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WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS, THE THIRD BOOK

The position of. Rumania war All-news contributions to be similar, to that of Finland. The

Russons addressed to Editor-in-Chiefs

had occupied the Advertisements and Business Rumanian province of Besxx- communications should be ad-rable, and thereby gained control dressed to the Company CHINA of the mouth of the Danube, In June, 1940. Now, under thu leadership of Marshal Astonescu, and in. alliance with

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PARTY POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

After the general election stalemate in Britain there were fears about its effects on: foreign policy. Washington was the chief centre of these fears. It is not properly un- derstood how essentially na- tional is British foreign policy: how greatly it has been divorced from Party politics, In the election itself it had no part at all save for Mr. Chur- chill's reference to the re- sumption of negotiations with

Moscow.

*

Apprehension has lately taken a different turn. The Mid-West Republicans have launched an "Acheson must go" drive. There is a suspi- cion that, having failed every time on domestic issues, the Republicans intend to con- centrate on foreign policy, in the next elections, and make him and the Adminis tration the scapegoats for "the loss of China to the Com- munists,"

a

to.

Not even the United States can really afford to play elcc- tion politics with foreign policy in a time like this. But since this seems to be the pro- spect, the problem arises of protecting the actual applica- tion of the bi-partisan policy from the battle of the hustings. There is bound to be

of certain amount paralysis while the politicians shout thoir denunciations from. platforms. all over the country. Indeed not even the very remarkable series of speeches by the Secretary of State has broken: through the barriers anywhere. They take rank as State papers; But they had great effect on public opinion without in any way swerving the Republican crities from their plotted path Mr. Acheson neither appeased them nor evoked any favour- able response from the Krem- lin.

the Rumanian armes had not only reoccupied Bessarabla, but had bitten deep into the Blicki Sen provinces of Russia, un - the doing Eastern Finns were

In Karella. The Hungarians also, astride the in a key position

communications of Central and South-Eastern Europe, were of direct assistance to the German war effori.

But I was by no means certnin;} that a declaration of war was the correct method of dealing with the situation. There was still a

that, possibility

under pressure) from the United States and our- selves, Finland would agree to fair and reasonable peace terms. In the case of Rumania at least: there was overy reason believe. that the dictatorial regime of Alonescu would not last in-

definitely. I decided therefore to

address myself again to Marshal Stalin on both the question of: military planning and co-opera- tion, and that of avelding a do- claration of war against these Axis satellite Powers. Prime Minister to Premier Stalin.

November 4, 41.

In order to clear things up and to plan for the future. I nem ready to send General). Wavell, Commander-in-Chief India, Persia and Iraq, to in meet you in Moscow, Kulby- shov, Tiflis or whereever you;. will. Besides this, General Paget, our new CommanderTM In-Chief scoretly designated for the Far East, will come with General Wavell. General Paget hos been in the centro. of things. here, and will hava. with him the latest and best opinions of our High Command, These two officers will be able to tell you exactly how wo stand, what is possible and what we think is wise.. They can reach you in about a fort. night.

Do you want, them.? We told you, in my message of September 8 that we were wing to declare war on FinT land. Will you, however, cone Bider whether it is really good Great Britain business that should declare

Fin land,

war un.

And Rumania ak; It is only a for mats, because our extreme blockade is already in force against them. My judgment is ngalast, it, because, first, Fin- land. has many friends' in, the United States, and it is prudent to take account of, this fact,

Full of friends

Secondly, Rumania azd, Hun gary: these countries are full of our friends; they have been overpowered by Eller and used as a cat's-paw, but it for tune, turns against that rufflag they might easily come back to out alde.. A British declara- tion of war would: only. freezp them all and make it look, as if Hitler wore the head of a grand European alliance solid against us. Do not; pray,, suppose it is any, want of zeal, or comrade-

