INTERNATIONAL: The Price

Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew back to London from Moscow last week with a promise of the world's peace in his pocket. Two days later, in an unusually brief speech, with little Churchillian rhetoric and few high spots, he reported to an attentive Parliament the results of his conference with Joseph Stalin. Peace, like most things, had a certain price.

Said Prime Minister Churchill: "I am very glad to inform the House that our relations with Soviet Russia were never more close, intimate and cordial. . . ."

Britons, who regard Russians as...

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