and Belgrade was signed. Agreement on air freight and mutual services reached between the representatives of the the U.S.S.R. and civil airlines was Yugoslavia. A convention on cultural co-operation and convention on the regulation of citizenship of perwith a double citizenship, ahd others were drawn up. Declaration “The Soviet-Yugoslav provided for an exchange of various delegations, an extension of contacts and mutual study socialist exof exchanges opinion public organisations of the Soviet Union and Tremendous achieved past Yugoslavia, close various other fields. results have along these lines been over the period. “Since the Declaration numerous atives was signed delegations and representvarious public organisations have been exchanged 1956, the Soviet Union and great were most guests. significance the consolidation the U.S.S.R. and exchange Union of people friendship the F.P.R.Y. the was deleSoviet delegation of the YugoNational the Assembly and slav return visit of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., the visits of both the delegation delegations to cities, industrial enterprises, cultural and educational institutions, their study of the life of the people, of experiin ence construction—all socialist this facilitated the the strengthening of and deep friendship sincere which the peoples of the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia have for sympathy another, one same ideals, struggle for united being and goals peace, tasks the the democracy and socialism. “The successful implementation of Declaration Soviet-Yufeoslav the conditions for the fraternal co-operation in all creates favourable further consolidation friendship and spheres of political, economic and cultural life of the peoples of both countries and also for the extension contacts field “The and co-operation Party life. fucts show that the the friend- Yugoslav of tile Soviet and peoples Is an important prerequisite the forces of for the consolidation peace, democracy and socialism, is ship serious factor the international tension." MOSCOW NEWS between Yugoslavia. between parliamentary arrival gations. The sons technical “The visited with a“ most warm and cordial attitude on the part of public. For co-opcration technical envisaging large-scale exin experience on atomic scientific the Bombay very change energy, perience, and signed peaceful use the between assist study in Josip Broz Tito talking to Soviet actors after one of the perjormances of the Moscow Art Theatre in Belgrade. May 1956. Yugo-Photo "In keeping with the Soviet-Yugoslav Declaration, agreement on ber, those who would like to become my friends may write to me. Now I will introduce myself to future those who will friends. I am eighteen years old and Yugoslavia. was newspaper M^:/ gamLam I^Bc^h^y\ also the promotion of scientific and technical and co-operation, exchange the be published in that may Bjf p Yugoslavia “An agreement was reached to broaden and strengthen co-operation model that this letter esteemed your impresmy the sion much very the Soco-operation, as well prospects of long-term cooperation. Both delegations agreed Yugoslavia. laration Important and interested in making some of them would like my personal friends. I Soviet-Yugoslav Friendship is Growing carries PRAVDA first love and Indonesian Organisation Union great of the informa- Labour viet this stronger. for the Soeverywhere." the delega- Democratic shall write that sure Surasto thankful department of the added: I have a viet people member will grow ever welcome accorded Another and people, friendship industrial Setiati infinitely are their peacefully. The great Soviet peoples have become the friends of the Indian said:— live child see and conclusion, understand different enterprises.. can For support. of the and closely problems, women’s and unions, need parts ol the world know each other more Soviet more see USSR confident and organisations, welfare operation. more ers’ union the our Today when world peace is the great desire of all the progressive mankind, such newspapers and magare, international country friendship NEWS asked Setiati secretary for social and economic affairs the central committee of the plantation workSurasto, the Soviet people for the hospitable contacts. Moscow must role played ment youth have been overcome. In overcoming people Dear Sir, of the trade friendly co-operation between states obexist. not all the However, stacles hindering this co-operation young there than corresponding friend? for NEWS. As for findis A DELEGATION India pleased that young people of ing personal friends, Sayed Mohammed, we are sure that you will letter have many replies to your Indonesian from ion, “personal friends,” as he puts it. We would like to say that we warmly welcome his letter and are who want to make their with the Indian people a still living thing. For what