The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Big 3 Reach Agreement
To Crush Maxi Germany
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the air. the triumvirate asserted
"Our attacks will be relentless ano
increasing"
In another declaration, the con.
ferees pledged wartime and post.
war aid to Iran and invited the
assistance of Iran ana other peace
loving nations IN establishing and
maintaining peace III: accordance
with the principles of the Atlantic
Charter.
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill flew the 1850
miles from Cairo to Iran after the
Pacific conference here the week
before with Generabsslmo Chang
Kai-shek which, under the shadow
of the pyramids. charted the ruin
of Japan.
Birthday Party
The scene at 1eheran - where
the Nazis had unsuccessfully drop
ped agents by parachute - was
marked by thousands of Allied
troops, armcr and guns, by Stain
honoring his Allied friends in smil-
ing ,glass-cl,nkirg toasts, by a par
ty on the occasion Of the Goth birth
day of the ebulllent Churchill, and
by presentation of a handsome
British made ''Sralingrad Sword"
to Stain.
These and other details were de-
scribed in dispatches by Lilo y d
Stratton, president OF The Associ-
ated Press. Limited, British SUBJ
sidiary of The Associated Press.
Stratton and Edward Ang1y of the
Chicago Sun, were the only two
American correspondents who
reached Teheran.
Stain in a toast a. one dinner
declared that without American
production, the United Nations
could never have won the war"
Addresses Troops
President Roosevelt addressed
U. S. troops who are shutting sup
plies into Russia, telling them the
conference had made progress in
its detectives of winning the war
just as fast as we possibly can"
and of trying to plan for a world
for us and for our children when
war would cease to be a neces-
sity.'
To British soldiers, Churchill
said Il hope and trust the deci-
sions we are making may play
their part in shortening the war"
one of the most marked aspects
Of the conference, which brought
President Roosevelt and Premier
Stain face to face for the first
time at pm. on Sunday, Nov. %,
was the friendly and intimate at
mosphere i'll which the three lead
ers moved. An observer said that
atmosphere apparently augured
well for thu. future.
Sword Presented
Stratton described an outstand-
ingly colorful tribute 10 the friend
ship, the presentation on Nov. %
of the Stalingrad sword, the work
of Londor craftsman. by Church
i'll on behalf of King George vi
to Stain. 1t was, Churchill said,
in memory Of tile ''steel-hearted
citizens of S:alingrai the bloody,
ruined city where Soviet Russia
heroicaliy resisted, ant then sprang
disaster upon Hitler, destroying his
Sixth Army
At Churchill's birthday dinner
party Nov. 30, when he received
gifts of antiques and Persian art
Stain, joining in each of some 81
toasts,. drank to my fighting friene
Churchill, and my fight tin
friend Roosevelt" Churchill pledg
ed a toast to 'Stalir the Great
But these were social highlight.
during four days devoted earnestl,
to tri-powe1 discussions of t h
highest Importance, shaping boil
the course of the war and thu
world to come. Tie first plenar,
session came sunday. AFTER tn
initial meeting OF Stain and Roose
welt, who were joined an h on
| later by Churchill.
Two Advisers
With Stain came but two higl
advisers, elgn Secretar.
Vyacheslav Molotov and Marsha
Klementi Vorosnilov. while Roose
welt and Churchill were accompa
MED by large stats of star mill
tary and diplomatic leaders.
The fact Ct the conference wa
fully known to the Axis in ad
vance, but the Germans, signifi
eantly, could do nothing about it
Most of the Nazi agents dropped
among the tribes before the meet
l ing were said 70 have been cap