ANGLO-U.S. UNDERSTANDING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 3 July 1943, Page 5

ANGLO-U.S. UNDERSTANDING

MORE PROMISING TO-DAY THAN EVER MR EDEN’S VIEWS Rugby, July 1. “The lesson of the twentieth century is the utter interdependence of all nations*” declared the Foreign Secretary, Mr A. Eden., in London, speaking at the 25th anniversary reception of the English Speaking Union. Mr Eden believed that hopes for an enduring Anglo-American understanding were more promising to-day than they had ever been. He said he was not so optimistic as to pretend there would be no differences between the United States and British Commonwealth. “There will be differences and it would not be reasonable to suppose that our outlook will always be exactly the same on all the manifold problems and complexities of the modern world. There will be no divergencies in view of major and minor issues and minor issues can prove as troublesome as major ones to the smooth working of international relations. It is essential that a broad conception of world policy should be the same and we should be so closely united on all fundamentals that we can take strains and stresses as and when they come without damaging the main structure of our friendship.” The work General Eisenhower had done had literally no parallel in history. His staff was composed of British and American officers. It was just one* staff knowing no difference in nationality, and knowing only one loyalty—to fulfil a common purpose. What could be done in North Africa in war could be done elsewhere in peace.—B.O.W.