better agricultural undertakings, conditions publish a letter young man in Bombay,.Sayed Mohammed, who is eager to find Unsome pen-friends in the Soviet from the Powers. the All DELOW read MOSCOW Stalingrad. reduction especially Russian study the life of your people," said she. "We wish to study the work armaments and of the Science MOSCOW Sothe great approval given by the Soviet public viet Union has countries, recently, themselves for seen these The foreign members of parliament met Soviet people personoffices and ally enterprises, them establishment of such direct contacts is called to play an important part in the promotion of Mikhailov, President Academy of Pedagogical When farms, tension. countbetter study of the state system, economy, culture and life of these countries. convinced why between exchange ries has promoted collective war change. The the mentary other countries will Union and delegaof polthe cold international number brings with it inthe Soviet Union, which tirelessly works for peace, attributes importance great This delegations to many countries. It lias also been agreed that parliamentary delegations of war. not, icy, has sent visit the Soviet race ternational Supreme Soviet of tire U.S.S.R. the cona large part, up to the parliaments whether the arms its turn, most for which peace. laws pass states, they cerning peace and systems Soviet of the U.S.S.R. Volkov, the* THE PARLIAMENTS of all on an were ceived Alexander Chairman of the Soviet Forward Co-operation PEN-FRIEND IN assistant in Moscow are visit. his relaxation === [PDF page 3] === The Happiness of Vasily Pyanzin pAVLODAR is regional centre in Kazakhstan, so closely rounded by the steppe that vast stretch out grasslands nightfall he could see sparks ing up from the ground, as surwhite-hot bits of metal came off the plenty of them. ploughshares at the impact of small flinty stones. put alt work. your THE BANKS extremely past, only went few soil, here on the River. Later gathered to other polyclinic, dining-hall and One purpose maize and found Vasily the reading-room where new some started talking. I Vasily what had induced him to come water here to this deserted place, leaving his comfortable life in big city. bitter blizzard, an allstopped here. Three if car They had harvest glancing through was asked and The history of this settlement is not a long one. In November 1954, magazines. The life made comof the settlers has been with electric light, than PURPOSE evening Pyanzin club. fortable, during but But it is wanted great task alighted. One of them tookout stake with a small board, bearing the inscription “Voroshilovgrad State Farm," and stuck it into the take mapped part this out our life, which heart, your not not life, tell you I'll existence. mere does live comfortably, and I alan urge to look Tor new can ready feel hardships and new opportunities fight against the elements.” ‘‘You see, Vasily,” I said, "everyshould have bis own aim in life. What is yours?” one “The aim, happiness the same—they meaning and life consist the the all are serving Motherland. And it seems to me that the most useful services can be rendered at the places where the problems of socialist construction are being solved.” We left the reading-room and stood for a long time on the bank of the Irtysh. The tractor driver was evidently still meditating on his life, and ELCHINA, a lathe operator of the Gorky milling machine plant, reads a letter to her workmates. The letter came from England, from Robert Davis, a turner, whom she met when a delegation from the Greenwich Trades Council visited Gorky. Robert AJATALIA In another week, three tractors Maityubek, dragging three waggons large iron Davis her became They were filled with passengers—boys'and girls from Voroshilovgrad region. stock-breeding centre THE FIRST Vasily Pyanzin FURROW was among the sheds built several were years ago, but the fresh green paint of the roofs and the light brick of the walls look as if they had gone up just a few days ago. When spring came, he took his place at the steering wheel of the tractor. As he moved along, wide black stripes—the first furrows of upturned land—stretched out behind the tractor. But the joys of the first successdid not come easily: they brought hardships along with them. job and where will-power, self-control were short She is are and the making factory Massandra study stock-breed- Valentina Kireyeva circle on the stockfarm. EAGER TO LEARN “Our learn,” milkmaids are eager Vaientina Kireyeva told “They have vintage wines and brandies. The production muscats, port wines, rnadeiras and Soviet champagnes, made into. extensive therefore breeding mechanized demands It'ORTY new wine-making factories are now being built in the Somanufacture passmg studying much now the work wa3 wine- There in the South Crimea seen and the Abrau-Durso one on the Black Sea coast in