BRITAIN’S PART IN VICTORY
Blunt Statement LONDON, October 3. Mr J. Butler, the New Zealand delegate to the Trades Union Conference in Paris, is reported to have bluntly reminded the Russian and American critics of Britain that their war machine was only possible because Britain stood alone for more than a year. “Victory was built on British blood,” he declared, “which enabled Russia and the United States to prepare while the British fought with their backs to the wall and battled all alone.” Mr Butler, who has just visited England, warned workers that reactionaries are already at, work undermining the Labour Government. He also stated that the New Zealand people were thoroughly dissatisfied with the set-up in Japan.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23323, 5 October 1945, Page 5
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118BRITAIN’S PART IN VICTORY Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23323, 5 October 1945, Page 5
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