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WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK

THEIR FINEST HOUR

The Fall Of France

By Winston Churchill

ON May 30 members of Lord 'Gort's staff in conference with Admiral Ramsay at Dover informed him that daylight on, June 1, was the latest time up some length upon what could be Fleanwhile Admiral to which the Eastern perimeter done to rebuild the British forces

In France; might be expected to hold. Darlan had drafted a telegram to Evacuation was therefore press- | Admiral Abrial at Dunkirk; *** Subscription Rates:

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tons, and it was decided to

hold the British sector until midnight June 12, evacuation proceeding meanwhile on the basis of full equality between French and British forces. Prime Such was the situation when on the evening of May 31 Lord Gort in accordance with his orders handed over his com- mand' to Major-General Alex- ander and returned to England. To avoid misunderstandings by keeping personal conte Paris on necessary for me to fly to outside May 31 for s the

There is a lot to be said for being a fanatic; for one thing, it gives one such a cosy feeling of being utterly, right all the time. examples are our friends the Communists, who just know that everything under their regime is perfect (or is at least heading for perfection under the always current Five Year Plan), and that anyone from

round Dunkirk with the divisiona ander. your command and those under British command. M (2), as soon as you are convinced

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Good

How's this for a snappy slogan for our new recruiting plán:

"I THEY hadn't joined the Army, they'd never have scen Japan!"

The final phase was carried through with moch skill and pro- clalda For the first time it be.

"APL freighter entors Taku green came possible to plan ahead Bar.Red port gives listaad of being forced to rely on lightz naurly" Improvisations. Ai drawn · on June 2 about 4,000 British with seven anti-alteraft guns and 12 anti-tank guds remained, with the considerable French forces hold ing the contracting perimeter of

Evacuation was

and slaves for ever. It would be botter far that the citation of Western Europe with all its achievements should come to tragle but splendid: end than that the two great democracies should linger on, stripped of all that made life worth living -- Dunkirk,

now

The Scandinavian alliance may mean a fight to the Finnish.

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The Attorney General's speech

moat.' on the "rule of law" was Mr. Attlee then said that he possible only in "darkness, and Interesting-from, of course, entirely agreed with my view. Admiral Ramany determined to purely academic point of view- "The Brillan people now realise make a manrod descent on the harto unr hotels.

the danger with which they are bour-that night with all his avall." faced, and know that in the able resources. Besides tugs and of a German victory small craft, 44 ships were sent that everything they have bulit up evening from England, including will be destroyed. The Germans 11 destroyers and 14 minuswoopers. kill, not only men, but ideas. Forty. French and Belgian vessel Our people are resolved as never

also participated. Before mid- before in their history."

night the British rearguard "waS embarked.

event

Petain's Mood Royniud thankeit us for what;

He was 'ture that we had said. the morale of the German people was not up to the level of the

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that no troop upiside the bridgehend make their way to the points of embarkation the froops holding the bridgehead shall withdraw and embark, the British forces embarking first

Intervened at

not embark first, the Britch would ca 10 say that but that the eva

should evacuation

pro-

This was not, however, the end: cood on equal terms between the

of the Dunkirk story. British and the French "Brae- bros-dessous... The

been prepared to carry consider esse,

Was agreed.

momentary triumph of their army. that night than had offered them Biffle would form the rearguard.

ably greater numbers of French The conversation next turned to If France could hold the Sommo elves. The result was that when or them still I expressed the British with the help of Britain and If our ships, many

empty, had to withdraw at dawn, Italy. view that if Italy came we American industry came

1030,000 French troops, manyetil most lective manner. Many then we could be sure of victory. In contact Stith the enemy, Femain-

ed ashore. One more the Italians were opposed to war, and He was most grateful, the gold be made. Despite the exhaustion

I proposed that we one country went under the 'other In the plane came Mr. Attice and severity.

days without rest or tespite. "the desca Dill and Ismay. I also should strike by air-bombing at would not abandon the struggle call was answered. On June 4

Western industrial The formal testing then ended,

20,173 Frenchmen were General Spears, who had the North took

landed in After we re from the table flown over on the 80th with the latest news from Park. Thi

of Milan, Turin and Genon, Roy-none of the principals talked to Erland, ofer: 21,000, of thefil in

ships,

Finally, at 2:28 brilliant officer and Mumber of naud agreed that the Allies must somewhat afferent atmosphere. Pim: that day the Admiralty an Parlament was 421

a friend of mine strike at once; and Admiral Dar somewhat different from the first Great War. Half lan sald be had a plan for Chief among these was Marshal cemeat with the French an French by

the naval and aerin, bombardment Petaln. Spears was with me holp! nounced that "Operation Dynamb birth, Haison officer

was completed, tween the left of the French and of Italy's all supplies, largely ing the out with my Prench and was

speaking himself.

