SOVIET DESIRES

Grey River Argus, 25 February 1944, Page 3

SOVIET DESIRES

ANGLO-AM'ERCAN SUPPORT.

IN POLAND. YUGOSLAVIA AND BALTIC. (Rec. 9.10) NEW YORK, Feb. 24. The “New York Times” Washington correspondent says: Diplomatic circles in Washington consider Mr Churchill’s Commons speech a most important utterance, and As indicating that the wind of British and perhaps of .British-Americaa foreign policy is blowing in two directions simultaneously. The correspondent says: “It is explained that Russia’s desires will be furthered in both Poland and Yugoslavia, while in Italy King Victor Emmanuel will be given every; possible opportunity to retain the throne in spite of opposition from Italian liberalism.

The “New York Times” says that it understands, officially, that there is no reason to expect that the United States could dissent if Mr. Churchill could secure the Russian-Polish settlement that would involve the handing over of substantial portions of German territory to Russia and to (Poland.

The paper adds that the total omission of the Baltic countries from Mr. Churchill’s speech is being interpreted as an indication that Britain is accepting the /incorporation of the States of Latvia, and Lithuania, and Estonia in the Soviet Union as an accomplished fact.