BRITAIN AND U.S.

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26093, 21 April 1950, Page 7

BRITAIN AND U.S.

NEED FOR CLOSE COOPERATION

SPEECH BY GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) „ NEW YORK, April 19. General Omar Bradley, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, to-day emphasised the importance to the Western world of close co-opera-tion between the British Commonwealth and the United States. General Bradley, who was speaking at Concord, Massachusetts, at the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolution, said: “As long as Britain, Canada, and the United States are politically joined and remain strong, representative government without tyranny has a better chance for continued existence in the Western world. “The British, American ,and Canadian people through their mutual efforts for security and self-preservation will strengthen their political unity and, joined with other friendly nations of the Western world, may foster a real chance for permanent peace in our time.” Declaring that the presence of representatives of British armed forces in the audience was an especial honour. General Bradley said: “No one realises more than the American people that the collective security of the North Atlantic area is as much dependent on the United Kingdom and Canada as it is on us. “We Americans need the loyalty and aid of Britain and all its vast British Commonwealth of Nations and they need us. We must help them whenever they need it, and help them unselfishly.”