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Russia first shied away from an Anglo-French accord against Germany when the Munich pact was signed in 1935, Professor Cross Said. In this instance Britain and France acted completely without consulting Moscow, thereby arousing the ire of the Russian Bear...
...passport room at the American Embassy was cleared of desks and filing cases for a press conference. Mrs. Roosevelt called the conference to order like a ladies' club meeting, apologized for her slight deafness, charmed the 100 reporters with quick, unhesitating answers. Question : "What do you think of Anglo-American relations after the war?" Answer: "People in England know very little about the U.S.-our history for them stops at the Revolution. There is a mutual lack of knowledge, but I do not think you can have so many people working together without increasing understanding...
Only Willkie could have condemned so caustically the Anglo-American record of broken promises and outworn premises. Winston Churchill cannot criticize Britain's vacillation in India, nor Franklin Roosevelt rebuke his own appointees for faulty administration of Lease-Lend. Complaints from Joseph Stalin or Chiang Kai-shek would have been dismissed as "Communist" or "Oriental" gripings. But when the titulary leader of the opposition party speaks his mind so candidly, his works command attention and respect...
Columbia's entry might, however, have as inspiring effect on other, less actively pro-Ally nations in Central and South America. Argentina's policy, for instance, has consistently trended away from the Anglo-American side and leaned towards the Axis, Professor de Haas said. Policies such as this might be influenced by Columbia's attitude...
...Bucharest radio was loudly urging the Russians to make a separate peace. Said the broadcaster in Russian: "Stalin is trying to prolong the war by promising his people help from the Allies. But the Russians have now seen that the Allies do not intend to give serious aid. The Anglo-American press openly repudiates all promises of further assistance; consequently the Russian people have grown angry, feeling they have been duped. Further extension of the war is nothing less than suicide for Russia...