The Soviet Government "certainly cannot take this
course. It still adheres to the proposals it submitted to this
conference on June 30.*

Nor does the Soviet Government share the illusions
regarding foreign support revealed in the latest French
project.

When the object is that Europe should primarily help
itself and develop its economic potentialities, and when the
object is commerce among countries, this is in accord
with the interests of the European countries. When, how-
ever, it is -said, as the French proposal does, that the
decisive part in the rehabilitation of the economic life of
the European countries should be played by the United
States of America), and not by the European countries
themselves, such a course is contrary to the interests of
the European countries, because this may lead to renuncia-
tion of economic independence, which is incompatible
with the preservation of national sovereignty. The Soviet
delegation believes that internal measures and the national
efforts of each country should be the decisive thing for the
European countries, rather than expectation of foreign
aid, which should be a secondary thing. Even under the
most difficult conditions the Soviet Union always count-
ed primarily on its own resources and, as is known,
it is advancing steadily along the road of economic
progress.

There are two forms of international cooperation.
One form of cooperation is based upon the develop-
ment of political and economic relations among equal states,
without their national sovereignty being prejudiced by
foreign interference. This is the democratic principle of
international cooperation, which draws nations closer

* See Appendix No. 2. p. 609.
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