World Copyright reserved. Re-' Young The naces-Frenchman, Captain de Mergerle, production, even partially in any the right of the British Armies, stored along the coast between the he had taken me round the Vimy frontier and Nimples. top Ridge in 1918, and had made melsery technical discussions were had already spoken about fighting | languape, strictly prohibited.

It out in Africa. But Marshal Esclusive rights in Hong Kong Petain's attitude, detached and by China Mall" nombre, gave me the feeling that

(To Be Continued Tomorrow) he would face a separate peace.

meeting of

Police have to build own radio at from spares to reach Macao. Nothing....Follows"

The Governor of the Leeward

Blee

Looking seaward seldom smiles. Committees come-commissions

του,

Telling him the things to do, Then back to London town they But do they send sonic dough?

No, no!

(What, it soems, Lord Baldwin

Jacks

Is a Business Profits Tax)

So they are all rattling the

world who criticises is a de- Supreme We Council." With me all should be mads to realise its for my renewed assurance" that (£) at skipa” companies after 'sa' mhny shillelagh; there" in "Eire;

is

c.

triangle enclosed by the three cities

I then mentioned my desire that more Ministers of the Administra- tion I had just formed should be

based. capitalist imperialist.

In spite of occasional sus-g picious leaks that everyone behind the iron curtain not conscious of living in paradise, there can be doubt that the average Soviet citizen believes most of the propaganda he has to swal- low-having no other mental sustenance.' But the

friends with General Fayolls, who arranged. dogs-the Politburo and its

commanded the 33rd French immediate representatives Corps. such as ministers to foreign A Fitting Personality capitals can be under few

Speaking French with a perfect illusions about the facts. Inaccent and bearing aye wound- the same way, millions in stripes on his sleave, he was a the Third Reich may have personality at this moment. Afted to relations. When had little or no idea of what our anxious

Frenchinen and Englishmen are really went on in Datichau trouble together and argumente and Auschwitz, but no one break out, the

and the is going to believe that Rib võluable and

or even bentrop and Goering were

could say And

to the hand fexto

high French equally innocent.

person- with Russia.

den But

nel or scen equallest

This time we did not go to the

Cabled reports from Lake. I have' Success yesterday described the Soviet delegate to the Qual d'Orsity, but to M. Reynaud's room at the War Office in the true Economic and Social Coun-Saint-Dominique Attlee and I and Marshal cil as denying furiously, bit found, Reynaud

the Petain opposite to us as the only terly and

French Ministern. This was the re appearance of Petain, now Vice-President of the Council, në any of our meetings. plain clothes. Our Ambassador, Dill; Ismay and Spears wote with

completely

He wore

Dunkirk

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DIV

31530/42 DIV..

The

30 Mass 80 000, British Jou remairied [for evacuations'

20,000

Oh 2June 3,000

Diagram of DUNKIRK PERIMETER: 31 May & 1 June

documented evidence from eye-witnesses about some of Russia's forced labour camps According to the man from Moscow, all that existed in fact were a few "corrective" and Weygand and Darlar, Cap come acquainted with their French The influence of his personality. talu de Margerie, head of Roy-opposite numbers of soon as pos his reputation, his serene accep- a naud's private office, and a bible. For instance, I should like tance of the march of advorzei colonies conducted

repra Mr. Beyin, the Ministor of Labour events, apart, from any words "he

in

praiseworthy and civilised Baudouin of the Secretariat Few and trade union leader, to visit used, was almost overpowering to

The first question was the pool Paris, Mr. Bovin was showing those under his spell. CONNECT HONGKONG, TWICE WEEKLY, WITH way. Any other description; sented the French

he added, was the usual vilation in Norway, 1 apta that the great energy, and ander his leader- One of the Frenchmen, I cannot capitalist attack on the head British Government was of the ship the British working class was remember who, sald in their considered opinion that the Narviks now giving un holidays and privi-polished way that a continuance of quarters of world freedom.

But according to persons aros should be evacuated at once. leges to a far greater extent than military reverses might in certain who travelled round in Ruis. Our troops there, the destroyers in the last war. Reynaud cordial-eventuallies enforce a modifen

Involved, and

of foreign polley and 100 anti-aircraft ly aszented. sia before escaping from its

Spears rose to the occasion, privileged borders, more than we therefore proposed on evacua-

and addressing himself particular- After some talk about Tanglory to Marshal Fetain said in per- 10,000,000 miserable unfor- tion beginning on June 2

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did not fear invasion, Engla realet it most fiercely

and

upon

The Climax

I

tunates are being driven to Bitish Navy would transport and and the importance of keeping oct French: suppose you a' slow death in penal bat- 1tate: the. French "ferece, the Spáin out of the war, I spoke on:understand, "M: la Marechal, that

of Norway and any Norwes the general outlook. talions. Their crime-they gian troops who wished to confe: "The Allos, add, "must main that would mean blockado!!": Some- one: also said.That would per- tain an unflinching front against Haps be. Intrvitable." had the wrong viewpoint. Reynaud sold that the French

all there anemies..... The

Petain's But then Spears to They live In conditions to Government agroed

United States had been rouged face: That would not only mean polley. The destroyers would be which

by recent avert and event if Blockado but bombardment of all peoples urgently required" in the Mediter

they did not enter the war, French ports. In Germán, hands.** In the event of war with TEL. 20051 would not subject cattle.ranean who. 16,000 men would be would soon be prepared to give I was glad to have tile said.

