Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-24
Churchill. FDR
Promise Forward
Action by Armies
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French national committee Tor LID
GRAFTON had been on the Agenda and
that announcements from a good
many" governments on this point
could be expected some time late
this week.
British and American leaders will
hold another similar conference be-
fore the end of this year the an
flouncement said, In addition to
any tripartite meeting which it
may be possible to arrange with
Soviet Russia"
Then clearly saying that Russia
has no part in Allied plans for the
Pacific, the statement continued;
Full reports of the decisions so
far as they affect the war against
Germany and Italy will be furnish
ed to the Soviet government"
The two leaders reminded the ap-
proximately $50 reporters gathered
in the open on the upper terrace
of the Kings Bastion at the Citadel
that 1.-The whole field of world op-
erations" was surveyed in The
light of many gratifying events.
Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
plans reached at their C~sablanca
conference last January had just
become apparent-in Tunis and Sic
lily. Mindful that he and Churchill
had met last May in Washington,
the President said he thought it
could be assumed that other plans
were about to be developed-a state
ment that general was accepted as
meaning activities, because at sew
eral other points in the talk they
spoke of action soon.
CLOSELY UNIED
Churchill said the armed forces
of Great Britain and the United
States were more closely United
than any armies of different coun-
tries in history.
Because the emphasis of the Que
bee conference was on the defeat OF
japan. Churchill said there was no
call for representation by others
than belligerents against the Jap
aneSe.
Later, Churchill paid high tribute
to the Russian drive against the
German army. With the activation
of plans reached here and in the
past meetings and in the future,
Great Britain and the United States
will be able, he said, to bring the
whole of their weight TO bear. This
combined with the powerful oper.
sations of Russia, should give US
he added, the very best means Tor
releasing the suffering, Axis-op-
pressed peoples of the world"
Because the Allies are engaged in
a life and death struggle, Churchill
said. speaking informally, it is I'M
possible TO talk in detailed terms,
but he added that very good con-
clusions had been reached here.
ANY difference between the con-
ference here involved priority and
emphasis. he said, but there was
nothing but complete unanimity OF
principle.
: Great steps, he added, were being
taken to bat down our antagonists
one after another.
They had their backs TO the top
of the rampant, which formed a
ledge.
As the conference started An
tl.ony Eden, British foreign secre-
tary, took a seat on the ledge be-
hind Churchill Beside him were
Brendan Bracken, British minister
of information, Harry Hopkins, Mr..
Roosevelts personal adviser, and
Stephen T. Early, his Press secre-
tary.
Churchill was chewing on half an
unlet cigar which he discarded over
the parapet just before talking. 1t
missed Eden. but only because he
ducked.
BETTER ARMED
without qualification, Churchill
said that our forces-meanlng ap-
parently Great Britain and the
United States-Were better armed,
better equipped and superior IN
weapons to the enemy; that the
German submarine warfare against
Allied shipping had rolled over from
the debit to the credit side OF the
war ledger; that Allied shipping
was mounting every day in volume.
Mr.. Roosevelt followed Churchill
in addressing the reporters VINO
were not permitted TO ask questions,
and played on the -and-death
struggle theme started by the Prime
Minister. He said that while things
were progressing much better there
still was much long, hard fighting
ahead.
That fact. said the President.
makes it necessary for full-should-
cred support of the war effort by
all peoples of the United Nations, /
particularly those who make the /
things the armies and navies and /
air forces use in seeking victory.
Churchill muttered, hear hear.
The President spoke Of a series /
of recent successes and charted the /
vast Improvement in the Allied posi-
ton since he and Churchill con- /
ferred in Washington in June, lS42. /
in what he described as the dark
days of Tobruk. The plans MADE |
then were activated in November, /
1892. with the invasion OF North /
Africa. Then he told how their
meeting at CaSablanca produced
the Tunisian and Sicilian cam
paigns.
The President cited that series
of events TO support the assump-
tion which he. himself, had offer
ed: That another big Allied move
is about TO be disclosed. Both ne
and Churchill stressed. however,
that the disclosure would come only
with action and destruction for the
enemy. Nor would they give any
hint as 10 its general locale.
nx.l, tl,o Drac{dapg aud the Prime