The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02


against Japan.
Lisbon and other dispatches re-
ported that Mr.. Roosevelt and
Churchill we're at Tehran, Iran,
near the Russian border, and had
begun their meeting with Stain.
There has been no official advice
that the Anglo american chiefs
have gone into conference with the
Russians, but the build-up to such
a meeting, countenanced by Of
ficials here and in London, has
been unmistakable.
It was considered possible that
Chang might participate in the
British American-Soviet talks. Dis
patches received In Lisbon from the
middle east reported that Chang
and his wife were in Tehran. How
ever, twas speculative whether the
Chinese leader was there to join the
conference or stopping briefly en-
route home.
The North African meeting Of Mr..
Roosevelt and Churchill with Chi
ang produced public results which
largely were political, but OF ma
ture which undoubtedly will have
an important bearing on the mill
tary aspects of the war on Japan
They will give China renewed hep
and will continue its utmost eff
forts in the struggle against its
historical enemy.
= In brief, the agreement provided
for the Wholesale ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of the japanese empire, leaving ia
pan little more than the group of
Islands it comprised when Com
modore Perry opened its doors to
Z the world in 1853. All territories
stolen from China will be returned
to China. The mandate central
extend its greedy tentacles In its
present war of conquest will be
retrieved. All other territories
gobbled up by Japan will be taken
away.
The agreement is, in effect, a
Pacific charter.
There has been little expectation
in responsible quarters here that
Stain would join conference deal
ing purely with Pacific problems be-
cause Russia Is not at war with
Japan. Hence the probable ar
rangement for separate conferences.
But there was plentiful evidence OF
close liaison between the two con-
ferences.
Among the participants in the
North African Chinese conference
were w. Averen Hartman, Ameri-
can ambassador to Moscow; Sir
Archibald Clark, Kerr, British en-
voy to Russia; Laurence A. Stein
hardt, U. S. ambassador to Tur-
key: British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden, and Sir Alexander Ca
dogan, permanent undersecretary IN
the British foreign office.
Hartman. Kerr, Steinhardt and
Eden are experts on Russia. the
British Foreign Secretary just hav-
ing completed the successful meet
ing Of Anglo american Soviet for
eign ministers in Moscow. The
groundwork done by Eden, Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull and So
Wet Foreign Conmissar v. NJ Mol
otov obviously formed the founda
ton for the higher level confer
ence.
The bringing together of British.
American and Russian state chiefs
and their top war advisers would
foreshadow joint military opera
tons by the three big powers and
envisioned squeeze play against
Germany of gigantic proportions.
This presumably would be keyed
by q. S.-British forces In western
Europe. General George c. Mar
shall, who is expected to command
this drive, Is in the presidents
party, along with other top COM
manders.
Aside from military planning.
the Anglo American-Soviet confer
ence was expected to produce psy-
Geological blitz against the Nails,
complete with new, strongly worded
demands for unconditional sur
render" in lieu of unlimited des-
truction of the Reich and slaughter
Of its forces.
Postwar Fields
While 1t may not be announced
soon, the Roosevelt Churchill talk
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into postwar fields, expanding the
work done by Hull. Eden and Molo-
TOW and possibly bearing on some
of the more touchy matters such
as territorial adjustments which the
foreign ministers did not explore
at any length.
The absence of Russian represen-
tation at the meeting in North
Africa seemed to prove again that
the Soviet Union is not yet in a
position to provide bases from
which the Allies can hit Japan.
Allied leaders long have been fully
4 aware of this Soviet feeling. al
though there conceivably could be
some change in long-range strategy
worked out between the President.
Prime Minister and Stain.
The declaration which Mr.. RooSe-
azse, Churchill and Chang issued.
i&Ade no change in the master plan
~ GE1e defeat of Germany as soon
@ possible. Chang undoubtedly
wat into the meeting with long
understanding of this basic Allied
Dolicy.
The Roosevelt Churchill Chang
meeting in North Africa was plan
ned months ago. Some officials here
believe Madame Chang. who Wis
tied in Washington early this year
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