It is more likely that Pre- pretty sident Truman—a shrewd politician and elec- tion-winner in his own right- will find a more effective sort of counter-offensive. Indeed, he has already warned; Con- possessed a, mpre favourable gress that sharp cuts in domestic background. He had foreign aid spending might to speak with one eye on his precipitate a third world war. critics and the other on Stalin. The United States had to fight It was a task of political World War II., he added, be- prestidigitation difficult in cause it turned its back on the itself and almost inevitably rest of the world. It isn't a futile, in effect. Nobody sup happy prospect to envisage an posed the Soviet would seize electoral campaign which upon the seven eminently competes in wringing the practical suggestions with withers of the people-a acclamation. But they were generous and friendly people sane and reasonable, and the who have done so very much problems cited have to bed to help the world get on its settled some time. Moscow feet but who are now "worry- took a look at the whole pic- ing themselves sick," as Adture and then put its leading miral Nimitz put it. A unity exponent of political invec in competition of spy hysteriative on to the fob. Once and war hysteria would just more the formidable issues about, cap things. But it of our epoch, with all that wont matter so much if policy they mean if unsolved, were is kept intact, while the reduced to the vocabulary of politicians rage.

the gutter, with no argument and; an Incredibly dull stream of abuser

It is unfortunate that Sena- tor Vandenberg is no handi- capped now by poor health. Tha 'move to protect and He has a sense of great respon uphold the national foreign sibility, and was not only one pallay by another. "Harriman of the originators: of the bi-Commission" has been follow- partisan principle, but one of | ed by a reshufße in the State its most active supporters. He Department. Under this, Dr. has, now come to the, rescue Jessup will remain in his of by proposing the creation of ficial post to help the State

a non-partisane Commission f Department, and Mr Butter study long-range, American worth will devote himself forkign policy. It has already wholly to the Japan problem. won enthusiastic support in the move is a wing one. The the Senate, and will constitute vendasta: agamak the China HOME BUČEKURTIź of, conatutama hauda" in the Stats Karuh won hapa, of support fox - munt la depiptable

the barassed and bedevilled the Kr

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THE GRAND ALLIANCE Communications with Stalin

ship, that makes us, doubt the advantage of this stop. Our Dominions, except Australia, are reluctant. Nevertheless, it you think it will be a real help to you and worth while, I wil; put it to the Cabinet again.

I hope our supplies are being, cleared from, Archangel es fost as they come in. A tricicle is now. beginning through Pernia. We shall pump, both, ways to our utmost. Please make sure. that our technicians who are going with the tanks and air- craft have full opportunity to hand these weapons over to your men under the best con- ditions. At present - our Mis- slon at Kulbyshev is out of tnuch with all these affaira. They only want to help. Those weapons are sent at our peril, and we are anxious they shall have the best chance. An order from you is necessary.

I cannot tell you about our Immediate military plans noy more than you can tell me. about yours, but rest assured we are not going to be idio.

With the object of keeping Japan qulet we are sending our Intest

Prince of battleship, Wales, which can catch and kill any Japanese ship, Into the

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By Winstan Churchill

Gold bars have now been found, in tins of milk.

Baby, It's gold, inside.

war upon Finland when I sent || || you my telogram of September

4.

Later, information has made,

It seems there is a possibility. me think that it will be, more that Pandit Nehru, and Liaquat helpful to Russia and the com-All Khan solve the gengal dispute mon cause it the Finns can

and stand to stop fighting stul or go home, than if we put

by personal conference. According to an agency correspondent,All car cay is that the date for much a meeting is getting Nehru.

British Government informs us them in the dock with the guilty of its negative attitude to our Axis Powers by a formal decia

all this be ration of war and proposal, Why

make them ing dong,? 16 demonstrate the fight it out to the and How- lack of unity, between theever, if they do not stop in the USBR and Great Britain ? rext fortnight and you still wish and atomi

You can rest assured that we us to declare war on them, we aro taking all the necessary ||will certainly do so, I agres, with | | 'measures for, speedy, transpor-

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tation to the right place of all you that it was very wrong thak publication should have the auga coming from Great been made. We certainly were Britala Archangel.

The not responsible. same will be done with regard to the route through Fersia. may I call In this connection

Broad survey. ·

Next war slogan: Up Guards,

112

Bit trjoky.

"Whether

businessmen more interested present are stocks or blonds he declined to

at in

say.

