THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1951.
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS
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Chapter 24 Of ““Closing The_Ring”
BROOKE REPLIES TO STALIN'S CHARGES
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HE Chied plenary certain cover pans. S. X- though.. was broken into frog- Ruer:C had men's on the homeward journey, the plain that session Jof
made cons.serable use I decop- Bas been marvellously recon Teheran
Con by men of dummy tak art: al:
articl Rad od- ceplica had also proved effetive He was eni, ely aprecabir to he During dinner I bad a mosi Staff collaburang wh the pleasant conversation with both cbject of devsing jon
ev and my agus guests. Stalin re- deception schemes
Cer ference began H before in the Russian Lega Lion at four o'clock Jon Nov. 30. 1943). There was a full attendance and we numbered nearly 80.
The Picsident said he was very happyfum the Conference agerow had been reached in the man military problems
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MOSLEM WORLD
FACES STALIN
By
Vaughan Jones
THE Communist Front
was, all-powerful in Russ. They and said with evident relish. "1 could order; I had to convince and.. like that
Ho rings truc. perruade. I was glad that this must have a talk with himing how he can later weave the
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sasuid be so. The process was afterwards." laborious, but I had no reason
in eomplain of the way work-
d.
pered the question he had pored One speech
iL the Conference, "Who will
not yet
"in was me." I said, th ecmmand Overlord?" "I said stood out
previous that she should that the President had always be attended by a body finally made
dier." Stalo and he guard of
mades greedy app teamed this enmark when i was translated,
This date cRL For mo Conference ended gaiy
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mbined sigeon. Sales and Brist of Staff had recommendid Yunch
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Soviet Embassy england Tea Sandla med, however, thr 1 should be the ha the third dinner. SA
1: touch with the Soviet military ane when should the beli
B..ab Legation This could not be dispute. Great B...n know why the Wish
and I myself both ranie first al- ans phabe teasy. ad in series Y } as fru, or five years eldur hen Kinase vei Sale We were by centuries the irnges is abizzard of the Cure Government, I might have no 1. bu. did not that we had been the longer in the wor
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AS the dinner proceeded there Were many speeches, and mos of the principal figures, a cluding Molslov and Gen. Mar- their snul, made
contribution. But the sperch which stands cut memory cam: from Gen. Brooke. quo e The account ho was gidenlugh to write for me!
C
my
as he
At
we moved 1.to
looms across the trouble spots of the Moslem world. Watching from his crenallated Kremlin, Stalin must be ponder- incidents of riot and bloodshed into plans for Red expansion. length the antechamber, and here At present it is the Moslem everyone moved about in chang-fanatic, the ultra-nationalist, ax ng groups. I felt that there was well the 'Communist gunman a greater sense of solidarity and who recks to replace peaceful good-comradeship than we had evolution by the acts of force. ever reached befors in the Grand Ailianec. I had not invited Ran-
Britain and Britain's the Moslems Golph and Sarah [M: Churchill's friends amangal second daughter) to the dinner, have been their recent target,
hough they came in whit my
1. In birthday toast was being pro-
Egypt, rloting mobs posed, but now
have woted British installations, Stalin singled them out and greeted them Egyptian troops bave clashed most warmly, and of course the with British soldiers in backing
King Farouk's President knew them well.
deman'd that Britain quit her guardposts As 1 moved around 1 rawalong her Empire lifeline, the Stalin in a small circle face to Suez Canal. face with "Brookie," as I call him. The General's accoun: continues:
And
"As we walked out of the room
2. In Persia, the extremists,
He was eviden a very plated AVIS. He then spoke about Gen. Brooke. He thought that he ad no: like he Russians. He had
"Half-way through the dinner." been very abrupt and rough win
President them at our fist M sew meeting
the
very Augus. 1942. astured bim, kinky proposed my health, marking that in many men werk fering the time when my U be biun and hand-cu father had visited his father at
the Prime Minister told me that gaining popular sympathy and Park. Just * dealing with was problems lyd.
was he had felt somewha nervous then government support, podem mal concagues fin shing, and was thinking as to what I should say arxipremptortly ordered Britain's liked thea what an easy time I should have when I had referred to truth' al men to quit their £300,000,-
He gazd plying to such kind words, and es. He comforted me now-018 refinery at Abadan,
The Stalin got up and said he would ever by telling me that my reply 3. In Pakistan, Britain's
hish the toast. He then proceed-
tast had had the right friend and moderate statesman, ed to imply that I had failed to the
Fremler Liaquat Ali Khan, about to deliver
a speech at towards the Red Army, that 1
"I therefore decided Karachi, was assassinated by an was lacking in a true appreciate the attack in the an.c-room. Alghan, tion of its line qualities, and that I want up to Stalin and toid him?
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When the r came I propise how eat felings of friendshin effect on Stalin.
