Russia's Andrei Vishinsky had fun with the Danube last week. He swam in it, fixed Soviet trade domination over it and turned the Danube conference into a thoroughfare for Soviet propaganda. He was able to steal the show because the Western powers missed a tailor-made chance to unfold point by point Russia's responsibility for the grave economic plight of her satellites.
The U.S., Britain and France were outvoted 7-to-3 at the Belgrade conference; but they had known for months they would be and during those months could have prepared the kind of "educational" performance the Russians stage when they are in...
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