There is a continuing boom in second-hand cars

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Also bangs, equoaks and rattles.

to

your attention to the fret (al- Should our offensive "in" Libya though this is a minor matter) result, as we hope, in the dog- that tanks, planes, and artillery truction of the German-Italian ara, arriving inefficiently pack-simy there, it will be possible to od, that sometimes, parts of the take, a broad survey of the, war ..same vehicle are toaded in as a whole, with more freedom

different ships, [and] that than has hitherto been open planes, because of the impor-ls Majesty's Government. fect packing, reach us broken?

•

Expressive silence

Even Stalin noems after a white Indian Ocean, and are building to have felt that he had gone too up a powerful battle squadron, far in the tone of this communl

ROLL UP THE RED CARPETS, TRAKE TRI-LANT-

one.

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"Chinese, ship wlas High Court ⚫ verdict."

of Evidently For this purpose we shall be willing in the near future to send courtships. the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, whont you know, vin the Modi- terranean to meet you at

Moscow

Rossellini says there will be no he marries

or elsewhere. He would be ac-honeymoon after companied by high military and Bergman,

other experts, and will be able to As we used to say in the Army, discuss every question relating to you've had it, chum. the war, including the sending of

troops not only into the Caucasu

A British steelworkar

has

but into the fighting line of your patented; a pipe that attracts rats armies in the South, Neither our

not the com

by imitating their love-chl газдитесь shipping Bitnications - with

Iargo Ap apparatus, of similar purpose numbers to ba, employed, and reported from Hamelin before the shld to have been even so you will have to chouse war 18 between troops, and supplies dismantled under the Potsdam Daross Perslit.

that you

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discuss

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the post-wan, organination A woman lost her skiet in a of peace. Our intention is to fight department store sale in Sydney.

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the war in

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to the utmost of our strength, and)|

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the war is won, 'as

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will be, we expect that

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It was discovered that a beggar

Lucky Beggar:

Russia Great Britain lot had several bank accounts

States. will: meet at tha

of ing victors as the

three hot partners, and Bright, led dollnes a bus as a

agencies by

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bouts when going in the opposite

Unilco, Soid, the low professor Vladivostok route will not be called on Mr. Eden at the For- Stute, and, Britain and 1 stond. You have the facta bin your side,

not,

have been, dastros", (Nazis07, will yehteld that always has empty Naturally, the first object. will direction, and a gold digger is a be to prevent Germany

and girl who breaks datea by going there. I am urging. President cation, which I had not attempted; be

breaking out out, with them. Roosevelt to increase his een pressive. On November 20 the upon us for third,

time The sure on the Japanese und keep

Communist them frightened so that the Soviet Ambassador in London fact that Russia is a

alga Ofico. The following is States are not, and do blocked.

I will not waste words in Mr. Eden's record of the convers to be, is not any obstacle to our hammer them into the jury de

If you have the law off your side, ** telegram to making a good plan for compliments, because you sation as sent in a know already from Beaver Sir Stafford Cripps, now at Kul- mutual safely, and fightful inter- hammer it into the judge

"But if you have neither the ests. The Foreign Secretary will brook and Harriman what we byshev:

Tho Soviet Ambassador feel about your: splendid, ight,

bo

able to discuss the whole vi facts nor the law?" "usiced a asked to sna me this afternoon, this field with you.

stadent. Have confidence in our untiring!

"They hammer on the table,” when he said that he had re- support.

It may well be that your, de- colved instructions from. M. fence of Moscow and Leningrad, answered the professor. Stalin, who had asked him to as well as the splendid resistance convey to me that lo sonding to the Invader along the whole tary operations and the de facto his recent message to the Frina Russian front, will indict mortal exit of Fidland from the war. I Minister he had only practical injuries upon the internal struc- however, Finland refuses to com- and business-like, queations in

ture of the Nazi regime. We rous ply even with this in the course view. It had certainly not been M. Stalin's intention to count upon such good fortune of the short period you indicted, but simply keep on striking at then I believe the declaration of cause any offeneo to any mem- bern of the Government, and them to the utmost with might war by Great Britain would-be

Other Icast of all to the Prime Minis and main

reasonable. and necessary.

may wise m⋅ Impression" be chout- ter.

ed, that there is no unity between us on

the question of war against

I should be glad to hear from you direct. that, you have. re ceived this.telegram..

