POOR OLD JOE!
LONDON, March 15. Oeneral Anders, commander of thc I'oiisu forces in italy, lexJlymg to Mr. Htaun's stateinent, saicl: ."My oiu Ineiui Staim ooviousiy ims been lorce.x miu the roie oi a Russian liindenoerg. Li ; thougnts and words were not u.ja^ *>t : !;c oid Stalin. ' • I accept with a gram of salt ihe st'Uements attributed to hira aoout .ne. Aiter all I am not a poiitician and xiave iio i-oiitical ambitions. Stalin knows that. I told him so when we dined togf.thcr in 1911. Stalin asked me repeatedly then about my postwar pians. i replied: Eirstly to get back my. 15 hoises the Germans took from me i.nd reopen my racmg stables; secondly, to he appointed Governor-General of East i^ussi.a for a short time to solve the German problems there. '"Stalin sliouted: 'Bravo, I will back you to the limit! ' He then presehted lue with two thoroughbreds for my iutnre stables and /also bade me and my troops farewell and good luck on the eve of our departure for the Middle | East to train for the fight against | fc'a.sr ism. "I am sorry for the old man. He nas wrtainly changed."
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 March 1946, Page 5
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