"As an outcome of the last fow ays' events, conversations have been proceeding Between the Russian Gov-Jernment and ourselves, Iam not able to reveal the full results of these conversations, but I now have it from the Soviet Ambassador that his Government hes accepted our offer to send military and economic. missions fo Russia, (cheers) to co-ordinate our efforts in' what is, beyond doubt, our common task—the defeat of Germany, "The Soviet Government has made it plain to us that the period of military collaboration which now Mes ahead will be on a mutual and reciprocal basis, The British Government accepts and endorses that view.
"This latest demonstration of German perfidy, the attack on Soviet Union, in defiance of solemn and repeated pledges, has given mankind further proof, if further proof was needed, of the world-wide score of the Nasi lust for power. Bille? has shown himself once again as a cynical traitor to -his own pledged word—peace one day and aggression the next soothing words in the winter, bombs and tanks in the spring, "No Nazi urging can now deceive the world All must realize that whatever their system of govern= ment, whatever their geographical position, the great and immediate danger to their security Is the ex-stance of the Nazi system. What ever other considerations may be In the balance, that is the greatest, "Britain haw probably fewer com. munists than any other nation in Europe (Cheers and Jaugh:
"We have always hated that eveed, but that Is not the issue, not even the Germans have seriously pretend-provocation. The Russians are fighting for their sell. They are Aghting a man who secks to domin-flo the world, That is also our sole ask, "Confronted with " the Intest aggression it is. our determination not. to relax but to intensify our efforts (Cheers)
"Napoleon once said," continued the foreign secretary, "1 have always marched with for or five' millions of men'. We march today. after Hitler's lates, act of aggression, with the opinion of hundreds of millions
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