They work fantastically long Italy.

us powerful ald, An invasion sang my, mudi song! we would hours at, hard work on a pit very valuable on the line of the

of England, if It took pince fight on whatever happened or tance of poor food-and the Afano and the Somme. This mat

would have a still more profound whoaver feil qut work may be increased and or was therefore settled.

Reyngudi Tribute the food reduced for the slightest offences.

I then turned to Dunkirk The Whatever happened inside French seemed to have no, more td. the Russia was bad enough, but idea of what was happening

Northern armies than we had Mr. Christopher Mayhew about the main, Ermolot British under-secretary of

When

*Thom- that. 185,000- 1'told' state, now claims that the men of whom 16,000 were French, inhuman practice is spread-

off they were been taken ing Westwards to other coun- astenisfied. They naturally drew attention to the marked British tries swallowed up by the

preponderance. Reds since the end of the war. As well, of course, as Communist wage levels and | standards of livingė

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explained that this was the largely to the fact that there had been many British administrativo units in the Back wren who had been able to embark. before

As Mr. Mayhew said, Ifing troups could be spared: From labour camps in Russian the front. Moreover the French

May 31 and June I saw the

in every villogo and hamlet... Itellax though not the and at Dun- was only after her essenal need kitka On these two days aver of troops had been met that the then were safely landed in

balance of her armed force 2,000 srly 'one-third of ho

1

could be put it the disposal of beaches in small era under de having bean brought from French ally convinced was raplutely

wo air attack and pheil firei On, had only

on the fight to from early dawn, onward; "the to carry conquer Even if one of ur themy. bombers made thair should be struck dorm, the other steatest efforts, often timed when must not abandono struggle. rudan Akhters had withdrawn to The British Government were offe pesa attacks" took "heavy prepared to welke each from the faller the crowded shipping, which Some dis-ered Almost a free in all Now Worlanit through uster, Engibrit, hargel were laid the previous work. On this singlo while, are diermany Halessed day our loss by algumilack, by alther, aliyor baith ahev would mines, E-bogje on other hitsadven elyo no mercy: we should be reture were 81" alips"wunk" and

Gamageti

territory are conducted on up to the present had hadduced to the status of vasala humane lines, why should orders to vacunate. One of the

chlof reason why had

they be shrouded in secrecy. Paris was to minge age that the and guarded." "and concealed same orders were given to even more strictly than Hit-French troops as to the British

ler's concentration camps? The thres British divisions new DO YOU Why should not a repreden holding the centre would cover the

evacuation of the

tative body of newspaper re- That, and the dos transport, would KNOW porters of United Nations be the British contribution to off

delegates, be permitted to set the higher UENYOUR tour the alleged black spoje? must now be faced. kish

·His “Mà}daty's Government haj From a logical point of view, felt, it necessary in the dire cin there is no answer to this, cumalansen, to corda But there is no logic in fann- take off ¡tičijm.” Or perhaps there as the wounded

the and justifies, the meats, abis-bodied from

hopes and he who is not with mg away. The would:

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Geneva, February 15. The United States was co- ported today to have de- clined to deliver "strategic materials to: the Soviet Unión But to have offered a

• great increase (In+ Bust-West trade in other materiale.

Mr. Paul Porlar, the Unit ed States delegate, was stated to have told a secret meet- ing of the 23 Ekstern, and Western European countries here that the United States. must maintain its refusal to deliver certain matárlaté zá the Boviet Union tons AL other countries "regarded her dims as aggressive,

This did got exetune-trada- in a cast range of other goods, he added:

_____ This

He was speaking to the Committee of "Trade" DE- velopment, meeting Here for the first "time"kinica"It" wika set up last Septembar by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,

gan

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The Committen, which be. its work yesterday, heard -botir-Weather“: and Eastern representatives urge. that Europeandovery trade sorde 'the con our. tain must be Increased, to two or three times Its pre- yent level-Reuteri Sienie K

Ching,

Only prayer can save ays Madame Chiang But wit the Reds prave AMENable?

The cold war now spread to Antarctten. "Show use to Stalin, though.

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The Gates of Heaven" are closed by a strike, says US: cable. Well, It's an ill wind that, blows no place a soul.

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