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guests, and the Presiden! pro posed my health and wished me
many happy runs of the day, He was followed by Stalin, who
ke
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4. In Malaya, Britain's well-
Henry Curney, was assassinated Chinese-led Red terrorists
he hoped in future I should be how surprised 1 was, and pediked High Commissioner, Si able to show greater comrade- that he should have fund Many up towards the soldiers of the necessary to raise such accusa-
Red Army!
tiens against me in bis icas. Te
femal LONS S were then peed, preording o the Russonn custom, which i perlanly Vy wid gueter * banque's of
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Happy speech
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replied at once through Pavlov The best friendships are these fumard misunderstandings." and he shock me warmly by the of h that it
"I was very much surprised by inese accusations, as 1 could not tank what they were based on. I had, new ver, seen enough Salo by then to know
down under these insuits
ould i-e any respect he migh: Respect and
ever have had for me, and that
he would continue such attacks goodwill
the future. I therefore rose to speech sack the President most pro- happy tusely for his very kind expr-s- ne, and then turned to Staln flowing approximately
HOPKINS
made
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couched
the voin, iz which he sad that
of course
had he
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w.ds:
order to prevent any movement d. " from the east of any considerable bef 10 Saim appeared; and almal 50 armed Russian policemen, ut - Geiman trees he und k
pay f an age-scale Bussan de
ww general, aim rives near alt he dous and made a very long and thoroug
study of the Bh Cositution, word we
which is unwritten, and of the
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Importance of timing
Now
THE President remarked on the THE
aning of rup are of the operations in all theatres.
1 ' tha' The th Staffs haud
would he hoped hy
Bhad
The Americi. Scrurly ST21
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War Cabinet, whore authority Misled by evidence and composition are not spre:-
As the cult or dummies he said. "I have kam.
it
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much
Everything. h.wever, pas÷CO Acaly defined"
Gatably Sn, arr.v.sg under
avy guard, was in the hes, of that the provisions of 'he Buta
the powers tempes, and the President, from Consulubion and his wheeled chair, beamed on us the War Cao:nc! are just wire-
Church Winston www. 4. punk and getwi
nem but any 2.V. B my men
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he travelled by car from mountain Kuala Lumpur to a holiday resort.
The violence done to Britain must please the Kremlin's
lefs.
be Yet Stalin may Suspicious
of the growing rt surgence of the Arab world under the bond of Islam.
fo
United in the 40 million strong Arab League, Egypt, Iraq, Syria. Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi me that all the
Arabis and Yemen are pressing seemed to clouds had passed away, and
the gradual "beration" of in fact Stalin's confidence in my the remaining 40 million Arabs Trier vas
ел estabilehed fcunda ion of respect and good-ranging between Tangier and now under forlegn ad- Will which was never shakeministration.
while we all yorked together. And in turn they have the
of a vast
the
It must's have been sf.c: wo backing of another 300 million in the morning when we finally Moslems throughout the world Separated. The Marshal resigned who already dream NOW, Marshal, may I deal self to his escer and depar- Moslem League.
Tted and the President way con- Loust. with your
to his veyed
quarters in the that you y surprised
Soviet Embassy I went to bed accusations
m+ agains!
Stalin content, feeling that aure a menemulle ereason. This caused gem a' laughs tra
entirely unfounded, red cu! but
sure tha. nothing but good bed this Yu W.. eme ruber that On may get var the
been done. It certainly was krap togethe
The reade of Be
humming while we were discuss happy birthday for me wafemme Ma bal Sala that the Pacsident of the Unied States.
Churchill COYC plans Mr the on my left the master of lussia will know how tide foundation Core was a the jocular asser-
id tha. "in war truh must Commander for "Overland" Alive Together we controlled practice
1. I .S rue that I received the
of l You will The naval whhh Staffs ly all
Lave an exce ind
mesure of loyal support in the shuis be pos. quarters of all the air forces in and with
Ench could
all your id us that in direct demon of the war from Palcemember that you yourseif
a sible to ma decision with the world.
Lament and my Cabinet - armies of nearly 20 milhon men,
rcal intentions #fensives Your three of day-
were always kept concealed from engd in the most terrible of leagues which may well be un- Now th
in precedented, and that there were wars that had yet occurred the num
lank decisions had beco akan, human history.
dummy very few large Issurs upon which outer world. You told us 'ba
your
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consulta..
ד'
millary
seemed right for the British and
American Staff o return ."
Cairo as soon as possible to work. Long road to
car the deal. T: his Satan and
.
thre
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and
I was overruled; but a was with dummy aeroplanes were always some pride that I reminded my messed on those fronts that were wo great comrades on more than cl an immediate interest, white one cecusion that I was
the any your true intentions were covered one of our trinity who could e any moment be dismissed from power by the vole of a House of "Well, Marshal, you have been and treely
elected
on misled by dummy lanks
I agreed. I added that now the victory
the supreme decisions had been
aken every effort must be ber!
to find the ways and means to
COULD not help rejoicing at Comminets
ge: more landing-craft. If Over-
6 by a cloak of complete secrecy.
the long way we had come on universal franchise, cr could be ummy aeroplanes and you have lord" was to be done it must be the road to victory since the sum- controlled from day to day by the failed to observe those feelings of War Cabinet re-rue friendship which I have for cone with smashing force, and mer of 1940, when we had been opinion of a
purties in Staffs would along, ant apart from the Navy presenting all I hoped that the
the the Red Army, nor have you seen the feelings of genuine comrade- find ways and means of increas- and the Au. pacically unarmed, Slate. Ing the initial assault forces. against the triumphant and un- broken maght of Germany and
The President's term of office ship which I bear towards all its
members."" Italy, with almost all Europe and
was Axed, and his powers not
As this was enly as President but as Com-
translated by i's scurces in their grasp
mander-in-Chief were almts: Pavlov, sentence by sentence, to
I asked if there would be any difficulty in the thire Staffs can-
M. Roosevel gave me
sian porcelain
10 a absolute under the American Stalin I watched his expression It was Inscrutable.
The main Russian attack began on birthday present a beautiful Per- Constiution. Stalin appeared to carefully.
June 23,
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