ABSTRACT
The stark facts of the situation point to only one conclusion: with contention between the two superpowers in Europe growing fiercer and Soviet social-imperialism stepping up its arms expansion and war preparations, Europe has become more unstable, and the threat facing the West European countries more serious. This shows that the Final Act cooked up at the European Security Conference in Helsinki a year ago is a mere scrap of paper and the so-called European security conference is in reality a European insecurity conference. The din of the European Security Conference had yet to fade away when Moscow signed with undue haste a new treaty with the German Democratic Republic to replace the treaty of "friendship and mutual assistance." In short, the European Security Conference, Soviet social-imperialism's threat to West European countries has grown unmistakably. In one sense, the European Security Conference is as much an outcome of Soviet machinations.
