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• From 1938 .to 1944 General conclusions based on partial
. Sir John Kennedy was hearsay
respoirsibleiGto the Chief of the If it be agreed that Britain's
' imPerial •General, Staff for all influence over the conduct of
the war waned in 1944,, it was
plans and operations. You might
certainly not due to any physical .
Say that it was he and his staff
or mental failing in Churchill. In,
who deviled for Alanbrooke. In
fact it was dile. to a shift inthe
1957 Kennedy made the, story
balance Of the Anglo/American
• of his experiences into a book:
Alliance. The first twb years saw
• 'the 'Business of War", which '
Britain ,fighting alone After
became a best seller. Lord Attlee '
Pearl Harbour, .the second phase
in reviewing it disparaged it by
found ' us in alliance with
saying that 'valets' should. notAinerica ' but remaining the
landing in the south of France
by General Devers. Latee-stilL
Ohur6hill opposea "Eisenhower's'
'stand -put' short of Berlin.
The Americans dealt only in
tactics. Churchill in _strategy.
T4 former wanted a quick
victory. An end to •Oghting.
Chu)rchill strove to save eastern
Europe froin the maw of the
Russian bear. In the end
Churchill had to watch Stalin
'redraw .the map of Europe with
write about their masters. Now she
RooseVelt's blessing.
senior partner whilst n
. we have a books, of memoirs * ' # * '.
mobolized her vast potential. By
giving their wartime, impressions 1944 America possessed a strong' There are t� be found many
by six of Churchills 'valets', alias military machine, which interesting flashes: Churchill
his private secretaries. (Action outnumbered that of Britain and liked to say he was nOt one of
This Day. Working with her Commonwealth. This same those Who "on waking up in the
Churchill. Macmillan. 45/-.) • year British war production morning wonder what part of
Lord Attlee notwithstanding, peaked and by the spring of the British Empire could be
let us quote Dr. Johnson's advice. 1945 Churchill saw fit to remind given aWay during the day."
to those who hold in their the British Chiefs of Staff that ' "His charm, his energy, the
memories. public secrets and Britain supplied only one simplicity of , his purpose, his
private confidences. "It will be quarter of the troops invading unfailing sense of flip and his
proper rather to say nothing that Germany. By unanimous.-..somnhate absence of vanity were
is false, than all that is true."
agreement the Secret Weapon's, which
these six, intimates
There is nothing in these dispose of Moran's statement outmatched anything that Hitler
• in
memoirs by six of Churchill's' could produce."
his - preface • that Churchill's
"Secret Circle" to offend theeXhaustion of mind and body
Sir John Colville relates how
proprieties and we should beaccounted for much that is he was once. rash enough 'to
indebted . to then- i for
inexplicable in 1945. . interject into , a discussion a
. information. on many endearingBetween August 1944 and
report -that Monty had forbidden.
traits of Winston Churchill, nott he end •of Churchill's
the 8th Army bands to play the
only as "A Mighty Warriorhe premiership,travelled to
Italy-Quebec-Mo"British Grenadiers". Churchill
before the Lord", but as a man. -asked why and Colville,said he
'sco or:
These essAthens-Yalta-Potsdam as well
ays are the bones of believed it to be on acconnt,of
as
history' itself —.the true voice —the first line of the song. ("Some
..„..; ,,,,,,.. in the same sense that Sirance. His transportation was
......numerous major' excursions to
talk of Alexander....") Churchill
-Fr
Winston himself conceived it:by bomber with imprOvised was not amused and had the,
lamp, stumbles along the trail of
"History with its flickering seating; slow speed; incomplete order rescinded.