the Caucasus, many large yard “There want section?" cows see people Valentina in, a young milkmaid came milk into a tubes down the glass separator, it goes to the refrigfrom run purifying which erator for storage. “Try milk this told but the new here," Valentina three days mechanised enables milking old method get production of the highest quality." Yusef OSTROVSKY care, surflotilla recently returned from its tenth whaling cruise Antarctic waters. This voyage hard as usual, (or there were for weeks on end. Some storms days, huge bad that flagship had deck, could not hear our they were drowned were even our list of about 30-35*. voices own by the howling of the fifteen boats thrown lying tainous their were wind. board, one Our about, now waves, now reappearing Committee, told double our gross crop harvest in three or four But the reality brought years. meat planned for the last year of the five-year period—l96o. The number of cattle will almost double by 1960. It is not easy to grow orchards But it is well on the arid steppes. worth while. Last year the Stalin collective maize crop went Incomes pigs- than last year. All due to the roubles. this extended cultivation of maize. the five-year period one-quarter of the entire sown area will be under maize. Then, the milk and 43 inmillion In the many new brick houses. last three years, 300 collective farm see families moved to new houses. And in the last two years more than 40 collective farmers bought cars for personal use. In the central part of the village many new public buildings including a club house, a nursery and a maternity home. The village saw Rostov quota you drive through the village Novo-Bessergenyevka, you will next the 1955, the cash also year New roubles. farms will get enough concentrated cattle feed. The collective farmers of the Lenin and other collective farms plan to deliver collective went comes for milk yields in the Roswhile it has four times By the end and Construction lion Crop tov region, largely up ten- Maize is an old-established crop the Rostov region. 1955, the area maize sown was four times greater than in 1953. The district holds one of the first was about double the size of their orchards in the five-year period and to increase the size of the vineyards five-fold. more received 1952 the cash incomes of the collective farms totalled 23.5 mil- Revived places farm million roubles from their young orchard. The collective farmers plan to about amendments. The original target was achieved in two years: the wheat crop more than doubled, has its own radio centre. The libraries of the village Soviet have ten thousand books. three OLKHOVSKAYA region RUDENKO foamy crests. often when there was 10-point wind. such foreign whalers tures. usually work. "Naturally, had many adven- One for day, instance, a harpoon weighing 154 pounds, with a rope over half a mile long attached to it, struck a blue whale, wounding the animal only heavy slightly. Photo by S. Kogan and V. Vorontsov Fleeing the boat with him. ing boat Slava-2 had been pursuing a 65.6 feet fin whale for a long whale tow,' Finally, the harpooner managed to strike him. The whale turned belly upward and soon became motionless.. The carcass of the whale was dragged towards the ship by means of a powerful windlass, and then compressed air was pumped from took his purthe dragging another occasion, whaling along cachalot ’corpse,’ leaped considered the cable and went off at tore the speed of engine out was destroyer. While the being started to catch with the fugitive, he was already of sight. Two days later, we found a dead whale floating on the surface of the sea. When we got him aboard, ’fugitive’ "About recognised our covered Slava the whaling Solyanlk, Socialist fleet llero Labour* once. the end March, the portholes. with had hours to hack Commander of our Antarctic autumn set In, bringing stormy weather with it. The waves were strong that their impact would sometimes break the glass and Into it to keep it afloat. the fin whale which "Suddenly, was worked weather, suers, Waters struck his huge head against the underpart of the boat, nearly putting it out of action. "One morning in February, had another adventure. The whalon whaling stormy weather is not an easy thing, but stopped Reality time. the oilier, now buried up to the top of the foremast between moun- District Executive “We decided In Antarctic asked. are stream of now w&mWm farms district. These plans were worked'out by all the collective farmers themselves. A. Antonov, the chairman of the milking is just about just switching on the milking apparatus. We watched the white to be centrates the cattle-sheds. “We have many remarkable new By the end pf the present fiveValentina Kireyeva. year plan, the production of wines j workers,” said and champagnes in the U.S.S.R. I “In 1955, for instance, the young will Frolova and Klychkova