1.
GV GOMULKA WALKING TO DAIS AND SPEAKING.
0.11

2.
GV PAN RUSSIAN & POLISH LEADERS SEATED ON STAGE LISTEN TO GOMULKA SPEAKING.
1.15



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Background: "THE CORNERSTONE OF POLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY" WAS THE DESCRIPTION THE POLISH COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER MR. WLADYSLAW GOMULKA, TODAY (THURSDAY) GAVE TO THE 20-YEAR MUTUAL AID PACT JUST SIGNED BY POLAND AND RUSSIA. MR. GOMULKA WAS SPEAKING AT A RALLY ATTENDED BY THE TWO DELEGATIONS. THE PACT GUARANTEES POLAND'S POST WAR FRONTIERS WITH GERMANY ALONG THE ODER AND NEISSE RIVERS; IT ALSO CONTAINS AGREEMENTS ON MILITARY, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CO-OPERATION.

THE RUSSIAN LEADERS MR. BREZHNEV AND MR. KOSYSIN HAVE BEEN IN POLAND FOR 4 DAYS AND TODAY'S PACT CEREMONY WAS THE HIGHSPOT OF THE VISIT. THEY SIGNED THE PACT ON BEHALF OF RUSSIA, WHILE MR. GOMULKA AND PREMIER CYRANKIEWICZ SIGNED FOR POLAND.

YESTERDAY, THE SOVIET PRIME MINISTER, MR. KOSYGIN LAUNCHED A STRONG ATTACK ON WHAT HE TERMED AMERICAN "BARBARISM" IN VIETNAM. THE SITUATION THERE WAS ALARMING, SAID THE PRIME MINISTER, ADDING THAT THE SOVIET UNION WAS USING ALL MEANS TO GIVE PRACTICAL AID TO THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. ADDRESSING A WORKER'S RALLY MR. KOSYGIN SAW THE SITUATION AS "A STATE OF WAS WAGED BY THE UNITED STATES."
TODAY, MR. BREZHNEV ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES OF USING NORTH VIETNAM AS "A TESTING GROUND FOR ALL SORTS OF WEAPONS" INCLUDING POISONOUS GASES. HE CALLED AGAIN FOR A NON-AGGRESSION PACT BETWEEN NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES.