INTERNATIONAL: Preface to Peace

Winston Churchill waited until near the end of a two-hour report on the war to give his biggest news: President Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin and the Prime Minister would, he confidently hoped, meet before the end of the year—at a time and place to be announced after their talks were over.

To clear away the underbrush, the three Foreign Secretaries or their understudies will meet in Moscow the second week in October and no questions barred. This week it was definite that Viacheslav Molotov and Anthony Eden would be on hand, probable that 72-year-old...

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