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THE CHINA MAIL,“ SATURDAY, ' · JANUARY 2, ̋ 1954.

CONCLUDING SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS

CHAPTER 40. OF

"TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY"

THE FINAL CONFERENCE

RUSTRATION

SETTLED

A

filled was him on a step. So I

claret Klass with the fate of this Anal small-sized Conference of the brandy for him and another for I looked at him signi- myredi Three," have not

ficantly. We both drained ur stroke and gazed attempted to describe all the glasses al questions which were raised approvingly at one another. though not settled, at cur

in

various meetings. I content you had it impossible to give it myself with telling tale, so far as I was

After a pause Stalin satal: "1

thu position fortified the u

Marmora, could we not have then vase at

Dedicagutch?" I L'on- aware of it, of the atomie lented

myself with Buying: " bomb and outlining the ter- will always support Russia in rible issue of the German- her claim to the Treedoni of the Polish frontiers. These scas all the year round."

events dwell with us today.

It remains for me only to mention some of the social and personal contacts which relieved our sombre debates.

three the Each of delegations entertained other two. First wa United States.

NE

as

NOTHING

At the Prime Minister's invitation Mr Attlee, by now in Opposition, accom- panied him to the Potsdam Conference The "a friend and counsellor.“ results of the General Election had still to be declared, and, to avoid embarrass- ment, the political members of the British delegation left the Conference on July 25, 1945, to await the poll in England.

commend people.

to the

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great were

However, it was impossible to proper authority at the Con- gather

for forence, where all Americon support

the had discussed this, and the Russians, pushing issues we the Poles in front of them, now to come to a head, made all the G.r- delny contrary to the publie In- ton, drivi

before them and de- terest. Moreover, the verdict of Populating forge areas of Cer- the electors had been no over- many, whos: food supplies they whelmingly expressed that I did bal seized, while chasing ព not wish to remain even for an zine of mouths Into the bour responsible for their affairs. overcrowded British and Ameri-

AI

o'clock four

therefore, cali zones,

Even at Potsdam the matter having asked for an audience, I might perhaps have been re drove to the Palace, tendered my to the King, and covered, but the destruction of resignation the Brish National Govern- advised his Majesty to send for ment and my removal from the Mr Attlee. scene at the time when I still I' had much influence and power following message, rendered it impossible for satis- factory solutions to be reached. this account may close:

new home with Miry [the Pelme

Minister's

youngest daughter, now Mrs Soun) on

afterno the WOB

rioca pi July 25. My to wife met me at Northolt,

American of questions on which there was

disagreement sequence piled upon the shelves.

I said that if the Poles were allowed to assume the position of

without made.or produced

Win

in

1:01-

I int.nded, if I were returned

ax the electorate, 4 Jta curying Power by

bung generally expected, to come

Spring

the

and

TEXT day, July 24, after our plenary meeting bad ended the gui

(1 721 great and we all

up the round table and stood about i

tegether. 1. nd grips with the Soviet Govern- we all dined quietly

nirungements kad the twos and thees before disper -

in Germany equally ment on thi catalogue of de- Ex.ellent

Clic 3. For instance, welther I been made by Captain Pu and ing, 1 raw the President go up over the whole German populu-

Itcom 10 have the staff of the Map to Sin in, utud the two conversed then, and without agreeing nor Mr Eden would ever

Nelise present

late the Western

A continuous

of alone With

about reparations or war boo.y, agreed to ibeir only

election

in as they come re uits as Was perhap

have being the frontier me. Conference

the preters.

next day. The latest view yards away, and I watched with failed. This network of prob-

The ae of The Oder and the of the

Central Conservative the Ino- lems lay at the very the closest attention

and so far we had Eastern News e had already been Office was that we should retain work.

Polish

ema substanilul majority. cw to no agreement.

1

When it came to my tur

tousl of the proposed

"The Leader of the Opposition," ndu- ing "whoever he may be." Mr Altice, od indeed the ch were much antuned by thi

Sovieta duber

WHA

1

mentous tulk

The equnity

I knew wha

tu Koing

the

du

Vital

un Stalin.

agreeable, and a very lue eun- cert, nt which leading Russi

the artistes performed, Larried provvedlings in late that i sl.prodlo uway,

inter

live the

President What wa to measure was flu effect

I can see it was ic He e med

C

would

Prob- THE wrangle went da.