increase by 75 per cent, and j milkmaids that of brandies three- I obtained 990 gallons of milk from more than collective our was was the while the milkfcd In a large It has two pumps and ventilation system. whole network of pipes leads to each stall. of the stockin their probably The QUR was experienced well-lit shed. the low drone of the electric which brings the fodder conwagon that the “when comes cow Soviet fold." milking detail. An overhead railway carries and from a the fodder distance was “Let’s go—the to begin." fold. plans MILKING SECTION “You wiii production of vintage dessert and table wines will increase, too. improved for before breeding farm, there is no fuss Armenia and Moldavia, while the Central Asian Republics the District the Rostov region, we were turning the pages of the five-year over Valentina Praskovia Novikova went with her friends to learn mechanical milking at other collective farms. Now other people are glad to learn from her, turmoil, be expanded considerably. Mor© brandies will be produced Kuchina has time than they did mechanised.” not are the more such even continued, but the steady and brisk rhythm of work is to be felt in every Taganrog kovia Novikova.” many matters to be looked heads FACTORIES the collective farm’s liveknowledge from everyone who specialises in it, NEW WINE-MAKING woman very busy woman. There Modern given thin charge of the stock. ing Particular attention floors with lively inquisitive eyes walks from one cow to another. She is Valentina assistant Kireyeva, veterinary Vasily Pyanzin wondered how the soil of the steppe could be so hard. The new ploughshares of the tractor were soon and blunted, after Union. clean asphalt and the metal bars of the stalls. necessary. viet the Natalia Collective Farm A T the executive committee of the stock-breeding workers as our Pras- The premises of the cattle-breeding and dairy farms are warm, the sun shines into the large windows, lighting way Plans and Y. KISELEV Kazakhstan milking newcomers. This was patience of the the o£ the paths of our young people and of those people with pure hearts and great ideals in whom our country is so rich. Veterinary Molotov collective farm is set hills near one of the main roads not far from Moscow. The cattle-sheds and the mechanised among interested in working methods thought Valentina Kireyeva runners. tool Assistant frankly: we have now set up a great farm, we’ve built a settlement where snow. came your men ENGLAND joy to into strength main school, plan. more barley, HIS LIFE nursery, a store, bakery, acres bumper wheat, millet, melong. the sprung up. It has thousand envisaged in the Now, steppe that has been empty tor centuries, a new town has Young mission, and so he results of their work. They turned out to be good: they had ploughed about 57 thousand acres of fertile pastures with their herds, and nothing but wind and wolves was left amidst the halfruined buildings. face virgin Kazakh families lived banks of the Irtysh they his continued his work. Last autumn, the young people of the state farm calculated the first Pavlodar to Maityubek which means “Fat Peninsula," and, indeed, the all came munist League IRTYSH A road, about 125 miles long, runs easy require gnats covered his hands like from the soil here and “fat.” and crust, stinging him through his clothes. But ahead of the tractor driver lay the steppe. He had come here on a Comand swarms miles across the steppe to the first low, flat-roofed buildings of a Kazakh stock-breeding farm. thirty OF THE summer, FROM Party.” he answered. "You speak of hardships, and, indeed, we’ve had the beginning almost immediately the city streets end. It is about LIFE tiny, to the horizon NEW com- LETTERS The boats were thick crust of ice, to stop it off. every few After checked leaving the Antarctic, some our results. wei Our flotilla had overfulfilled Its plan for obtaining and processing raw terials. We had caught 2,802 whales during tile cruise and obtained 20,135 tons sperm oil.” SOLYANIK === [PDF page 4] === D OOKS Books Travel occupy Two first of is from you letters of to show these addressed to Yuri Nagibin, the author of a gypsy story, TAEAR kindly one of your and admirers houses, book Russian classics and various They all exchange. from extracts publish letters from the the say materials bring people boohs thing: same introduce the faithfully, Here are two more letters from people far-off couni who read translations Russian classics and modern Soviet novels in their happy to receive years now I have been reading Soviet novels and I enjoy how wish you to know I? OR SEVERAL them. our has country own such fara agricultural production and has mar\y huge difficulties, the and Heart and novels Living Water Soul appeal very much. Would that ically before and direct living established between Soviet our people countries, knew India, her fine people, her contacts country were dealing with droughts and floods as enthusiastour own were difficulties and struggles, her sorand joys, from the works of the Tagore, Rabindranath great and the wonderful stories and Chand. Krishan novels by Prem Chander, Mulk Raj Anand, and rows of the opportunities of Sowho know the joy of happy family life, as well as the satisfaction of a career. your During the last war privwas industrial unileged to visit many docks the and and dertakings Zhurbins is extremely interesting in the very manner it deals with the changed Gi En and Union. readers in the En’s book gives and truthful picture of people People’s Republic.’’ In one of his letters written to the Soviet Union, Li Gi En consider honour novel that translated has been into Russian and circulated being draw from deep knowledge great Soviet land them the books the life of the also find in experience of development and prowe precious ideological construction. Through the Soviet books, your see future of the development of our country. You cannot imagine how to know everyabout the Soviet Union. LI TSE-PEI eager thing A MONG becoming have the word, literary have become strengthen away, friendship.” the possession For occurred Kalinovsky might Gennady had not come from Howard excerpt Fast's novel Spartacus in an issue the magazine Ogonyok. was At that time Gennady student of the Surikov Institute. He felt attracted by fourth-year Art the strong heroes right. Believe with their circulation Not only precisely people stand The surrounded him became the models for his drawings. He made dozens of sketches, and gradually the image of the legendary Spartato lake shape on paper. cus began alone To create this character the artist made portraits of thirty who different people. presented Gennady Last year was work which his graduation very well received. But he was not yet satisfied. Wanted to hear the opinion of one the author more person, the some photonovel. So he sent copies of his drawings to Howard the American Fast. This is what writer said Dear in his reply;— Mr. Kalinovsky, 1 received Recently for via your portfolio opened the with wife Spartacus. together with are they extraordinary, original works of art, own saw inner them eye. very young man, have imagination what this myself Since you 1 think you enough to means the BY FOREIGN AUTHORS The French take the first place among Agency while the their Romans services. But think OVER 80 scientific this wife likes the black toward the escarpment. Either one of these, of course. However, if there are any difficulin the way of this, please feel free to let my request go the ties 1,636 scientific institutions in 80 countries of the world. Many foreign scientific institutions are greatty interested in the books published by the Academies of Sciences of the Union ReWith publics. The between joint declaration the U.S.S.R. Governments “wish the further development of contacts says that both the United Kingdom, and encourage the exchange information bebodies Howard Fast. professional and scientific the principal academic, Kingdom and to increase in the Soviet Union and the United the the exchange between the two countries of publications culture.” fields of science, technology and The same idea is stressed in the Soviet-Swedish Communique The Publishing House of Foreign Literature is preparing to publish Fast’s the Russian translation of .and in the Statement on the results of the Franco-Soviet talks. Books and book exchange are a great factor in bringing people together and in strengthening the spirit of co-operation and Spartacus illustrated by the young mutual board. feelings, Sincerely, With the warmest tween understanding. artist I. LAVRUKHIN Nikolai STUKOV Now, since 1 was to some extent responsible for providing you with vehicle for your art, 1 am going favour in return. We wife would be deeply honoured, and I, it you could obtain for us and send to us one of the original you illustrations. The one which takes my fancy most is the scene of the their enclo- COUNTRIES institutions lost art. The of the Soviet Scores of libiarier and Union are engaged in international book exchange. The library of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. alone exchanges books bargained WITH gladiators standing authors. circulations. tremendous Soviet an important have always felt that illustration should and must be a part of books not only for children well. Unfortubut for adults as foreign to about one hundred million copies. The works of British, American, Chinese, Indian, Italian, and Arabian writers and authors, from still more countries, have been illustrator. 