Interview with the Correspondent of Associated Press, Gilmore

March 22nd, 1946

Question
: What significance do you believe the United Nations Organization has as a means of maintaining international peace? Answer
: I think the United Nations Organization is of great
importance because it is an important instrument for the maintaining of peace and international security. The strength of this international Organization lies in the principle of the equality of states and not on the domination of some over the rest. If the United Nations Organization manages to maintain the principle of equality it will definitely play a great and positive role in ensuring general peace and security.

Question
: In your opinion, what is causing the present general fear of war in many people and countries? Answer
: I am convinced that neither nations nor their armies
want a new war, – they want peace and are trying to maintain it. Thus, "the present fear of war" is not caused from this side. I am of the opinion that "the present fear of war" is caused by the actions of some political groups that engage in propaganda for a new war and in this way sow the seeds of distrust and insecurity.

Question
: What must the governments of the freedom-loving countries do to secure peace and calm in the whole world? Answer
: It is necessary for the public and the government
circles of the states to organize counter-propaganda on a broad basis against the propagandists of a new war, for the securing of peace; so that the campaign of the propagandists of a new war meets adequate resistance from the public and the press, – so that the arsonists of war are unmasked in time and denied the possibility of using freedom of speech against the interests of peace.

("Daily Review," No. 70, 24 March, 1946)