The whal (321

bit f What a

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Terokken as the

fur pensation

rette.ng Curz 1 Line, but the overrun- atug by the Itussian armies the territory

Lu up and even were yesterday.

beyond the sex.e.n Neise wa

have wollu never A new bal be delighted. To

S. beve, MA

Guvern- been appced to by uny Of extrvordinary pawirt

suled the AVILINĖ mu decisive

atent . which I I was the head, ful to me to give the final ubly

metal from the Huhi was more

was no point of pain. 3510 Linquet on the night of July 23. Japanese war!

important than foud and they eru

2511 Et muus I planted this on a burger bende, luck!

bartered ly, but rather have 10 be

uf ivet affecting but the chief

This was my impression of the would Commanders

Kast. mat.or DIVILAX

three additional millions of dis- as well as the delegate placed moment, and I was sure that he again supplies from the

win placed people, the President

had no idea of the significance How else could the miners

Ther

many was being

other told coal? intense เจมส

which it was right

Stalin on my

en gelt

on ny right und There were many specches, and Satin, win- the but even ensuring that ait

orderlies bust Jest

watery

ticl

the room, propo ed that our next meeting should be in Tokyo,

THER

the place

I bat another very

riendly

new

"They

have

were

01:

HAD not burdened myself in fuly with the subject while DeLupted with the grave bu |- Dess of the Conference. On the whole I accepted the view of the party managers, Lind went to bed in the belief that the British people would wish me to **07- of what

he

inue my work. Lood matter. Imported Evidently in his

My hope was that it and stres

stresses the atomie bomb from abroad before, and can do to confront the Soviet Govern- had played no purt

National Cculition Government idea of the again," was the answer. And ment, and also the Poles, who, possible to recon-ikute the

down immense chunks

of the new ne how could they pay reparations? gulping

the proportions had the alighte-1

had world revolution In

German territory, affairs There is still a good deal of fat of which

Wax

in progress his

vious let in Germany," was the grim obviously become their ardent of Commons. Thus slum- ber. However, just before dawn puppets. Ail Bellons would have been obvious.

chila negotiation woke suddenly with a reply. would have

been

efused to accept starvation was cut in twain and brought to casier than for him to say in the Ruhr because the Poles an untimely conclusion by the Thank you so much for telling held all the grain-lunds in the result of the General Election.

Nothing

casier

If he ha

me about your new bomb. I of course have no technical know-

*East. Britain herself was thorl

112

sciences to sce Horn-

But jus Juce remained

1 found

that

for

Thyself near

To

own our

the

in

would

issued to the

nation

the

with which

26 July, 1945. The decision of the British people has been recorded in the votes counted today. I have therefore laid down the charge which was placed upon me in darker times.

1 regret that have not to finish the been permitted work ngainst Japan. For this, however, all plans und preparations have been

made, and the results may Come much quicker than we have hitherto been entitled to ex- responsibilities pect. Immense abroad and at home fall upun we

the new Government, and

must all hope that they will be successful in bearing them. only remains for me to express to the British

Hah people, for whom I have acted in these

perilous yeurs, my profound gratitude for the unflinching. unswerving support which they have given me during my task, and for the many cx- pressions

which of kindness they have shown their servant,

THE END

towards

Re-

sharp World Copyright reserved. slab of almost physical pain. A production, even partially, in hitherto subconscious conviction. any language, strictly prohibited. that we were beaten broke forth und dominated my mind.

be

the

and

HERE was no doubt that the Russian declaration of war

of coal. "Then USC German

Ali the pressure of great upon Japan would come at any ledge. May I send my expert prisoners in the mines, that

events, on and against which I moment, and already their large these nuclear

what I am doing,' ald

Stalin,

had mentally so long maintained armies were massed UKA the your expert tomorrow

There Dre 40,000 German frontier

say this is not to blame my "flying speed," would cease ready to overrun the ing?"

and I should fall. The power the Ministers of the new ****

would to shape ile uture uch wenker Japanese front gay and genial and the tuik be- troops still in Norway, and you

who line in Manchuria. To

were forced d Government, lighten tween the e two potentates soon can get them from there."

"We are exporting

denied me. The knowledge and proceedings changed come to an end.

We

831. "10 France, to go over without any serious ent

experience 1 had gathered. the from time to time, and As we were wailing

our coal,"

and who naturally PAR undi Belgium. Why preparation.

authority and goodwill I had Holland, the President at opposite me.

Fell coal

wlin tu were untequalated

gained In 50 many countries, Truman. "How did it go?" I should the Poles

and plans I had in view,

valsh. I wu. Wiscon- asked.

"He never asked a ques. Sweden while Britain is denying Ideas

coun- namely, to have a "showdown would

tenled #t the prospect, talk with Stalin, who was in the tion," he replied. I was certain herself for the liberated

thes?"

"But that is Russian ut lao end of the Conference,

turned Dver at once የሱ HEAD best of tempers and seemed therefore

al that dute

д have Statin

"Our and, if necessary, to answered. have no aukling of the moment- Stalin had no special knowledge coul

even more difficult pubile break rather than allow again. Lus information about the

We lost over tive anything beyond the Oder and bomb the President had given of the vast process of research position

United States Miau yours. He spoke with enthusiasm pon which the

and

Britain had been engaged million men in the war, and we the Eastern Ne.ase to be coded

to Poland. about the Russian intervention for so long, and of the produc- are desperately short of labour." I put my postit wise again.

However, the real time to deal ugolust Japan, and seemed to tion for which the United States

"We will send coul from the W these issues was, as has expect a good many months had spent over £400 mUllon in

Flur to Poland

here been explained in earlier chap- or anywhere war, which Russia would wage an herule gamble.

the fronts of the in Cx- ters, when ал ever-incres-ing scale, This was the end of the story else providing we gel governed only

Con- change food for the miners who mighty Allles taced each other Map Room the first results had Potsdamn

und Inis seemned to make in the field, Siberian Railway.

ference

concerned. Nu

produce it, further reference to the matter Stallo pause. He said the whole was made by or to the Soviet prob.em necded consideration.

agreed, and said I only wanted delegation.

10 poin. ou, the dincules in front of us. Here, so far as 1

was the end In concerned, the matter,

spe.

ot

by the Trans-

the

Then a very cdd thing hap pened. My formidale Ruds.

ol up from his seat with bill-a-fare card in his hand and went round the table collecting the signatures of many of those who

I were pre.ent. thought to see him as an auto- graph hunter! When he came

Dever

back to me I wrote my name as

so far

far

the as

was

the morning of July 25 the Conference met again. This

-

be

he desired, and we both looked was the last inecting I attended. each other and laughed. I urged once more that Poland's

with western frontier could not eyes twinkled

15

The

mage

DID not wake tilf nine o'clock and when I went into the

before the begun to come in. They were,

clear that the their By noon it was Americans, and to a lesser ex- as I now expected, unfavourable, tent the British, vast retirement on

100-mile Socialists would have a majority, nees At luncheon my wife said to me: front to a depth in some places

vas

we

"It

in

"At the

of 120 miles, thus giving the may well be a blessing of heart and a great mass of Ger- disguise." I replied:

many over to the Russians. At moment it seems quite effectively that time I desired to have disguised."

the maller settled before

had

clrcumstances I In ordinary made this tremendous retire should have felt tree to take a, ment und while the Allied few days to wind up the affalca armies were still in being. of the Government in the usual

The American view was that manner. Constitutionally responsibility be we were TAKE no

committed to a de- could have awaited the meeting yond what is here set forth finite line of occupation, and I of Parliament in a few days

of tho

conclusions held

that this line strongly that

of time,

dismissal and taken my any count the 1% million Germans for

at Potsdam. During occupation could satisfied that This would have enabled me to only be taken from the House of Commons. I have mentioned before how, who were still in the area, and reached

emphasised that the course of the Conference I up when we were the toasts al these banquets the President

always drunk by the any Peace Treaty could only be allowed differences that could the whole front, from north to present before Soviet representatives out of raised

the advice and not be adjusted either round the south, was being settled in ac unconditional the Senate. We table or by the Foreign Minis- cordance with the desires

a rolution ters at their daily meetings to spirit in which our engagements could honestly re- stand over. A formidable body had been made.

Stalin's mirth and good-humour,

were

AC- Fettled without taking into

with of

Stalin tiny glasses, and

had consent never varied from this practice, must, he said, find But now I thought 1 would take which he

THE TOM-TOMS BEAT

THE

From JACK COMBEN

resignation the surrender and Japan to the nation.

The need for Britain being immediately represented with

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than ever before. Also, they

Prestes.

colony.

knives.

needles, thread

and

can cut his supply lines they will force him into the open.

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