Evening star., 1947-05-12
By Eddy Gilmore
Assoeioisd Press stoff Correspondent

| MOSCOW, May IL. - Russian
audiences at the forthcoming Soviet
cinema, ''The Battle of Stalingrad,
will see Prime Minister Stain de-
picted as accusing Britain and the
/ United States of breaking solemn
promise to open Western front in
Europe in 1912 so that Russia would
be ''bled white and her Allies could
dictate the terms of the peace.
Excerpts from the script, pub
lished Yesterday in the Moscow News,
only English Language paper in the
Soviet Union. show Winston Church.
Ill as the principal mover against the
second front. President Roosevelt
is represented as opposing him. but
powerless to alter the British Prime
Ministers determination.
The script has Mr.. Roosevelt say
ing at one point: There is only
one thing for which I am too old
and that is to drag Churchill across
| the Channel in chains"
| At another point Mr.. Stain is
depicted as saying to the audience,
| following Moscow conference at
tended by Mr.. Churchill and the
former United States Ambassador
to Russia, w. Averell Hartman.
'It is clear. A campaign in At
rica and then Italy. They simply
want to reach the Balkans first.
They want us to be bled white so
they can dictate the terms later.
70 fnht fhnir ho
ties for them. 1t won't work. We
shall have the Slavs on our side.
They hope we shall give up Stalin-
grad and lose the springboard for
|. the offensive. That won't work
either
German Plans Discussed.
Opening scene of the screen play
shows Mr.. Stain and his then chief
of staff, Marshall Alexander Vasi-
levsky, discussing the Germans ap-
parent plans to drive on Stalingrad.
The scene then shifts to the
White House, where Mr.. Roosevelt
is talking to an unnamed newsman.
The conversation in part is as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Roosevelt-Knowing Russia.
what would you consider the best
way we could help her?
Newsman-By invasion Of the
continent. This has become his
torical necessity.
Mr.. Roosevelt - Unfortunately, 1t
does not depend on me. What can
you do against Inertia? 1t is like
hitting a punching bag OF wet
manure. You can only soil your
hands.
Newsman-The British are anxious
for cheap victory.
Mr.. Roosevelt-Yes, they believe
that is exactly what the world wants,
At this point, the newsman argues
against the North African invasion
and Mr.. Roosevelt says that "politi-
cal pressure will finally make some
operation on the continent impera-
tive"
Newsman Questions Roosevelt.
The newsman asks Mr.. Roosevelt
| if he does not think that the British
are not really more interested in
the "bogey of Bolshevism" than de-
feating Hitler.
You expect too much of me" !"
Mr.. Roosevelt says. Il am only the
President of the United States"
The locale then moves to the
headquarters on the Don of Field
Marshal Frederick Paulus, who after
his surrender to the Russians in
the battle of Stalingrad in Febru-
airy, 1943, appealed to the Germans
to overthrow Hitler. The scene dis
closes the Germans have secret in
| formation that Mr.. Churchill is
planning a trip to Moscow to meet
with Mr.. Stain. The Germans agree
that they must take Stalingrad by
the time Mr.. Churchill arrives in
the Soviet capital.
At the Stalin- Churchill confer
ence of 1912, which is attended by
| Ambassador Hartman and Soviet
Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov, the
following dialogue ensues:
| Mr.. Churchill-An invasion OF
Europe this year is impossible.
Great Britain cannot afford at the
given moment to risk an operation
which does not promise decisive
success.
African Offensive Cited.
MIR. Stalin-In other words Brit
ish and American leaders are going
to back down on the solemn prom
ise they gave in the spring OF
this year
| MIR. Churchill-Gen. Montgomery
at present is engaged in preparing
an offensive in North Africa. More
over, as you know, we are planning
a grave landing operation in Africa
between Algiers and Casablanca.
4 Mr.. Molotov-That viii not divert
a single division from our front.
(After the United States and
Britain launched their combined
I operations in North Africa
i November 8. 1912, MIR. Stain
/ wrote to the Associated Press
that the effect of the new CAM
/ paign would mot be small and