Evening star., 1943-12-16
Prime Minister, 50,
Is Under Care of
Middle East Doctors
BY the Associated Press,


lister Churchill, who marked his
69th birthday while attending
the three-power Teheran con-
ference, is suffering patch of
pneumonia in the left lung"
Deputy Prime Minister Clement
Attlee tolc the hushed House of
Commons today.
Mr.. Attlee indicated that Mr..
Churchill is now somewhere in the
Middle East. A bulletin issued at
No. 10 Downing Street, Mr.. Church
Ills official residence, which gave
the first intimation OF the Prime
Minister'S illness, said
His general condition is as sat-
lsfactory as can be expected"
Daily Bulletins to Be Given.
A later announcement that daily
bulletins on his condition will be
issued might be taken as an indi-
cation of the gravity of his illness.
Supplies Of the new drug penicil-
lin were understood to be available
if needed.
Both houses OF Parliament sent
messages Of sympathy to Mr..
Churchill, and the Archbishop of
Liverpool asked Catholics of Eng
land and Wales to offer special
prayers for his quick recovery.
The pneumonia attack is the sec
ond suffered by Mr.. Churchill in
less than year.
Stricken Last January.
Mr.. Churchill fell i'll with a cold
last January just after his Casa
blanca conference with President
Roosevelt, and on February l9 it
was announced that he was con-
fined to bed with acute catarrh of
the upper respiratory passages. A
later bulletin disclosed that pneu-
monia had developed.
The Prime Minister was reported
from heavy cold, with
a temperature of more than 100,
when he sailed from Britain to at
tend the historic conferences with
Roosevelt. Premier Stain.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
and President Tnonu of Turkey.
On his arrival in Cairo, the cold
became worse and the Prime Min
ister had lost his voice. but in
sisted on continuing his arduous
Ia bors.
"a Chicago Daily News corre-
spondent in London said it was
Immediately suggested privately
that Mr. Churchill's illness un-
doubtedly precluded any plans
President Roosevelt might have
for visiting the British capital.
The press has been printing re-
current rumors OF such a plan,
but they have never received the
slightest corroboration from Of
fetal circlesD
Only two days ago. Foreign Secre-
tarv Anthony Eden told Commons
he had left Mr. Churchill in the
sphere where he now is" in good
health though perhaps a little tired.
Specialist in Attendance.
Mr.. Eden also commented that he
had never seen even the hard work
ing Prime Minister exert himself so
inoefatigably day and night as at
the Teheran and Cairo conferences.
where he helped lay the plans for a
climactic assault on Germany and
Japan. The last of these confer
ences was with President Inonu De-
cember 4, 5 and 6.
(Mr. Churchill and Greek Pre-
mier Emmanuel Tsouderos met
last FRIDAY in Cairo to discuss
the part Greece will play in the
prosecution Of the war in the
light of recent events" BBC
broadcast recorded by NBC said
today.)
In today's announcement. Mr..
Attlee told Commons, the House
will be sorry to learn of the Prime
Minister'S indisposition. I am sure
it will be the desire of all of us that
We should send best wishes to him
for a complete, speedy recovery"
MI. Attlee said highly qualified
specialists were in constant attend
ance on Mr. Churchill and added:
The House will observe the bull
letin is signed not only by Lord
but also by Brig. Bedford
and 1t. Col. Pulvertatt. who are con-
sultant physician and director of
pathology, respectively, to the Mid
die East forces.
Il can assure the House that every
modern facility is available on the
spot"
Lord Moran, the Prime Ministers S
personal physician, accompanied Mr..
Churchill to the Cairo and Teheran
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