Evasive reply

On November 11 M. Malsky brought to mo Stalin's chilling. and ovnsive reply to this, metsaga. M. Stalin to the Prime, Minister.

November 8, 41... I fully agree established in with you that clarity should be the relations between the USSR and, Great. Britain, Such a clarity does not, exist, at prov sent. The lack of clarity is the consequence of two circum- stances:

There is no dolnite undan- standing between our two. countries on. war alms, and on plans for the post-war | organisation of peace.

There is no, agreement: be, twoon, the USSR. and Groat Britain on, mutual milliary assistanco against. Hitler in

• Europe.

As long as there is no accord on both these questions there can be no clarity in the Anglo- Soviet, relations. More than that, to be frank, as long, as the present, situation exists. thero, will be difficulty in, so- curing mutual condence, Of course the agreement on mill- tary supplies, to the USSR has a great positive value, but it does not bottles, neither does it exhaust, the whole problem of relations between our

countries,

two

If the General -- Wholl and the General Puget, whom you mantion fai YATUR, INASSARO will come to Mhaqow with, a wlew to concluding agreement on the ty, faulamentaa muienilona re- farroch to'shaka... I natumily would be happy in meat, them

Calmer tone

days

Hitler and his most ardent accom

M. Stalin, was, very busy in- dead, with affairs, at the front, and had had virtually no chance to think of anything

M. Stalin replied two plices, and, that, the accomplicer but affairs at eleo

the

of Hitler's aggression can do their front. He had raised import later, and in calmer lane: ant practical

Many thanks for your message, baso work with impunity. With about Isaues

your with regard to. Hungary and Rumania, mulual military assistance in I sincerely welcome Europe against, Butler and the as expressed, in your message to we can perhaps wait a little while. post-war organisation of peace, collaborate, with me by way of

based on (To be continued)) portant, and it was very, unde- friendship and sirable to complicate them by this will contribute much to the any personal misunderstanding success of our common, cause. or feelings. M; Stalin had also On the qucation of Finland, the overcome certain personal feel- USSR never proposed; anything ings in pursuing the line ho else at least, in the first instance had taken, because the Finnish-but, the cessation of the milf- business, had greatly hurt him and; the whole of the Boylet Ualon

ese questions were very im- personal "core I hope)?

"My Fatherland," said: M. Stalin, “Ands Itself in a hum; illating position. Our request

was made secretly Then the whole thing was published, and also the fact that His Majesty's Government did not consider it possible to accept the Soviet request. This has put, my country in a humiliated post- tion, and has had a depressing effect on the minds of my people. M. Stalin had felt himself hurt by this, but, in spites of this, he still pursued only one end to. reach an agreement on mutual military axsistance against Hitler in Europe and the post-wir.op Tikith, them, thele, qualsation of peace.

Stalin's answer (to an biter missions of the generala la, 200-|} ta, band. Generals Wavell and finest to the quations of la-Faget to disuss joint fans had formation, and testher consider-

made it clear that purely mili allon of secondary makes it they sails would have little con would not be thinks worth cram rault, in the present state whiin tom infeuda won the

marals Insuch, a case it of mind of the Russian leaders, The almost hysterical note of would also be very difficult, for

about Finland Stalin's massage me to Ind the time for theshowed the gap in-t

-undurlanding

„conversation.

me that do byte-between our two countries. trubie

on proposed therefore to make

further attempt to smooth out crested;"la_the qui

ralaions between us by offering docfar

Finland

-tiom" wish the

mate chang pectedly

to end Mr. Edan, himself on

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That mission to Rusala. It was in this this quais sense that I-telegraphed. to M

Stalin on November 21, 1941; *** Many thanks fon), xosar: mecanijo, Just, zoogived. Ai, ibe very be

inning of the wae Bobogani a correspondence with .personne President Roosevelt, which har led to a very solid understand- ing being establishadi, between

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