1 country, this total circulation of works by French writers and scientists, published in the U.S.S.R. in 50 languages of Soviet peoples, amounts the Institute, and I hope that from here on I will see and hear about our own the their copies. wife and were very Interested to hear that this job was the basis for your graduation from with dously pleased and excited but also grateful to you. nately, in the printing. New polygraphic plants equipped most your work improvement machinery will be built. the most modern writer, and thereby you will underthat I am not only tremento ask Embassy in this country, the portfolio of reproductions of your drawexcitement arc and will realise Daghestan. and but with them you seemed to have crept into my mind and thereby to have delineated certain scenes of the novel, by will over force. So the triumph of he decided to illustrate Spartacus for his graduation work. Gennady spent the summer native I cannot tell you and increase well Foreign the Soviet reader. Less very popular than 40 years have passed since the Soviet state was established, but in this period the works of over 1,700 foreign authors have been published in the U.S.S.R., with a total print of 370 million march your illustrations. greeted vivid delight what 90 BOOKS much who is a very fine artist in her own literature is Press Photo for mankind reading has become the same kind of vital necessity as daily meals, and therefore the publication of books takes its part in general national planning. Last year alone, Soviet publishing houses put out over one thousand million copies of books. In the years of Soviet power lb,ooo million volumes have been published, which means over Young Pioneers greeting British writer Jack Lindsay. 'Spartacus' Soviet-Korean Soviet people, One of 0. Kalinovsky’s illustrations to "Spartacus however small whole. with sure illustrator joy Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Dickens, Voltaire, Heine, Schiller, Pushkin, Lev Tolstoi, Chekhov, Jack London, Dreiser, Romain Rolland, Rabindranath Tagore, Lu Hsin, Gorky, Dostoyevsky and many more of the greatest masters ol artistic presentation and Young Artist Illustrates Soviet the great many things that link nations together into one human family, the place of honour belongs to books, which travel from one country to another. The immortal works of EXCHANGE I T IS POSSIBLE that the idea the further rise NAGIBIN Fast's Union. It would be me if this could, in books for each person. Sixth Five-Year Plan provides for a publication of books, magazines and newspapers, and Moscow says:— immeasurable EXCHANGE published ings of the INTERNATIONAL BOOK' not for friendship works the sacred cause of peace. Yuri his vivid and only and may distrust suspicion replaced bv honest, open friendship. To be friends, we must believe, must know each other. Books without visas. and travel songs Soviet Each book published abroad, each book bv a foreign author translated into Rusacross life in North freedom, and how their work life are developing after the liberation and the establishment won The Both the Soviet and Indian people never about this book:— over hope that peace may reign for ever planet, that on our long-suffering Earth His book nPHE CHINESE to technique approach called The Pipe. story Since time immemorial, the pipe has the for been many peoples symbol of peace and friendship. serves Literature. Foreign It describes the hard life Korean people before they Australia others. sian, the women, gressive people! heartfelt letter from Bengal. Even House big very We women, who grew up in the postwar era 1918, the great depression years of the thirties, are viet warm, ing Korea. envious language. own WAS read many, many foreign books too, and express their opinion when writing to the Publish- Soviet and the problems the oldest workers. adjusting India eign readers. especially popular. A teacher from Kazakhstan; Pyotr Dalmatov, wrote labour and West Bengal, tries Yours CHANDRA SIRCAR Changed Approach profoundest share with noncongratulate you for the staggering of The Pipe, which, I am sure, will remain eternally lit. AMAL letters from forBut Soviet read- V OU have read Interesting correspondence has between the Korean grown p/ivileged to warmly I may be Authors ers publishing international Foreign literature Soviet postbag of these and readers, together. success off out languages, and the second translates foreign literature into many Below rivalled short story The Pipe. It has been so much to my heart’s liking that to crave the inventure dulgence of translating it into Benputs writer Li English speaking countrymen your pleasure at rereading gali. The first Yuri Nagibin, Allow myself the Russian. “The Pipe.” Here it is with the reply Yuri Nagibin wrote. India and it is and late books. want Like The publishing houses, the Foreign Languages PublishPublishing House of Foreign Literature, trans- Moscow House ing friendship Soviet Readers people. Without Visas help people to get to know each other. This is why books such an important place in cultural exchange between