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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950.

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE THIRD BOOK

THE GRAND ALLIANCE Return to England

By Winston we passed, an agreeable afternoon

Churchill

White House and of the American nation, erect and infuriate against tyrants and aggressors. It was to no sunlit prospect that I must return; Eager though I was to be back in London, and sure of ultimate victory, I felt continu- ally the approaching impact of a When I got back to the period of immense disasters sist only of myself, the two Chiefs White House (from a rest in which must last for many months, of Staff, and Max Beaverbrook, Florida on January 11, 1942, My hopes of a victory in the Charles Moran (Lord Moran, Mr. I found that great progress had Western Desert, in which Rom- Churchill's medical adviser] and been made by the Combined mel would be destroyed, had Hollis [Colonel Hollis, Assistant

hod Rommel of Staff, and that it faded.

escaped. secretary to the War Cabinet]. by the with The result?of Auchinleck's suic- All the rest would go mostly in harmony my views. The President con-

cesses at Sidi Rezegh and at Duke of York. vened a meeting on January 12, Gazala had not been decisive. The when there was complete agree prestige which these had given ment upon the broad principles us in the making of all our plans

The and targets of the war.

for the Anglo-American descent differences werd confined to on French North Africa was de- ation was obviously set back for finitely weakened, and this oper- months. Prime Minister to Lord Privy

'Scal.

12 January, 42.

Chiefs Way

Africa.

A

to North expedition

A tentative time-table had been worked out for putting 90,000 United States and 00,000 British troops, together with a considerable air force, into Nortli Africa,"

It was

settled to send two

A letter was sent to us for priorities and emphasis, and all was ruled by that harsh and publication the other day, despotic factor, shipping. "The Boys. the British praising the pungent way in President,"

"set great sore on which another correspondent record,

organising 'Super-Gymnast' "W" had "put these Civile, n combined United States- Servants over the sticks," British and suggesting that a few men like him could clean "this sink of iniquity." No comment is called for on this choice description of this impersonal of our pride and attachments. But it does seem necessary to point out that the problems that he would, it necessary as before the Colony are very quickly as possible, send 50,000 real and difficult ones. They United States troops to Australia and the islands covering its are not soluble by

approach by the Japanese. abuse of officials or unoffi- Twenty-five thousand were to go. cials, or by purely destruc- as soon as possible to occupy New tive criticism. They are not Caledonia, and other stepping

stones between America and to be solved either by clap-Australasia,

centre

mere

divisions of American troops to Northern Ireland, with the objects which have been described, The President had told me privately

trap about Capitalists or cli- Staffs ngreed that "only the

ches about Communist agita- tors. They are problems that involve questions not only of Government expenditure and taxation, but of rising wages and rising costs of living. The problem in general is how to get out of the vicious circle of more Government expenditure and more taxa- tion, and how to control the inflationary spiral in wages and prices.

On Grand Strategy" the minimum of forces necessary for the safeguarding of vital interests, in other theatres should be diver ted from operations against Ger- many No one had more to do with obtaining this cardinal decision than General Marshall.

If this

One evening the General come to see ine and put a hard question, He had agreed to

30,000 nearly

American send

to Northern Ireland. soldiers We had of course placed the two "Queens "the only two 80,000- ton ships in the world at his disposal for this purpose, General Marshall asked me how many Merely to pose the problem men we ought to put on board, is not to solve it, and not observing that boots, rafts and even the high degree of con- other means of flotation could trol and complicated system only be provided for about 8,000. were disregarded they of subsidies in Britain has could carry 16,000 men, I gave I can been wholly successful. More the following answer: controls require more Gov-only tell you what we should do. You must judge for yourself the If it were crnment officials, and more

risks, you will run.

direct part of an actual poata more expenditure;

expen- diture leads to more taxa- tion, we would put all on

they could, carry. If it were only tion; more taxation to higher question of moving troops in a prices and less money to pay reasonable time, we should not go beyond the limits of life-boat, them; higher prices lead to

rafts, &c. It is for you to decide." demands for higher wages;

