UNDERSTANDING RUSSIA
"RUSSIAN security will best be served," points out "The Times,of London, "by an understanding with peoples who have themselves good pause to lo.ok to Russia for se* curity against any repetition of the grim experience of Nazi domination and whose relations with the Soviet Union are founded upon a solid basis of contentment and goodwill,. The sole interest of Russia is to assure herself that her outer -defences are in sure hands; and this interest will be best served if the lands between her frontiers and those of Germany are held by Governments and peoples friendly to herself- That is the one condition on which Russia must and will insist; Everything goes to show that she will be in a position after the war to shape the settlement on lines consistent with this conception of what her security demands. But it will make*' all the difference to the future of Anglo-Russian friendship whether these lines* have been freely approved and welcomed by Britain in advance, or whether they are grudgingly accepted as & fait accompli after the victory has been won.,"
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 23, 10 November 1944, Page 4
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