MR. CHURCHILL HOME

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 281, 26 August 1942, Page 5

MR. CHURCHILL HOME

Historic Journey Ends (British Official Wireleoß.i RUGBY, August 25. The news of Mr. Churchill’s, safe arlval home tonight after his historic journey to Moscow and Cairo has been received with deep satisfaction. Mr, Churchill was accompanied by President Roosevelt’s representative, Mr. Harriman, and also the chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Alexander Cadogan, of .the Foreign Office, and his personal physician, Sir Charles Wilson. The party greeting him included Mrs. Churchill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff, Major Randolph Churchill, and Air Commodore E. J. Klngston-McLoughry, D.iS.O., D.F.C. and bar, air officer commanding the Ferry Command group which provided the Liberator bomber for Mr. Churchill’s journey. When the Liberator was coming over the Ferry Command aerodrome the moon was rising on a cloudy sky and the flare path was lighted. As the Liberator did the first circuit of the aerodrome, the party walked over to watch the escort of Spitfires flying overhead. Though it was dusk, the Spitfires in thick formation were clearly silhouetted against a canopy of clouds. Captain van der Kloot, the first pilot, brought the huge fourengined Liberator in to a perfect landing. Mr. Churchill, who looked extremely well and not in the slightest degree tired, was dressed iu an air commodore’s uniform. He embraced Mrs. Churchill in an affectionate return of her welcome and then met the rest of the party. Within a few minutes he was driven to the special train waiting for him near the aerodrome and was soon en route to London. SECOND VISIT TO MIDDLE EAST LONDON, August 25. It can now be revealed that Mr Churchill spent a considerable time in th« Middle East after seeing M. Stalin in Moscow, as well as before. Mr. Churchill visited Persia on each journey. In Cairo his visitors included generals and diplomats from many countries. The main object, of Mr. Churchill's visits was to see the troops. On the first occasion they were mostly Dominion troops, and on ’he second mostly British.