He received this in silence and and so it goes on and on. Nor our conversation turned to other is this spiral the only pro- matters. In their first voyage blem. Critics of Government these ships carried only the lesser numbers, but later on they were extravagance turn almost at flied to the brim. As it hap- once from their criticism to pened, Fortune stood our friend, put forward demands for more schools, more water, more social more housing, services, more of everything. Even schemes of alternative taxation carry the suspicion that they are chiefly design- ed to pass the burden on to other backs, Manifestly

cannot stagnate. Many of the needs

we

Leaving the U.S.

The time had now come when

must leave the hospitable and exhilarating atmosphere of the

As I shall soon be silent for a while, though I trust not for ever, pray cable tonight any outstanding points which re-

That afternoon I addressed the Bermuda Assembly, which is the oldest Parliamentary Institution in the Western Hemisphere. pleaded with them to give their to the the of

United establishment assent and all their aid States naval and air bases in the island, about which they were in some distress. The life of the whole Empire was at stake. smooth working of our alliance with the United States made Anal victory certain, however long the

BLACK-OUT TIME

quire decision here before I leave.

charts

The

Journey might be. They did not demur.

the vibration not unpleasant," and

and had a merry dinner. These boats have two storeys, and one walks up a regular staircase to the control room. Darkness `ħad fallen, and all the reports were good.

Evacuations,' says ab agency message, are "now going on in the largest Egyptian necropolis or cometery."

You know that's a place where they bury or inter people who have died.or passed away.

Easier West, it's all the same: coming back to work after a long week-end is eggceptionally trying:

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Passengers on the anchored 'ankering to bo

"Quadruplets born to parents, of six children."

We were now "flying" throiigh One could see the leading edge Anking are dense mist at about 7,000 feat. of the wings, with their

great pouring back Shanghaied. flaming exhausts over the wing surfaces, In these machines at this timme a large rubber tubo which expanded and contracted at intervals was used

The to prevent icing.

captain explained to me how it worked, and we saw from time to time the lee splintering off as it expanded. I went to bed and slept soundly for several hours.

Daylight grows

I woke just before the dawn, and went forward to the controls. The daylight grew. Beneath us was an almost unbroken floor of clouds.

seen

To him that hath quads be given.

1

And incidentally, over in Mom's country of all places, I see they're engaging in a quad wrangle.

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"High-pitched whining heard in London."

These trade unions again....

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"Japanese-made DDT falls to kill lice."

They should use some of their Scratch whisky.

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of

"The visiting. Americans then went to a stag and floor, show at

Bal Tabarin. Topics

to the industry were discussed until an early hour."

Some of the oldest topics in the world.

After sliting for an hour or so, in the co-pilot's scat I sensed a feeling of anxiety around me. We were supposed to be approa- ching England from the South West and we ought already to the have passed the "Scilly Islands, interest

had but they

not been through any of the gaps in the cloud floor. As we had flown for more than 10 hours through milat and had had only only one sight of a star in that time, we might well be slightly off our after such 0 lengthy fight. Wireless communication was of normal course limited by the wartime rules.

where,

course

*

Take no chances.

"Pierce the lid with a pin to release vacuum. Then push off."

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Anatomy is something that everyone has, but it looks beiter on a girl.

.

"More toops for Malaya."

R we going to miss them here?

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American ex - POW's

have elected a national commander who

Prisoners

Batann

No doubt he will soon Batann

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"Recipe for goltre." Thanks, but I'd rather the biological warfare people kept it.

