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MONTGOMERY IN MOSCOW STRAIGHT AND FRANK SPEAKING EXPEGTED (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 7. When he arrived at Moscow, Fieldmarshal Viscount Montgomery asked that his short speech at the aerodrome be published in the Moscow papers, says the British United Press correspondent. All the papers to-day print the story on their front pages, together with a picture of his welcome. The Moscow correspondent of the Associated Press says it learned on good authority that Field-marshal Montgomery came with an outspoken assertion that any military agreements between Britain and the United States were not exclusive, arid Russia would be welcome to join. He will make, or has made, this clear to: the Russians. It is known that the Field-marshal is a straight and franlk talker who will not hesitate to tell the Russians just what is in his mind. He addressed the higher military academy of the Russian. General §taff giving his conception of war, soldiers, and attack.
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Evening Star, Issue 25994, 8 January 1947, Page 5
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