The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Stain Pressed Long And Hard For Invasion,
Roosevelt Was Willing, Churchill Opposed

Europe. Stain would not be con-
tent Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
decided to meet at CaSablanca.
Stains attitudetoward that con-
ference and perhaps his feeling to-
ward tn etwo principals Is best IN:
dicated by the Roosevelt Churchill
conference communicate:
Premier Stain was cordially In.
Nted to meet the President and
the Prime Minister, In which case
the meeting would have been held
much further to the east. He was,
however, unable to leave Russia at
this time on account Of the great
offensive which he himself as COM
mander In chief is directing.
THE President and Prime Min
lister realize to the full the enor.
nous weight Of the war which Rus
STA Is successfully bearing along
her whole land front, and their
prime objective has been to draw
as much Of their weight as possible
off the Russian armies by engaging
the enemy as heavily as possible at
the best selected points. Premier
Stain has been fully informed Of
the military proposals"
To that friendly communique
overture and to the secret informa-
ton about military proposals trans
mitted to him, Stain made no reply
whatsoever, nor did he endorse the
Casablanca mo surrender" ultima
tum uttered to Germany. Or, II he
did make any reply, 1t was Of q
nature which could not be made
public.
Red Army Bearing Brunt
The depth Of the Russian Pre-
mier's discomfort was emphatically
and positively indicated In the fol-
lowing month. On Feb. %, 1913,
Stain issued an Order Of the Day
on the anniversary Of the found
ing Of the Red Army. He said:
In view Of the absence Of a sec.
ond front in Europe. the Red Army
alone is bearing the whole weight Of
the war;"
That was not all Stain said, but
that Is what hit Washington hard.
est. The Premier also remarked
that the Red Army was mot Gre
ated for the purpose Of conquest Of
foreign countries but to defend the
frontiers Of Soviet Land Further
he promised to drive the German
invaders from the borders Of our
country"
It Is not secret now that such
language caused considerable ap-
prehension here. There was Won
derment whether Stain meant 1t
as a hint that when Russia sent
the last German flying across her
borders the Red Army would en-
camp on the Soviet Union frontiers
and call 1t a day.
On the very same day, Feb. %
that Stain spoke so ominously, Mr.
Roosevelt sent to him glowing an
niversary tribute on the Russian
will to win. If there was any
acknowledgment Of that or Of Mr.
Roosevelt's Feb. message of con-
gratulations on the German defeat
at Stalingrad, none was made pub
lie. The closest thing to reply tc
Mr.. Roosevelt'S message on Feb.
was a Reuters dispatch received
here which reported that the Lon
don Radio had picked up Moscow
broadcast quoting Stain as having
expressed the conviction that the
joint military operations Of the
United States, Great Britain and
the Soviet Union would defeat Ger
many.
Decide 70 See Stain
BY May, 1913, when Mr.. Roose'
welt and Churchill next met here
there was real Anglo-Americar
anxiety about Russia accompanied
by honest and repeatedly expressed
admiration for the heroic perform
ance of her troops and civilian
population. There was apprehen'
sion that Stain was pretty mad
The President and Prime Minister
determined that they must sex
Stain and see him right away. 81
they invited him to confer. Tha'
was why former Ambassador 10.
seph 2. Davies was flown on
mystery mission" to Moscow. AL
he had in that mysterious brie!
case was letter from Mr.. Roose'
welt saying in effect:
Dear Mr.. Premier,
winston and I want to see yor
at your earliest convenience. Yol
say where and when.
(Signed FDR.
Roosevelt Agreeable
Stain replied that he was agree
able to a meeting but 1t never CANT
off although the other principal
waited until the last moment be-
fore they went up to Quebec ant
met without him In August Of las
year. They decided then and II
their subsequent conference herr
that they must see Stain at al
costs. so a conference of foreign
ministers was proposed as a pre-
liminary. Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull and Foreign Secretary An.
thony Eden flew to Moscow anc
met with Molotov last october
They arranged there. at last, fo'