NO POWER ON EARTH CAN SAVE GERMANY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 290, 7 December 1943, Page 3

NO POWER ON EARTH CAN SAVE GERMANY

TEHERAN RESOLVE

Full Agreement On Timing

Of Operations

N.Z.P.A. and British Wireless Rec. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 6. The first word of the historic Three-Power Conference at Teheran from one of the three principals has come from President Roosevelt on his return to North Africa, "It has been a very successful conference," he said to a group of newspaper correspondents. "I arrived here four days ago to meet Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill and to try to do two things," said President Roosevelt, addressing a large body of American troops at a soldiers' camp in Teheran after the conclusion of the Three-Power Conference. "The first purpose," Mr. Roosevelt proceeded, "was to lay military plans for co-operation between the three nations, looking towards the winning of the war just as fast as we possibly can. I think we have made progress to that end. The other purpose was to try to plan for a world in which war would cease to be a necessity. We have made great progress in this direction also, but, of course, the first thing is to win the war." Conference Declaration The following declaration was issued on Saturday following the Three-Power Conference in Teheran: "We, the President of the United States of America, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the Premier of the Soviet Union, have met these four days in the capital of our ally Persia and shaped and confirmed our common policy. We have expressed our determination that our nations shall work together in the war and the peace that follows. "As to the war, our military staffs joined our round-table discussions and we concerted our plans for the destruction of the German forces. We reached complete agreement as to the scope and timing of operations which will be undertaken from the east, from the west and from the south. The common understanding which we reached guarantees that victory will be ours. "As to. the peace, we are sure that our concord will make it an enduring peace. We recognise fully the supreme responsibility resting up6n us and all the United Nations to make a peace which will command the goodwill of the overwhelming masses of the peoples ot the world and banish, the scourge and terror of war for many generations. Free Lives For All Peoples "We surveyed, with our diplomatic advisers, future < problems, we shall seek the co-operation and active participation of all 'nations, large and small, whose peoples in heart and mind are dedicated, as are our own peoples, to the elimination ot tyranny, slavery, oppression and intolerance. We will welcome them as they may choose top come into tne World family of democratic nations. "No power on eartch can prevent our destroying the German armies by land, their U-boats by sea, and their warplanes by air. Our attacKb will be relentless and increasing. "We look from these conferences with confidence to tine day when all peoples of the world may live free lives, untouched by tyranny ana according to their varying desires and their own consciences. We came here with hope and determination. We leave here friends in fact, in spirit and in purpose." Following the statement that the declaration was signed at Teheran on December 1, :f943, appear the signatures of President Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill. A declaration on/ Persia was made after the Three-Po.\ver Conference in Teheran. "The Governments of tne United States, the- U.S.S.R. and the United Kingdom recognise the assistance that Persia'has given in tne prosecution of thle war against tne

common enemy, particularly by facilitating the transportation of supplies from overseas to the Soviet Union," the declaration stated. "The three Governments realise that the war has caused special economic difficulties for Persia, and they have agreed that they will continue to make available to the Government of Persia such economic assistance as may be possible, having regard to the heavy demands made upon them by their world-wide military operations and to the world-wide shortage of transport for raw material and supplies for civilian consumption. The three Governments are at one with the Government of Persia in their desire for maintenance of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Persia."