It was evident from the discus- that sions which were going on we did not know where we were. Presently Portal, who had been studying the position, had a word with the captain, and then sald to me, "We are going to tum North at once." This was done, and after another halfhour in and out of the clouds we sighted Eng- The Governor, Lord Knollys, land, and soon arrived over Ply- is at present head of "the New On the 14th I took leave of the

gave a banquet that night to the mouth,

avolding the Mexico President. He seemed concerned

island notables and their fleeting balloons, which were all shining, Organisation."

We were all in high we landed comfortably. about the dangers of the voyage. Our presence in Washington had guests,

As I left the aircraft the cap-things up. been for many days public to the spirits. Only Tommy (Comman-

showed der Thompson, R.N.my Flag tain remarked, "I never felt so world, and the

U-boats more than 20

on our Commander, as I called him, was

much relieved in my life as when homeward courses. We flew in in terror that there would be no

I landed you safely in the har- beautiful weather from Norfolk room for him. He explained how bour." I did not appreciate the. to Bermuda, where the Duke of deeply wounded he was at the significance of his remark at the

idea of going home by sea.

moment. Later on I learnt that If we had held on our course for York, with escorting destroyers, awaited us inside the coral reefs. reminded him of his devotion to

of the another five or six minutes be- travelled in an enormous Boeing the naval service, and flying-boat, which made a most pleasures to a hardy sallor of a

fore turning Northwards the undeniable hazards mun batteries in Brest. We had During the three hours trip I upon favourable impression upon me, life on the ocean wave. I dwelt should have been over the Ger- made friends with the Chlef Pilot, from the U-boats. He was quite slanted too much to the South- More. Captain Kelly

ward during the night. However, he had a plan.

the ste- which had been made brought us experience. I took the controls had persuaded one of

to jet in, not from the South West, but for a bit, to feel this ponderous wards of the flying boat

from just East of South-that to machine of 30 or more tons in him take his place; he would

to say, from the enemy's direc- the air. I got more and more do the washing up himself. But flying-boat. what, I asked, would the captain

This attached

which we were expected. Presently I asked the captain, say? Tommy thought that if at ton rather than from that from "What about dying from Ber- the last moment the captain were had the result, as I was told some

Can she confronted with the arrangement weeks later, that we were repor muda to England? carry enough petrol 2 Under his he would make no objection. He ted as a hostile bomber coming in stolid exterior he became visibly had ascertained that he weighed from Brest, and six. Hurricanes excited. "Of course we can do less than

seemed a man of high quality and

Rogers who inconsolable,

to the

the

steward.

we

He over, the decisive correction

it. The present weather forecast shrugged my shoulders, and on would give a 40-miles-an-hour this we went to bed in the small wind behind us. We could do it hours of the morning. in 20 hours." I asked how far it was, and he said, "About 3,600 miles.". At this I became thoughtful.

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are real and clamant-water in turning down the aboli- the risk wholly unjustifiable, and there

he could not take the respon-in one basket.

is certainly one of them. tion of water meters, even They all cost money, and though such action would some of them a lot of money. entail a saving in staff of 200, Money doesn't grow on trees, in view of our serious water it has to come out of some situation," body's pockets. The dilemmá is painful and in some moods positively exasperating, but it exists and cannot be spirited away by evasion or destruc- tive criticism.

word

R

con-

were Command from Fighter ordered out to shoot us down. However, they failed in their mission.

THE END

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Плоската

"... and cancel the board meet- ing till Wednesday, Soames: 1 forgot 1 had a previous engage- menti"

By Sea...

