Evening star., 1945-06-16

little time, but all arrangement,
are made. They do not even hav,
TO wait for my return. Whoever Il
senior United States theater com.
mander here will be my alter ego
and 20 ahead and do the job.
cannot set you such day and hour
1 am certain things will go ahead
I honestly believe that what I sa,
about the desire of peace by tn,
soldiers concerned Is shared b,
every single United Nations soldie,
in the world.
@. Is there any time set fol
movement. of American troops int
Berlin?
A. The exact timing is not Sc
for any OF the arrangements tina
we are going to make. Again VI
come into all the logistic things
difnculties of moving troops OF
particular lines and through par
ticular places and under difIeren
controls. Let me cover the Who'll,
thing again in a generality; every
thing that we have to do 10 ge
this thing started has been dis
cussed in a friendly atmosphere
We all are attempting to get oul
plans made up so they can b,
brought together, co-ordinated ane
agreed to by every one so that ths
movement can start. There hav,
been certain little-not misunder'
standings Hlittle things to iron out
little things that have slowed thing
bit But they will be done. / an
perfectly confident of that.
Russians Praised.
@. There has been 4 considerabl'
campaign recently since Failure of
German hopes Of splitting the Al
lies. There seems to be larg'
campaign from 4 number Of places
to talk about a "Russo-AmericaI
war" There is nothing in your ex
perience with the Russians tina
leads you to feel we can't cooper
ate with them perfectly?
A. On my level, none. have
found the individual Russian on.
Of the friendliest persons in thu
world. He likes to talk with us
laugh with us. He loves to laugh
and I have talked to many British
officers and they find him the same
way. He likes to see the humor Of
life and l am sure they like the
Allies and we're darn glad to see us
In at atmosphere of that kind, il
has its effects.
The peace lies, when you get dowr
to it. with all the peoples of the
world, not just for the moment
with some political leader who Il
trying to direct the destiny of q
country along a certain line. If al
the peoples are friendly, we are 60
ing to have peace. I think the Rus.
slams are friendly. I know all the
officers I have met are. I have
stopped and talked with Interpreters
and with some of the men. I founc
them wanting to grin and wanting
to enjoy life. You could not enjoy
life in the war when crawling
through mud, snow, sleet and rain
That's no way to enjoy life.
@. Have your negotiations with
the French been concluded yet or
occupati ton boundaries?
A. All my negotiations are not
only completed, but to my COM
plete satisfaction 1
Q. The French occupation zone
has been set?
A. As far as know. There have
been certainly little talks on the
governmental level, and, as far as
I know, they were purely about
technicalities. But I have not Bit
ter word from anybody about them
none. Again, there are certain
technicalities, such as they want q
particular place because 1t Is sit
ting on mountain, or something
else. 1t has all been technical, sc
far as I know.
Denies Withdrawal.
Q. There was a remark yester.
dap over the Luxembourg radio that
American troops are now with
drawing west over the Mulde River
to make room for the Russians.
A. From the Nude? No. I'm sure
it is a mistake.
@. How do you consider Ger
many's future?
A. Once when I was in the Kas-
serine Pass show, there were some
rather discouraged soldiers pulling
backwards. One fellow picked up
the whole squad by saying: There's
no future in this kind of thing
Dead Soldier +