TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, March 17, 195S
Churchill Claims U.S. Version of Yalta Papers Contains 'Some Mistakes
Prime Minister
Disapproves of
Early Publication
London (U.PJ Prime Minister
"Winston Churchill told Parlia
ment today that the American
version of the Yalta papers con
tains "some serious mistakes.'
He added that it seemed to
him it would have been "a good
thing" if he had been consulted
on the. text before it was pub
lished.
: Churchill was plainly annoy
ed at release of the embarrass
ing Yalta documents by the U.S.
State Department against his ex
press wishes.
The Prime Minister, lone sur
vivor of the Big Three who
charted the postwar world at
: Yalta in February, 1945, made
it clear by implication that he
disapproved and resented the
; American decision to publish
'the documents in his lifetime.
'Not Official Record
The British government, he
said, did not decline to agree
to American publication.
"It is of course the Amer
ican version and in no sense an
official record of' the powers
; concerned," Churchill said.
! "I have not seen anything
:but the extracts which now ap
pear in the press. Even these
disclose some serious mistakes.
"On general - grounds, Her
I Majesty's government informed
:the United States that in their
view it was undesirable that de-
tailed records of important in
ternational discussions should be
.published so soon after the
'. event.
; "If this became an established
I practice, it might hamper the
;free exchange of views at fu
ture conferences.
. "In any case, it would seem
"a good thing to consult together
on the text of any publication
'during the lifetime of the indi
viduals concerned."
1 The 80-year-old Prime Min
ister who with President Roose
velt and Premier Josef Stalin
;made up the Big Three at Yalta,
.went on:
i "When the United States gov
ernment asked if we would
nevertheless agree to publication,
;Her Majesty s government gave
; their consent. This does not,
'however, imply that we accept
' responsibility for the accuracy
of the American version.
"When we receive the full
text of the U. S. publication we
will consider whether any cor
rections are necessary, but, as
the document is reported to ex
tend to 500 pages, I cannot prom
ise the house any speedy ac
tion."
Laborite Percy Daines asked
if Churchill would convey to
the United States government
the British view that "publica
tion of documents of this sort
should be dependent upon na
tional necessity rather than upon
the desire of one party in the
United States to take advan
tage of another."
Churchill replied quietly that
the Yalta conference had
"aroused very acute party is
sues in the United States,"
whereas in Britain it had not
done so.
; Churchill spoke for less than
five minutes. His cool attitude
made it clear that he was net
tled by the American decision
.to publish the secrets.
: He spoke curtly, and stood
with his shoulders hunched in
an aggressive pose, as if dar
ing questioners to try and push
him around.
LHiSghDights Coertaoned in Yallta Papers
Washington (U.P.) High
lights of the Yalta papers coun
try by country.
JAPAN AND CHINA
As the price for entering the
war against Japan, Russia de
manded Japan's Kurile islands,
the southern Sakhalin and
neighboring islands which Rus
sia yielded to Japan in the Russo-Japanese
war, port rights ,in
Darien and Port Arthur, a "sta
tus quo" in Outer Mongolia and
railroad rights in Manchuria.
President Roosevelt agreed in
principle but emphasized he
would have to consult Chiang
Kai-shek. He also said he pre
ferred that Russia lease the ports
and rights to the Manchurian
railroad from the Chinese or
that both be controlled by in
ternational commissions.
GERMANY
Stalin called for "dismember
ment of Germany" as part of the
Allies' surrender terms. Church
ill agreed in principle but op
posed including dismemberment
in the surrender terms. Roose
velt said he thought the division
of Germany "into five states or
seven states was a good idea."
POLAND
Roosevelt at first insisted on
free elections in Poland with
U.S., British and Soviet ambas
sadors observing them. But Rus
sians opposed the idea of the
observers and Roosevelt drop
ped the demand. Roosevelt also
gave in to steady Soviet pressure
to give Russia some of Eastern
Poland.
FRANCE
Churchill strenuously urged
that France be given an occupa
tion zone in Germany and rep
resentation on the Allied Con
trol commission for Germany.
Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to
the occupation zone but oppos
ed a commission seat for France.
Roosevelt later suddenly chang
ed his mind in favor of France
on the commission and Stalin
gave in without an argument
INDOCHINA AND KOREA
Roosevelt proposed unsuccess
fully an international trustee
ship for French Indochina and
Korea.
Footnotes To Yalta Conference
Washington (U.P.) Footnotes
to history in the newly publish
ed Yalta papers:
Scrawled pencil notes by Al
ger Hiss were included in the
documents. Hiss attended the
Yalta conference in his capacity
as deputy director of the State
Department's office of special
political affairs. He later was
convicted of perjury for denying
that he had supplied secret gov
ernment information to a pre
war Communist spy ring. His
notes reproduced verbatim
with his own abbreviations and
shorthand were largely a
stenographic record of meetings
he attended with no outward
evidence of pro-Russian sympathy.
The documents bore the offi
cial title: "The Conferences At
Malta And Yalta, 1945." They
were released in two bulky vol
umes totaling 834 pages. Both
together were the size of the
Manhattan telephone directory.
Indicating that they were pub
lished in great haste, the vol
umes given reporters were
stamped "Uncorrected Galley
Proofs." They contained numer
ous typographical errors.
