The Gisborne Herald. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE TIMES” GISORNE, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1945. TALKS BY “BIG THREE”

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21633, 9 February 1945, Page 2

The Gisborne Herald. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE TIMES” GISORNE, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1945. TALKS BY “BIG THREE”

The present discussions by the "Big Three" and their Foreign Secretaries promise to be the last it will be necessary to hold in the course of the European war. After that, no doubt, political topics will demand still more attention than they are now getting It can be no consolation to a Germany whose administrative machinery is reported to be breaking down to know that Mr. Churchill. President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin are busy planning the swift despatch of the Wehrmacht and with it the whole of Prussian militarism. Yesterday’s official reports of the meetings in the Black Sea area indicated that the first consideration has been the waging of war to its triumphant conclusion, the most significant point being that, tor the first time in the war, detailed military staff arrangements are being made between the three Powers. Up till tire present practical liaison ha? been established only' through the recent efforts of the Allied air forces to operate in the interests ot the advancing Russian forces. it is evident that closer co-ordination is to be established, possibly on lines somewhat resembling the circumstances that led up to the appointment m

Marshal Foch as supreme Allied commander in 1918.

Military victory will have been in vain, however, if steps are not taken io guarantee a secure peace, so it is only natural that we should he given more than a him that the"-political anil economic problems of liberated Europe have come up for discussion From this point of view, it is to he hoped that, the “Big Three" will thoroughly earn the designation the “Three Wise Men." All the signs point to the fact that they will. Never before has the world been so acutely in need ot tolerant and far-seeing statesmanship. In one of his more recent speeches Mr. Churchill emphasised the absolute necessity for maintaining for many years after the war the closest relations between Britain. Russia and the United States. And probably France has been officially added to the list, since that time.