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MOLOTOV IN

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950.

LONDON

TO DISCUSS

THE SECOND FRONT

In

1

April, 1942, after -mewhat more cordat oor- spondance with Mr Chur- All, Stalin sugerated that Kolotov, who had already ben Invited to Washington bould visit London. The Jain points at issue were jussia's claims to absorb Le Balllo States and part

? Finland-and the pro- osed Second Front..

did -OLOTOV

not arrive until May 20, and formal dis- cussions began the lowing morning. On that and at the two follow- meetings the Russians intained their original sition, and even brought |specially the question of reeing to the Russian oc-

Eastern bation of

Po d. This was rejected ompatible with the glo-Polish Agreement of

ust, 1939.

plotov also put forward

for the recognition in

as

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t agreement of Russia's s on Rumania. This also

contrary to our

tea.

under-

By Winston S. Churchill

Tho

Inescapable consequence was that large portions of Continentni coastline

the

were

for were

denied to us as places disembarkation. We

forced therefore to study our chances at those parts of the coast where our superior fighter force would

us control in the air. Our choice was, in fact, nor rowed down to the Pos de

and part of the Brest area.

Calais, the Cherbourg tip,

Joint studies

The problem of landing a force this year in one or more of thesa

areas Wis

studied, and

being

were being made, with the utmost energy.

Our plans were being based on the as- sumption that the landing of successive

waves of assault troops would bring about air Battles which, If continued

week over

or 10 days, would

lead

to the virtual destruction of the enemy's airpower on the Continent,

descend on the enemy coast at five or six points.nny- the North where between

Cope and Bayonne. It Was however the earnest resolve of the British Government to sco what could be done this year to give the much- needed support to the valiant Russian armies, who were confronting so large a part of Germany's military might, and had already indictea such deep wounds upon it. Two points should howover be bome in mind. First, with

the best will and endeavour, It was unlikely that any move we could males in 1942, even

in

some operation which ended disaster and gave the chemy . an opportunity for glorification at our discom- fiture....

·

The United States Government shared to the full our resolve to operate on the Continent with tho Largest posalbi forces at the earliest possible force moment. This was their ardent desire, and in 1943 our Joint plans contemplated the 10 landing of a force of up 14m, United States-Britim troops on the Continent.... M, Molotov then asked whether

it was possible and appro priate to make an estimate of the percentage of Britielt troops, including those on all fronts, employed on ac- the tive operations against enemy at any one peak month during the last few months,

it it were successful, would Great confidence

of

Church

Enid that the proportion of British troops on all fronts actually at grips with the enemy was gaturuy amall. He went on to

draw off large numbers preparations

enemy land forces from the Me Eastern Front In the air, however, the position

Wha different;

la

the various theatres of war we were

al- roody containing about one- half of the fighter and one- third of the German bomber If our plan for strength.

the forcing air batlles over Continent proved successful, the Germans might be faced with the choice either of sceing the whole of their

this was achieved and opposition removed,

nding with the United at The conversations Foreign Office, which Mr Once

the air most en conducted, though

10 endly, therefore moved irds a deadlock.

part from the question of come treaty, Molotov had

London to learn our views en the opening of a Second ent. A note was kept of our Aference of May 22.

perations on the Continent,

1942-43.

M

Churchill, welcoming Molotov and his advisers. aid that he understood that -M. Mololov was anxious

blace before tho British beld Government the views

by the Soviet Government on he subject of an invasion of the Continent.

Molotov said that he had Soviet been charged by the

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THE

15TH CHAPTER

OF "THE HINGE OF FATE," THE FOURTH BOOK

OF

SECOND

WORLD WAR MEMOIRS BY THE PRIME MINISTER WHO LED BRITAIN TO VICTORY.

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landings at other points the coast could be effected under cover of our superior The crucial point reapower. In making our plans and pre- parations was the availability

the of

speclai landing- craft required for effecting the initial landing on the very heavily defended entany coastline....

Government to come to Lon- don to discuss the question of ho establishment of a Second

жаз по Front. This broblem. It had first been

In April nised nearly 10 months ago, and now, more recently, the

had mpetus

come President Roosevelt, who had that uggested to M. Statin

e (M. Molotov) should

to the United States to que this question.

Most urgent

from

go

سوال

eaking generally, M. Molotov aid that the Soviet Govern- bent considered this to be a jost urgent and pressing toblem, iri which both Fat Britaini and Russia concerned. It vitally kas indeed a matter for dis- ustion with complete frank- pess, as becoming Conversa ions between Altless. On the Rumion front operations of he greatest intensity and im- bortance were now impend-

the weeks and

months which lay immediato. gahead were fraught with

fost serious conse- quences to the Soviet Union ind their Allies...

The

both sides immense forces, backed by mighty MTIATM ments, were

ranged against

ach other. The material aid opdered by Great Britain and the United States” was

highly prized and appreciated

the Soviet Government Revertheless the most urgent ssues were involved in the tatllahment of a Second

Front.

