A GREAT STEP FORWARD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24803, 31 December 1941, Page 5

A GREAT STEP FORWARD

(Rec. 7 p.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 29. - The announcement of the Foreign Secretary’s visit to M. Stalin in Moscow was warmly welcomed here, not only as further proof of closer collaboration with the Soviet, but also as a fresh step in the unity of the Allied war efforts, the progress of which has already been greatly advanced by the meeting of President Roosevelt and Mr Churchill in Washington. The Times says: “ Barely two months ago, in a speech on the anniversary of the Russian revolution. M. Stalin spoke of a coalition l of the United States and Britain and the Soviet Union’ as ‘a reality which is growing and will continue to grow for the benefit of the common cause of liberation.’ Since then the process of this growth has made enormous strides. M. Stalin and Mr Eden record that the fullest measure of agreement was reached between them on the conduct of the war and that the conference has constituted an important ‘step forward towards closer collaboration.’ This step must be seen in the larger perspective of the grand alliance in which both Britain and Russia are associated with the United States, and with the growing number of other countries of every continent. The immediate purpose which Mr Churchill at this moment is pursuing in Washington is to bring together in one common design the strategy and policy of these three great Powers, the pillars and cornerstones of alliance.”