"NOT DOING SO BADLY"

Evening Star, Issue 25046, 13 December 1943, Page 4

"NOT DOING SO BADLY"

MR CHURCHILL OH ALLIED CAUSE LONDON. December 10. ■Mr Ohuivhill held an " off the record " I\'cv> conference at the British F.mbassv in Cairo to-da\. "He appeared to be in tiie be--t of health and very cheerful, lie paid a tribute to the ''complete and unshaken unity of'the British and Americans, and emphasised the significance of the historic decisions taken at the recent conference. He discussed the Ba'.kans. Turkey, Japan, the Russian front, the Pacific front, the Italian front, the U-boat war, Anglo-American relations, the bombing offensive, the liberty of the subject, and -the tradition of Habeas Corpus, lie touched on the German internal situation, post-war sapplies for Europe and Asia, and the' overriding necessity for speed in the prosecution of the war. Flashes of, humour illuminated an interview in which he made no attempt to conceal his confidence in total victory, but emphasised that much remained to be done. After the interview, replying to the

thanks of the Pre=s. Mr Churchill said

" 1 was once a foreign correspondent my-eli", and 1 kr-ow the difficulties of cetting news and then trying to get it away. Yon aie all part of a good cause, and the cause is not doing so badly." .Mr Chuiohill and Mr Anthony. Eden called on King Farouk at A'bdin-Palace o:i Wednesday, >ind to-day Mr Churchill received King Peter of Yugoslavia and the F.mir Abdullah of Iran..