The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-24
erated countries.

erated countries.
 That was behind the Yalta Plan for Big Three consultation regard ing new governments, new boun- diaries and other changes in the liberated areas. Roosevelt had conceived this idea as much as anything as a safeguard against the British. But by that time, the British had pretty well fin iShed their program in Greece. Italy, Belgium. AbySSinia and North Africa, SO the chief eff feet of the Yalta Agreement fell on the Russians, who were just beginning to open up Poland, Austria. and the Balkans.
 Having agreed to this plan of Big Three cooperation, the Rus sians were confronted with the fact that the man who had been friendly in the past. and with whom they expected to cooperate in carrying out the Yalta Plan, was dead Now they have to deal with Churchill, whom they pro- foundly distrust, and with new President, whom they consider subservient to an anti-Russian State Department. Unquestlon- ably, this is one of the major req sons for our troubles with Russia today
 Furthermore, when they look at the details of what has hap pened in some of the liberated countries. it is not hard to under stand the Russian point of view.
 For instance. the new Aus trian Cabinet, set up by the Russians. is considered by many U. S. officials to be excellent. The same is true of the Yugo- sIav Cabinet. Both are demo- cratic and representative of their countries. It is true they were not established in consult tation with the United States and Great Britain as required by the Yalta Pact, and there fore the Yalta Agreement was violated.
 However, when the Russians see what the U. s. State Department did in North Africa and what it permitted the British to do in Italy and Greece. you can un- derstand why they don't particu- larly relish consultation with U. s. diplomats now that Roosevelt is dead.
 U. S. DIPLOMATIC ERRORS
 In North Africa, for instance, they can't forget how Jimmy Dunn, Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes and Robert Murphy, helped to bring the famous Vichyite Marcel Peyrouton back from Argentina to become Governors of Algiers. AS Police Chief under Petain, Peyrouton was the first to initiate concentration camps for labor unions and Jews in Vichy France and had one of the worst reputa- tions for Fascism. Yet he was flown back in an American plane from Argentina to govern liber- ated North Africa under the Am erican flag.
 And today, the Russians see two of the men largely respon- sbile for this, Dunn and Holmes, elevated to Assistant Secretaries of State, sitting in positions where they must pass on new cabinets in Austria, Hungary and Poland. No wonder the Russians figure they are better qualified to form their own cabinets in liberated areas.
 Again in Italy, Jimmy Dunn was persuaded by the British that they should make all pOli- tical decisions regarding that nation, despite our close Italian ties through several million Italo-Americans. Result is that the hated King of Italy and his vacciIating Crown Prince have been kept in the Italian poli- tical picture by the British.
 while leading Democrats such as Count Sforza, who opposed the King, have been given a flat ultimatum by the
 Rritish that they cannot