President Rocarvelt had sent Mr Hopkins and General Marshall to London with the proposal that the United States should join Great Britain at the date in taking the greatest possible weight off Russia.

with carllest

We had immediate- ly agreed to this proposal, and Joint studies were pro- reeding apace.

It could not

be expected however that United States forces would be avaliable

till very late in

1042, or that the landing- craft we so urgently required would be available in large numbers this year.

By August we should

have

only 303 landing-craft: by September 506. In 1943 very much larger numbers would available, and we could

be

fighter air force in the West destroyed OT of making withdrawals from their air strength in the East.

The second point related to M

that Molotov's proposition our aim should be to draw off (including these now Th the West) not less than 40 German divisions from Rus- sia. It should be noted that We had at the present time confronting In Libya 11

us

M

In general terms the dispo tions of our forces Up tu ⚫50,000 men 4 month were leaving our shores for the Middle and

Far East theatres.

VYACHESLAV

MOLOTOV - A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE WAR.

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effort which Hitler would undoubtedly exert during 1942, what would be then the poslilon and the attitude of the British Government?

Mr Churchill said that it the Molotov sold that he, had Russians were defeated, no doubt that Great Britain the Soviet military power was genuinely wished

seriously for the

reduced by the success of the Soviet Army German onslaught,

Hiller against the Germans this would in all probability move In summer. What, in the view as many troops and air forces

British Government, of the

as possible back to the West, were the prospects of Soviet SUCCOSE? Whatever their views might be, he would be glad to have a frank expres- sion of opinion-good bad.

or

Mr Churchill said that, without detailed knowledge of the resources and reserves Оп Both sides, it was difficult

to form

& Arm judgment on this question..... Russia's Allles felt great confidence in the strength and ability of the Soviet Army: The Intelli-

gence available to the British

Government did not indicate the massing af vast German forces at any particular point on the Eastern Front. More- over, the full-scale offensive heralded for May now. seemęd * unlikely to take place, befora

June.

Axis divisions, of which three Maximum effort

were German, the equivalent of eight German divisions in

and Norway,

25 German divisions in France and the Low Countries, These totalled 44 divisions.

Ardent desire'

But we were not satisfied with that, and if any further ef- fort could be made or plan devised, provided it was sound and sensible, for drawing the weight off Rus ala this year, we should not hesitate to put it into effect. Clearly, it would not further either the Russian cause that of the Allies as a whole if, for the sake of action at any price, we embarked on

or

In any event, it did not seem

that Hitler's attack

this year could be as strong or so menacing as that of 1941. In ha making this statement

did not wish (Mr Churchill)

it to be inferred that we were asking our guests for infor mation which they might be reluctant to disclose.

M. Molotov, in reply, agreed

that nobody could be pected to make accurate pro- phecies about the future. The great Russian country and people believed in their own strength, but they also believed in facing up to the worst possibilitics. Supposing the Soviet Army failed to hold out against the maximum

with the object

that we should take our share in conquering the evil foe! He (Mr Churchill) wished M. Molotov to realise that it was the dearest wish of the British nation and Army to come to grips with the enemy at the earliest moment, and so to aid the gallant fight of the Russian Army and people.

con lusion, Mr Churchill asked M. Molotov to bear in mind the difficulty of oversea invasions. of invading

After France foll Great Britain. He might also out of the. war we in strike

Balcu

Britain were down through

almost to the Caucasus and Persia.

This latter thrust would

pose us to the gravest dangers, and we should by no means feel satisfied that we had sufficient forces to ward it off. Therefore our fortunes were bound up with the renis- tance of the Soviet Army,

Gallant fight

Nevertheless, if, contrary

to

expectation, they were de- feated, and the worst came to the worst, we should fight on, and, with the help of the United States, hope to build up overwhelming air supert- ority, which in the course of

the he

hext 18 months or two

to

enable us years would enabl

put down a devastating weight of air attack on

tha German and industries. We

moreover,

cities should,

maintain the blockade and make land- ings on the Continent against increasingly enfeebled

opposition..

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Ultimately the power of Great Britain and the United States would prevail. It should not be overlooked that after the fall of Françe Great Britain had stood alone for a whole year with but a handful of ill-equipped troops between her and Hitler's victorious and numerous divisions. But what a tragedy for mankind would be this prolongation of the war, and how earnest was the hope for Russian victory,

and how

ardent the desire

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naked a few ill-equipped divisions, less than 100 tanks and less than 200 field guns. And yet Hitler had not attempted an -invasion by reason of the fact that he could not get com- mand of the air. The same sort of difficulties confronted

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M. Molotov thanked Mr Chur- chill for what he had said. He would carefully report to his Government. In conclu-

like sion he would

to say that the Russian people also believed in their strength and of their in the strength Allies.

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