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weather reports; enemy action; . Asked which overnment
the past, trying to reconstruct itsno heating; discomfort and
department he disliked the most,
scenes, to revive its echoes and replied: "The War
danger enough to daunt anyone,
kindle with pale gleams theOffice".
even in perfect health. Nearly
passion of former days." . Discussing 'War Aims' with
every conference was marked by
•
In general these 'valets' deal the death of some of the Harry Hopkins, Churchill could
with Churchill as seen in action participants due to the hazards ' find nothing better on which to
• behind the public scene., But of air travel.. . build than the Sermon . on the
they also take issue with Lord. • The Sick Mart from America Mount. What more had a
• Moran's published statements**, The reverse of the coin whiCh statement on 'War Aims' to offer
' ' and then explain many items Of these men present, and with • than this?., Then he reminded
- fallout from the war which have -1,,Thich Moran's diary agrees, was , Hopkins of .Clemenceatt's
• long • been puzzling. :. For
example: • How . came it that
Russia grabbed such a large hunk
of Europe? How was it that
• Churchill's influence •• over
Roosevelt waned? What caused
Churchill's grand strategy 'for
Europe to be sabotaged?
that Roosevelt's. health begin to' comment on President Wilson ,
s
fail noticeably in September 14 tioints: "Meme le bon Dieu
1944. • By Yalta in •February, n'avait qne dix."
1945, Roosevelt had lost his grip "If Hitler -invaded hell 1
• "The Struggle kir Survival"
All these memorialists agree
on one Point. That when Lord
Moran entitled his book: "The
Struggle for Survival 1940 to
1965" he gave an erroneous
impression. From 1940 • to
1945 the title 'justly describes
the natiOnal situation, but as
applied to Churchill as an
individual, it would be true only
for the period 1953 to 1956.
:They claim that Moran exceeds
his professional brief; that he'
speaks not as an expert but as an
onlooker, who was -never
admitted to the "Secret Circle";
was never present when major
issues were discussed and that, in
general, he • jumped to
and we have Harry Hopkins
saying: "You will find we are.
lining up with the Russians": At
Teheran, it became ' clear the
President meant to break free of
-entanglement Igith—Chure-Iiill and
,the British and to meet Stalin
without any prior consultation
or agreetnent on a common line.
• Churchill was shocked. Three
•years of trying to keep the U.S.
from forging links with RusSia,
were nullified. The President
mistrusted the Empire ,,andP the
Dutch position in South East
Asia. But Churchill was not the
man to let things slide. He
persisted ,in saving Greece from
the Communists while he never
desisted from trying to get allied
troops into Vienna, for which
reason he opposed- the American
weakening of the Italian front,
which in turn was the AmeriCan.
f th rfectl useless
excuse or e pe y
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projected European Federation,
Churchill ,added: "with their
Diets of Worms."
Churchill was suffering from
a cold and was in bed. Suddenly
he thew off all the:cc:Weis and
said: "Let us think no more of
Hitlee and Attler; let us go and
see a film."
"What! Give him a peerage?
Well, perhaps, provided •it's a
disappearage."
Sir John Martin recalls how
.when in Florida with Chnichill
who was disguised ' as a Mr.
Lobb, while Martin was his
butler, Churchill was warned to
be careful of any mention of
intended movements. When
Churchill called the White House
• he said: "I mustn't mention how
• we are travelling, but we are
coming by puff puff."
Lord Bridges had just
• succeeded Hankey as Secretary
of the Cabinet, Mrs. Churchill
asks how long he had been
Secretary. • "I gave the date
August, 1938, and added,just
after the Munich; time".
'Churchill intervened to explain;
"Yes my dear, he has the
Munich*Medalith Bar
Complimenting Harry
Hopkins for • his • acumen,
Churchill said: "He should be
given a peerage and call himself
Lord Root of the Matter".
An pverseas, ecclesiastical.
dignitary' once took' one of
Churchill's red label. 'Action
This Day' is a souvenir. On a
return visit, asked if he still had
it; he replied: "Yes, I gummed it
in my Prayer Book".
"History is a scenario without
end."
It was said of Pitt and was
equally applicable to Churchill:
"nobody left his presence
without feeling a braver man."
• ,
The'_ Business of War, by Maj.
Geri: Sir John Kennedy.
GCMG..KCVO,KBE,CB,MC.
Hutchinson.
-would at least make a favourable
reference to the devil in the **Winston • Churehill.. The
House of Commons." •Struggle for Survival' 1940.65.
• In 1940, referring to -the by Lord Moran. Constable.' 63 -
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