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long-range strategic cooperation wets
possible, there could be no tactical, day-
by-day coordination. They were too far
apart. But Russian troops have now
crossed Poland. Thev are fighting on the
eastern soil of Germany herself: British
and Amcriceiti ireieips are neiw on German soil close to the Rhine River in
lite west, ll is a different situation today
from whal ii was fourteen months ago.
\ closer tactical liaison bets become possible for the first time in Europe. Thai
»:ts something else that was accomplished in the Crimean Conference.
Provision was made for daily exchange of information between the
armies under ihe command of General
Eisenhower on the western front and
those etrmies under the command of the
Soviet marshals on that long eastern
'font, and also wilh our armies in Italy
—without the necessity of going through
'he Chiefs of Staff in Washington or
' (union as in the past.
You have seen one result of this exchange of information in the recent
Bombings by American and English air-
Waft of points which are directly related
to lhe Russian advance on Berlin.
From now on. American and liritish
beavy bombers will be used in lhe day-
by-day tactics of ihe war. We have begun lo realize. I ihink. lhal there is all
'lie difference in lhe world between
tactics mi the one side and strategy on
'I liter ileiv-h\-ileiv tactical war ill
direct support of Soviet armies as well
M in the support of our own on the
Western front.
They are now engaged in bombing
a'id strafing in order lo hamper the
movement of German reserves, German
"lalerials lo the eastern and western
'fonts from other parts of Germany or
'r»m Italy,
Arrangements have been made for
"n- mosl effective distribution of all
Mailable material and transportation to
foe places where they can best be used
IJ1 lln- combined war effort American,
"iii-b. and Russian.
The details of these plans and ar-
''"igeincnls ein- military secrets, of
''"ursc: |,iit this tying of things in
together is going lo hasten the day of
''."' fined collapse of Germany. The
»azis eire- learning about some of them
a'r<-ady. In their sorrow, and I Ihink all
l,r|-e of us ai the Conference fell that
"')' will learn more about them tomor-
r"w'- and the next day, and lhe day
*{ter that. | Applause. | '
I here will be no respite from these
,nacks, W !• will not desist for one
"'"'"'nl until unconditional surrender.
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You know. I bene- always fell that
"""umi sense' prevails in lhe long run
?uiet, overnight thinking. I think lhal
true In Germany just as much as ii
., here. The' German people as well as
.,"' German soldiers musl realize lhal
iii,.
and surrender surrender by groups or
eis individuals, the sooner their present
agony will be over. They musl realize
that only with complete surrender can
they begin to re-establish themselves as
people whom the world might accept
as decent neighbors.
We made it clear again al Yalta, and
I now repeal, lhat unconditional surrender doe's not mean the destruction or
enslavement of the German people. The
Nazi leaders have deliberately withheld
lhal pari of lhe Yalta declaration from
lhe German press and radio. The) seek
to convince lhe people nf Germany that
lhe Pallet declaration docs mean slavery
and destruction for them. They arc
working et! it day emd night, for thai
is bow the Nazis hope lo save theii
own skins In deceive their people into
continued and useless resistance.
We did. however, make it clear at
the Conference just whal unconditional
surrender docs mean for Germany.
ll means the temporary control of
Germany bv Greal Britain, Russia.
Pact
sooner lhe sooner thev give
S FORUM NEWS, Muy. 1955
—Wide World Photo
Marshal Stalin and President Roosevelt
confer in the Palace at Yalta, Crimea,
Russia.
France, and the United Slales. Each of
these nations will occupy and control
et separate zone of Germany^—and the
administration of the four zones will be
coordinated coordinated in Berlin by
a Control Council composed of lhe representatives of lhe four nations.
Unconditional surrender means sonic-.
thing else, li means the end of nazism.
[Applause.] It means the end of the
Nazi party and eil! of il barbaric laws
and institutions.
It means the termination of all mili-
taristic Influence in the public private,
and cultural life of Germany.
ll means for the Nazi weir criminals
a punishment thai is speedy and jusl—
and severe.
It means the complete disarmament
of Germany; the destruction of ils militarism and ii- military equipment; the
end nf ils production of armament; the
dispersal of eill of its armed forces: the
permanent dismemberment of the German general staff which has so often
shattered the peace of the world.
It means that Germany will have in
make reparations—reparations in kind
Im lhe damage which it has done In the
innocenl victims of ils aggression.
Hv compelling reparations in kind—
in plants, in machinery, in rolling slock,
in raw materials -wc shall emiiel the
mistakes lhat we and other people
other nalions -made after the last weir.
lhe demanding of reparations in lhe
form nf money which Germany could
never pay.
\\ i' do not want ihe German people
lo starve, or lo become a burden on the
re'sl eef lhe- world.
Our objective in handling Germany
is simple it is lo secure lhe : -eloe eif
lhe resl eif the world now and in the
future. Too much experience has shown
that thai objective is impossible, if Germany is allowed to retain an) ability
lo wage- aggressive warfare. [Applause.]
These objectives will not hurl lhe German people. On ihe contrary, they will
protect them from a repetition of the
fate which lhe general staff and kaiser-
ism imposed on them before, anel which
Ilillerism is mm imposing upon them
again a hundredfold. It will be removing a cancer From the German body
politic, which for generations has pro.
dticed only misery, only pain for lhe
whole world.
During mv -teu , Yalta, I saw the
kind of reckless. s,-,|s,.||.sS fury, eiml
terrible destruction which comes out of
German militarism. Yalta on the Black
Sea had no military significance of any
kind. It heul no defense.
Before lhe lasl war. it heul been a
resort a resorl feu- people like the czars
and princes anil aristocracy and the
hangers-on. However, after lhe war.
after lhe Red revolution, and until the
attack on the So\icl t nion b\ Hitler
et fi'w years ago, lln- palaces and villas
of t alta held been used as et rest elite!
recreation center bv the Russian people.
The Nazi officers look over lhe former
palaces and villas for their own use.
The only reason lhat the so-e'etlled palace
of the former czar was slill habitable
when wc got there weis lhat it had been
given—or he thought it had been given
—to a German general for his own
property anil his own use. And when the
resl eef Yelltel was ele'sl roved, he kept
soldiers there in protect whal he thoughl
had become bis own personal villa.
When lhe lied army forced lhe Nazis
ont of lhe Crimea almost a year ago lasl
.April, it was found lhat all of the
palaces were looted bv lite Nazis, and
then nearly all of them were destroyed
by bombs placed on lhe inside. Even
lhe humblest of lhe homes of Yalta win
not spared.
There was little left of il excepl blank
walls, ruins, and destruction.
Sevastopol—thai wets a Fortified port
aboul forty to fifty miles away—there
again was a sect f utter destruction of
a large city and greal navy \aials eiml
great fortifications. I think less than a
dozen buildings were left intact in the
entire eit) .
1 bad read eel I Warsaw eunl Lidice
einel Rotterdam and Coventry, but I
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