The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-27
Roosevelt Churchill
Meetings Spectacular
Four Held Since l04l But CasabIanca Farley May
Prove Most Important Of All

washington, Jan. H.-- CUP) -
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister winston Churchill have
met about every six months since
August, 1871, each time with spec
tacVlar and historic results. The
meeting In Casablanca --their fourth
well may prove the most import
ant Of all.
In August, 1941, they met at sea
Of Newfoundland and drafted the
eight-point Atlantic Charter, doc
iiInent which since has served as
q guide for the Allies In relation
with each other as the point Of de-
parture for most Of the postwar
statements from Allied officials in
recent months.
Shortly after Pearl Harbor Chur-
chill visited the United States. He
arrived In washington on Dec. az,
1871, and went Immediately into
. series Of conferences with the
President and lo-American mil
ltary and naval experts.
During this visit the United Nat
Ions, under the impetus Of the
Chief-Executlve and the Prime
Minister, became an organized real
ity. And though the hour was dark
and the United Nations were on the
defensive, they talked Of offensive.
Churchill and the President. with
their military advisers, decided 1t
would be desirable to open q second
front against Germany on the
English Chanel coast Of Europe in
1912.
Top military and naval experts Of
both nations went to work on the
monumental detail connected with
such an operation. They decided
after o time, however, that there
was not then sufficient assurance
Of success to warrant a frontal at
tact that year upon the strong Ger
man defenseS In the occupied
lowlends.
Churchill came back to the United
States in June, 1912, for another
series Of conferences. This time, the
President and the Prime Minister
decided on the North African in
vasion which naterialized Nov. g.
MFR. Roosevelt explained the behind
the-scenes aspects Of his conference
es with Churchill long after the Afri-
can operations began.
When people in many Allied ma
tons were clamoring for a second
front against Germany last summer,
the President and the Prime Min
lister made this public statement on
June, ~:
= "While exact plans, for obvious
reasons, cannot be disclosed. 1t can
be said that the coming operations
which were discussed in detail at
our washington conferences be-
tween ourselves and our respec-
tive military advisers will divert
German strength from the attack on
Russia"
shortly before Churchill's June,
1912, visit, Soviet foreign affairs
ComuaiSsar v. M. Molotov flew
secretly from Moscow to Washing
ton tor talks with Mr.. Roosevelt.
I'm the course Of the CONVEX
sation full understanding was reach
ed with regard to the urgent tasks
Of creating a second front in Europe
In 1892" The White House said after
the RUSSIAN leader had flown back
to Russia to report to Premier
Josef Stain.
After that time - June II. 1912 -
the White House statement was
widely interpreted as pledging a
European diversion front that year.
As later events showed, the state
ments meant only that the Rus
SLAMS understood why a major Sec
ond front in Europe could not be
opened In 1912, regardless Of the
urgency.
Recent months have produced
new complications Of the inter-
national scene in addition to in
creasingly momentous offensive
problems in connection with spring
and summer operations against the
Axis. The occupation Of French
North Africa produce q delicate
political situation. And there has
been growing pressure for q United
Nations council to give Russia and