IIOLOTOV ... --- In today's disclosure o f the big diplomatic secret, the first focus of the news is inevitably the words - second Tha is the phase which *k• is the closest to every ody - the prospect of a United Nation's assault on e Nazi-controlled continent of .. ~ Euro e. An inva would involve vast numbers of men, and our own scldiers in great ~ masses~ be in it.{so let us consider first the fact that President~oosevelt came to an agreement with Soviet Forei g n Commissar Molotov on the subject second front in Europe - this year.j --- The official announcem nt from Washington ~ puts e½t= !11 these words: - course of the A convers . tions, full understanding reached with in E uro . e in Nineteen Forty-Two." · And t his would seem t O · s ay t at Mo 1 o to v .- got a promise of a se c n d front • IIOLOTOV - 2 ------ What kind? Actually, the White House declaration does nots ecify a l and front, does not prescribe an invasion necessarily. The answer might m ean air attafks {in fact, the British in talkin g of their mighty devastation bombin g s launched against Nazi centers, have been callin g them - a second front offensive. And, of course, Americ a n sky forces are scheduled to join the British in these warplane assaults. That has b een p romised~ However, W a shington t oni g ht does not believe t h at today's White House announcement means nothing more t ha n a continuation and increase of air power offensive. Half measures are considered as ruled out, a nd the opin i on is that in speakin g of "second front•, the Pre s i d ent means land invasion as well as aerial o pe r at i on s. That' ts what the Sovi e ts have been wanting a ll alon . , with open and insistent de m ands. MOLOTOV - 3 ----- A l on this line of argument, we may note that the Molotov-ftoosevelt a g reement about a second front coincides with the recent headline conversations with British and American military leaders in London. These taking tens of thousands of American troops to the :'\ British Isles . Why? A land second front might be the! • - answer. Furthermore, the news early today stated that American nav a l forces had joined the British home - fleet. United States vessels of war, including battleshi p s, now operating in British waters - a powerful task force. This a g ain mi g ht well fit in with invasion plans - troops havin g to move across water. All o f this is as much as we have to go on to ni ht - in tryin g to reckon the meanin g cf the MOLO T OV - 4 ----- second front a g reement between the President and the ~ Soviet Forei n Commiss a . It is about all the material we have \0F.tgl1'- for trying to picture to ) ourselves the prospects of a United Nations land invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe this year. - -- In revealin g the big diplomatic secret today, the White House announcement tells us of other results of the negotiations. These concern primarily an American promise of increasin g aid to the Soviets, more United States armament for the Red Army in its battle with the Nazi war machine. Also - American- Soviet cooperation after the war, mutual understanding for the peace settlement that is to come. President Roosevelt conveyed through Molotov a mess ag e to Stalin. The President tells the Soviet pr e mier that the negotia t ions in W ash in g ton have been most useful in estab l ish i n a ~ loser r el ation between Moscow and M OLO T OV - 5 - · --- p ursuit of the com m on objectives of the United Na t ions. - - - - - - - - 0 -- - - --- Si m ultaneo u sly today, there wa s an announcement from London - an d that too w s part of the disclosure of the bi g diplomatic S6cret. Because Molotov• made a concealed visit to London as well as to Washington. And there he si ned a new treaty with Great Britain - a t we nty year pa c t for mutual assistance. Great Britain and tioviet Russia agree to work together f or a p eriod of twenty years - during the war and after. They reaffirm their p led g e not to make a separate peace with Nazi Germany, and they undertake to support each other after the w ar in case of any future trouble with Germ ny or its p resent sa telites. In other words, It ta a t w enty-year British-Soviet alliance a g ainst any a ve r s a r - i n E uro e. There is a lot of point in t h at w ord - " E urope." T h e Br i t i sh and ~ ov i ets a gr ee MOLOTOV - 6 ----- - -- to collaborate only a ainst Euro p ean enemies. So, Japan is not included. The treaty does not af f ect Soviet relations with the Far Eastern enemy of the United Nations. So it cont~ins nothin g that mi g ht brin g Russia into the war against Japan. In the big diplo~atic secret, one dramatic element was -- secrecy. Our