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ing all elements and all parties
which were not Fascist in char
acter."
In friendly Allied territory, he
said, sit is our intention at the
very earliest possible moment aft
er landing that the administration
shall be turned to the friendly lib
Grated country with whom we are
in relation OR to some authority
representing that country
Eden voiced great optimism
about the forthcoming tripartite
conferences and was especially
caustic in replying to critics of
the government dealings W it h
Russia.
members have urged upon us
that we should seek the closest
collaboration with the Soviet gov
ernment," he said.
II agree absolutely and entirely.
That is our policy and we shall
persist in it, he said, adding.
"T have surveyed as honestly
and ilnpartially as I can the work
mat. we have sought to do with
the Soviet government since the
treaty (Anglo-Soviet was signed
last year. and l can honestly say
that we do not feel that we have
anything to reproach ourselves
with in our efforts to give effect
to that treaty.
If there has not been as many
personal exchanges by the lead
ing persons of the two govern
ments as we would like, it is fair
to say that we have made more
than our share of efforts to meet
our allies. 1t is with this spirit
that we shall approach our prob
lens in the future"
The foreign secretary declared
that if the two countries were to
understand one another eve must
be frank with one another" and
he added "there is too much his
tory of past misunderstanding to
pretend that differences do not ex-
list if in fact they do exist
'Some times our Russian friends
say to US, and frequently he con-
tinued. that we do not under
stand their point of view.
Ion these occasions they ex-
press themselves clearly, even for
chilly. l make no complaint about
that. but there are occasions also
when We feel that they do not I'M
derstand our point Of view and l
believe it to be in the ultimate in
terests of our good relations that
we should speak out on these &C.
casons.'
As an example, Eden cited an
article in the Soviet newspaper
war and the Working Classes"
which said that in the first stages
of the present war a wide mass
of English workers maintained a
more or less critical waiting at
titude towards the war but when
Hitler invaded the Soviet, English
workers began to support the war
effort, placing in forefront h e
war against Germany and its &C.
completes.
The foreign secretary pointed out
that 'these publications do not
appear in Soviet Russia if they
run strongly counter to the views
of the government"
The speaker said that when he
read the article the story came
to mind of 1.-THE Duke of Yelling
ton who was approached by man
who took off his hat and said Mr..
Smith, I believe and the Duke
OF Wellington turned around to him
and said, Sir. if you believe that
you will believe anything'."
The foreign secretary said that
there would be times when the
countries had differing views, "but
broadly the interests Of this coun-
try, of the British Commonwealth,
of the United States, of Russia,
and of China are the same be-
cause. broadly, our interests do
not clash and all of our interests
are in peace.
Nov and again." he added, lit
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