By Air

I To President Roosevelt cabled. "We got here with a Rood hop from Bermuda and o I woke up unconscionably early 30-mile -wind.” with the conviction that I should certainly not go to sleep again. I rather landed I must confess that I felt However, when we

thought of the opened the matter to Portal and frightened. I Pound. Formidable, events were ocean spaces, and that we should happening in Malaya; we ought never be within a thousand miles World Copyright reserved. Re- production, even partially in but they are probably in the all to be back at the carliest of land until we approached the

any language, strictly pro hibited. lowest categories. And Gov-moment. The Chief of the Air British Isles, I thought perhaps rash thing, that were too ernment were certainly wise Staff said at once that he thought I had done a

many eggs, Exclusive rights in Hong Kong I had always

by the "China Mall." sibility for it. The First Sea regarded an Atlantic flight with Lord supported his colleague, awe. But the die was cast, Still There was the Duke of York, I must admit that if at breakfast, with her destroyers, all ready for or even before luncheon, they had the us, offering comfort and a cer- come to me to report that

WE tainty. I said, "What about the weather had changed and At the other end of the I-boats you have been pointing must go by sea, I should have

out to me?"

reconciled myself to casily economic structure, the pro- The Admiral made a disdainful voyage in the splendid ship which about them, which had come all this way to fetch is. blem of wages and prices gesture

Divine sunlight lopped the Zavourable and the was brought to a head by the showed his real opinion of such a

to a properly-escorted inland, menace recent industrial disputes, and fast battleship. It occurred weather prospects Some of the big employers to me that both these officers firmed. At noon we reached the There are moments when are quoted as saying that, thought my plan was to dy my-fying boat by launch. We were self and leave them to come back delayed for an hour on the quay one is disposed to feel the however justified by existing the Duke of York, so I said, because a picket-boat which had Anarchists are right, and living costs, increases in "Of course there would be room gone to the Duke of York for items of bagage had taken long- that our affairs could best be wages or allowances are no for all of us." They both visibly

at this. r than expected. Tommy stood changed countenance managed with a minimum of real solution. They affirm After a considerable pause Por- disconsolate.. The captain had government. It is a natural that before the Colony's pay tal said that the matter might be brushed his project aside in a emotional reaction to the in- structure is again revised, looked into, and that he would way that cessant growth of the Government should consider discuss it at length with the cap-steward was a trained member of tain of the flying boat and go the crew he could not take one bureaucracy everywhere. But possible steps to curb rising into weather prospects with the single person more; every tank laissez faire has gone with commodity and food prices. meteorological authorities. I left was Alled to the brim with petrol It would be quite a task getting the wind, and in the world It is not a matter merely of it at that.

Two hours later they both re-off the water even as it was. So we live in anarchism, how-compiling more authoritative turned, and Partal said that he we taxied out to the far end of Tommy ever joyous to the carefree data on the facts as they thought it might be done. The the harbour, leaving

accom-lamenting as bitterly as Lord. Burmese, is anathema to really are. The difficulties aircraft could certainly anybody with a tidy mind under which Professor plish the tank under reasonable Ullin in the poem, but for differ

Never before and conditions; the weather outlook ent. reasons. and a minimum of self-con-Robertson laboured showed was exceptionally favourable on never afterwards were we separ“ trol The efficiency adviser this necessity. What is need- account of the strong following ated in these excursons. with the bumbling title is ed is a more comprehensive wind. No doubt it was very im-lt was, as the captain had pre- Found said he had formed Very water. Indeed, I thought that we said to have recommended enquiry, of which this would out to get home quickly. dicted, quite a job to get off the *"sweeping" reductions as the be part into the whole high opinion of the aircraft skip should hardly clear the low hills result of his six months' economic set-up, to cover all per, who certainly had unrivalled which closed the harbour. There experience. Of course there was was really no danger: we were in flying-boat labours in two Departments the major items in mecha- risk, but on the other hand wire handa. - : kam alone But they were not nism and costs. It a better to there were the U-boats to con lifted ponderously quarter of a 'accep

the control the spiral than to have sider. So we settled to go unless min from the reef and we had

the weather deteriorated.

several hundred feet of height to ["spare."--/There is no doubt", about are perpetual adjustments within It Whether such control can

the comfort of these great Aying- boats, dhad a good fond bed in be exercised and living costs

the bridal suite at the stars with large windows, on either side. Fu (Awas quite a long walk 30 or do feet; F downhill & throughs, the

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