nation, at large, knew nothin g about: it, that the Soviet Foreign Commissar was in Washington as a guest of the President. The secret was kept until the Soviet statesman was back in Russia. He is in Moscow tonight. The White House disclosure was made today in t h e followin g words: •The People's Commisar of Foreign Affairs of the Onion of Soviet Republics, i r. V. M. M olotov, followin g the invttation of the President of the United S+ates of America -- arrived in Was h in ton on .1 ay Twenty- Ni nt h , and w ::i s f or so J1 e time t h e Presiden t 's g uest." He l eft on June Fourt h was h ere for nearly a w eek . W it h a part v of t h irteen, ~ olotov YOLOTOV - 7 ------ arrived n Washington on a Soviet bomber -- after a trans-Atlantic flight. The plane landed at a Washin g ton airport four hours ahead of schedule. That threw the reception program off a bit, and the Commissar was met only by officials of the Soviet Embassy. At the airport a nuaber of bystanders looke• on, but nobody recognized the man with the big blackmustac h e. However, a second-lieutenant of the lray almost reco g nized hia. Be looked hard, went up to an attache of the Russian Embassy, and deaanded, •who is that guy y ou aet? I've seen his picture• in the newspapers.• The attacbe passed that one off, and the second Lieutenant never did find out • . From the airport, M olotov went to the Whi t e H o u se as a guest of the President. He took a walk around the White H o u se ~ roun d s and was in full view of hundreds passin 5 • But nobo d y reco nize d him. H e h ad din n er at t be White H o us e, a n d alon g tal k w i th the Presi d e nt . Th A re h e s pe nt h i s fir s t ni g h t n M OLOTOV - 8 ------ Was. in · ton, and t .e next day n oved to Blair H ou c:: e -- an historic old mansion now used by the g overnment for the entertainment of guests of state. Day after day ~ olotov would leave the Blair ~ouse, and plenty of people would see him, but th e re would never be any thron in of reco • nition. The most amusin g thing of this sort is found in the fact that the Soviet Commissar went to New York for a day. He visited Radio City, attended one of the leading motion picture theatres of the metropolis, saw the usual tourist sights and min g led with the crewds on the streets. His pictures have been pualished in the American press innumerable times for vears, but of the t h ousands who saw him in New York -- n o body reco g nize him. He was reco · nized at, times in Was hi n g ton. For exam p le by a p arty of ewsreel p hoto ra ers, who s p O tt e d i i n a t once . The ' w e r e on t , 1 e i r w av to the M OLOTOV ., 9 --- - - - -- W h ite l ouse to s i1 oot p icture s of the Du e and Duc h ess of Wind~or when t h ey were presidential g ue s t~. Those newsreel men know their faces, and couldn't miss J olotov's. They know, however, w h at to do 1n cases of official secrets. So they didn~t start g rindin g pictures of the Soviet Commissar then and there. However, ~ewsreel pictures of the ~ olotov visit were made. Today I p tt in a call to ovietone Newsreel, and was told t h at t h ese ictures ave now been released -- and will be shown next w e ek. The truth is that the bi g diplomatic secret was pretty generally A nown amon newsmen. We understood that A olotov was in las h in ton, but p ress and radio are ea g er t o coop e r a te wit h t h e overnme t in wartime in matters of w h at s h all b e p ublicized ana w hat shall n ot. RUSSIA ------- Nazi Germany officia-i/Jtates that the big Hitler offensive is about to begin. The present fighting is described as a prelude to the expected all-out atte ■ pt to defeat the Red Army. The Nazi drives at Iharkov and Sevastopol a e described by the Berlin radio in these words: are considered by the German High Command as · porlant for the launching of the coming great Ge~fei■ive.• At Ihark~ the Nazi attac_k_i_s _ _ _ -... A lit such proportions that Moscow expects~to turn into ~ c U - a ■ajo~••••sstssL ZS,. Sevastopol the enemy is hurling fresh masses of troo~s a g ainst the great naval base. They are pounding Sevastopol with every- thing they have, air boabs, land guns and infantry assaults. attacks hurled back at with huge losses, but adds that the situation in . Sevastopol is grave. LIBYA --- In Libya the Axis forces have captured the important stronghold of Bir Bach•im. Thia was the southern anchor of the British line, and was defended by forces f■• of the Free French -- obstinately defended for days. But now the British headquarters in Cairo ~ .:n .»ouncea that the garrison of Free French has be eQ.. withdrawn, leaving the place to the German panzers. Thie brings a flanking threat to the British line further north, and may cause a withdrawal. CHINA ------ In China the Japs are pre s sin g on, with three columns drivin to seize full control of the railroad from Chekiang to Iiangsi. The Chinese state that t h e enemy is makin g what are called •long st rides.