Two paragraphs of the printed
volumes were carefully inked
out before they were distributed.
A State Department spokesman
refused to say what was thus
deleted, but said "nothing of
substance" was left out.
Roosevelt said he was opti
mistic that the end of World War
II would usher in 50 years of
peace. Stalin replied that as long
as he, Roosevelt and Churchill
were alive, he felt confident
Mrs-. Gall Describes 15 Known
Cases of Welfare Money Abuse
Bonneville - Idaho
Exchange Pact OK'd
Washington (U.R) The Fed
eral Power Commission yester
day approved a power-exchange
compact between the Bonneville
Power Administration and the
Idaho Power Co.
The 20-year power-exchange
contract calls for the company
to spend three million dollars
for a 50-mile transmission line
;from Baker to La Grande, Ore.,
to connect with Bonneville
lines.
Salem (U.R) Mrs. Goldie
Gall, of Lebanon, whose husband
was severely beaten by a man
she believes was misusing wel
fare money, says she knows of
15 cases of welfare abuse.
Mrs. Gall told a ways and
means subcommittee, under oath
yesterday, that most of the cases
involved misuse of aid-to-dependent
children funds after a de
serting father had returned to
town and resumed living with
the mother. i
John Brugman, attorney for
the welfare commission, told the
sub-committee headed by Sen.
George Ulett (R-Coquille) after
Mrs. Gall testified that' cases in
which fraud was indicated will
be thoroughly checked to see
if legal steps should be taken.
Drink Up Checks
Mrs. Gall said in several cases
where the father had returned
and was able but not willing to
work, the mother had continued
to accept the welfare, checks,
and mother and father leav
ing the children with a baby sit
ter would go to a tavern or
night club to drink up part of
the check.
She also told of cases where
women deserted by their hus
bands were continuing to accept
checks when living with other
men.
Also mentioned were several
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Hilda E. Nouguier. violation of basic
rule. $10.
Don C. Sterrett. failure to stop at
red light, S5.
Harold B. Looper, failure to stop at
red light. S5. - f
Darrell L. Johnson, excessive noise
(pipesi. $10.
Edgar L. Homer, violation of basic
rule. S10.
Lloyd A. Thornton, no operator's
license. $5.
Claude M. Moore, disregarding traf
fic signals and sign. S5.
John R. Lattie. failure to stop at red
light. $5.
Jack H. Fitzgerald, failure to stop at
red light. $5.
Benjamin- L. Long, 31. Medford,
reckless driving. S25.
Jerry S. La us ma nn, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Vesta L. Johnston, failure to stop
at red light. $5.
DISTRICT COURT
Stanley E. Rumble, switched license
plates. $10.
Leavy W. Biggers, failure to yield
right of way. sla.
Roger G. Smith, violation of basic
rule. $12.50.
Joseph D. Nikodym, failure to stop
at stop sign. $10.
Merlin L.. Dewey, failure to stop at
stOD sizn. $10.
Arthur 1. btandridge, failure to stop
at stoD sum. $10.
.Billy L,. Mcoy, ovenoaa,
overload. S10.
James O. Suva, overload. S49.
Jerry V. Bianconi. overload, S44
overleneth load. S15.
Maurice Ritchey. plumbing witnout
a certificate of competency. Sis.
Donald E. Cuddie. no vehicle regis
tration. $6.
Roy A. McLaughlin overload. $1 17
Frank G. Hansen Jr.. overload. $94.
Roy D. McGarity, overload. $30.
cases of girls under 18 who had
children out of wedlock. In one
case, she said, the girl's mother
was claiming her teenage daugh
ter as a dependent and accept
ing welfare relief while the girl
mother was receiving her check
from welfare after the father
had deserted.
Sen. Ulett wanted to know if
Mrs. Gall was connected with
the welfare commission. She re
plied she was not, but she was
interested in such cases because
her former husband had desert
ed their children.
As she had to work at house
work for a living, she said her
mother took charge of her chil
dren back in the 1930s and ev
entually brought court action to
win formal custody of the children.
Mrs. Gall said she had written
to a Lebanon newspaper describ
ing cases of welfare abuse, and
afterward her home was enter
ed and her husband beaten. She
said she was sure that assailant
had come to beat her but she
was away working at the time.
Asked what could be done to
correct abuses, Mrs. Gall said
she thought the welfare com
mission when apprised of such
cases should make the welfare
recipients account for all the
money given them.
The "Carey act" provides for
grants of desert lands to states
by the federal government, such
lands to be irrigated or reclaim
ed by the states for disposal to
bona fide settlers.
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"none of them would involve
their countries in aggressive ac
tions." But the Russian leader
added that in 10 years all three
of them might be dead. Ten
years later, Churchill is the only
one alive.
The State Department said the
documents it made public, while
a "definitive record" of the Yal
ta conference, were "not so com
plete as might be desired." It
said it had tried, but failed, to
gain access to the private notes
made at the meeting by three
leading U.S. participants James
F. Byrnes, then a presidential
assistant and later governor of
South Carolina; Averell Harri
man, then ambassador to Russia
and now governor of New York;
and the late Secretary of State
Edward R. Stettinius.
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