CHOICE FOR GERMANS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 November 1943, Page 5

CHOICE FOR GERMANS

ALLIED CHIEFS’ OFFER

(Rec. 12.20 pun.) LONDON, Nov. 21. A dramatic “surrender, or take the consequences” call to the German people over the heads of their rulers may be one result of the projected meeting btween Mr Churchill, Mr Roosevelt and Mr Stalin, says the “Sunday Expresses” diplomatic correspondent. He adds: “It is believed that in the three leaders’ view, the political and economic situation inside Germany has now reached a point where such a call might produce the most startling results. Special means will be used to ensure the Allied leaders’ words • actually reach the German in the street. Such means exist, but must naturally be kept secret. The object of the warning will be to give the Germans their last chance to overthrow the Nazi Government, and surrender unconditionally to the Allies. The Germans are likely to be told that refusal will only prolong the war and add to the German losses and sufferings without the slightest chance of altering I the war’s final phase, with the certainty that a refusal will be counted against the whole German nation in the final settlement.”