• Chiang Iai-S ~ . ek 's men are count er attacking desperately to slow down Jap advances those long strides. lnd the Chinese say the situ a tion is grave. MIDWAY --- Japan today admitted the loss of two aircra f t carriers in the Battle of sa ■ M idway Island. Hitherto, Tokyo had conceded no more than the sinking ~ Today, bowev = r, W.. Jap spok~sman used t h e /\ of one. following phrase: •te s h ould not be disappointed at t h e loss of two aircraft carriers,• said he. Which is an official enemy admission that our men sank a pair of t h ose giant vessel e. whic . have now o ecome t h e capital ships of naval battle. Yeanw · ile fro m Pearl _ arbor we ave vivid perso n als ories told b y America avi a tors w h o ' acco :r:p lis . ea th e vic t or y . 3 ere's an Exa m . l e o f th eUl rac e y tang~ o:f t:il~E~c ~A Lieu ten a r: t-Col n el f alter Swe . ney f San Fra nc is c o t e l l s of a t tac k ing a i g J a p ves s el. • w e lai d o u r b o mb • ~ rig h t s m a ck t . t b ow • sa , i" -;.. e •T h e :: _u r. , f!r y 0 l c. d a c ro ss ~ e por , ~P - • - ·- ~ ~ C r o r a o~ 9ar g· · 1 •f [a :as E t • MIDWAY - 2 ---- OM. a Ameri c an bombert shot down a fighting plane. A •T h e Jap fi g ht e r pilot,• says he, • seemed to hang in the air a fr a ction of a second, and t h en plummeted to t he sea. He had buck teeth like a cartoon,• says the corporal. RUBB E R - - - - - An Admin is tratio n s po ke s m an toda s p o k e out in f avor of a nati o nwi d e rationi ng of g asoline. He wa s Under-Secr e t a r y of War Robert Patterson, and he told the S enate Ban k i ng co,mittee that the ar m ed forces face a shorta g e of two hundred thousan d tons of rubber. H e pointed out that there is more rubber on t h e t ires of t h e automobiles of t h e n at i on t h an an y w h ere e lse. •The rubber on the hi gh ways,• said h e, •is the bi g est stock we h a ve now.• He estimated that t h is rubber on t h e h i g way amounts to one mil l ion tons, and e added t h at, unles s t h at stock w r e conserved, s rious conse q uences would result. S o he ro p os e d a four-po i nt nro g ram for co n servation of t h e rubber i n aut om obil e ti r e s . One:- L im i t the speed o f all dr ivi n to fort y m i l e s a n ho ur - - slo we r s pe e d sav es r u bo e r . Two: - Ha ve t he - ov e r n . ent p urc i as e fro n civ i l i a n u e r · a l l ex t r a ti-re s . - - m e a n i n - · m r e t h an iv e p e r aut o . RUBBER - 2 ---- - -- Three:- Send all p ossi ~ l e frei t · v railroad. Four:- Nationwide Ji oline rationin g , as a means of cutting down automobile drivin and conserving rubber. In th e C ari b he h n, t w o m en from a tor p edoed shi p ~er on a r a f t. F o r t e n d& ys they drifted on waters i 1. f~ te d by sh a r k s - a n d o n e o f them decided to go back Peo0l11t.iee fep • e&at.away ..QR -&-....tPe f' ie & l eeee.n · N&at:a. ~Qt; {( pp a re ntly - absence an ~ ) ) •£ t.ba iu " - m ~ ke the he a rt groir fonder. .... the man-eat~ Tod a y, havin been re c u ed, Sailor Willia ■ Hope told how he went to s ea to esc a pe the little wo _a n . "I joined t he merc h ant m a rine at Mobi l e because I wanted to g et a w ay from friends who tried t o get me fixed u o with m old g irl• AG I r a n aw a y.• in o~hMJ Th e fu g itive husb ~ nd s r iled aboa r d a c a rgo s hi _ , end · r ese nt l y thi s w as att a cked by a U -bo a t, and s a n : . S r ilo r H o ~ e an an o th r man go t o ff on a ra f t, W IFE - 2 -- and then they proceeded to drift - for ten days. •r had a lot of time to think out there,• he related today, "and I g uess I was probably wrong in the arguments with my wife.• Then Sailor Hoppe went on to philosophize:- •A fellow thinks of all the bad things he ha ■ done in his life and the good thing• he might have done, when he drifts for days and days on an o p en sea.• So there you have the picture - drifting on a shark infested sea and repenting those domestic arguments. Of course. a cynic, cold and heartless, aight say cruelly - "The more the•• sailor s a w of the sharks, the better he thought ot h is wi""e.• Anyway, the fugitive husband today announced:- "I am going back to her.• Ai, a beeutiful · sentiment and I don't want to e a r any ~1y <l ra~ any :urthe~ co~clusions on the r ·r ~ ~ rks Le+ , •~ ~~e o ~ t~. ~ r hts sub ~ '=c t _ ir1 e an , ... s .• e. • - • "- - ; 1 - .., lofty an ~ t,rn n o • to Ru f h. LTP.1942.06.12i.pdf Untitled