THE SOVIET UNION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1941, Page 6

THE SOVIET UNION

FAITH IN VICTORY. AND TN FUTURE CO-OPERATION OF NATIONS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) RUGBY, September 24. The Russian Ambassador to Britain, M. Maisky, said the war had been imposed on freedom-loving nations by Hitler and Fascism. Many countries had been violated and the destiny of humanity itself, for many decades to come, was now being decided. The Soviet Union was convinced that the task of defeating the Axis would be successfully accomplished and that, as a result of a complete and final victory, there would be a birth of international co-operation and friendship and a realisation of the ideals of freedom-loving peoples. M. Maisky declared: “That is what the people of my country are striving for —the self-determination of nations.” Recognition of the sovereignty of nations, he said, was one of the keystones on which the Soviet Union was built. He emphasised that the. independence and territorial integrity of countries would be honoured by the Soviet, which had consistently advocated these principles and condemned the aggressors for endeavouring to impose their will on other peoples. The Soviet Union was in complete agreement with the charter drawn up by President Roosevelt and Mr Churchill. The principles were important in the present circumstances and the application of them would secure most energetic support from the Government and peoples of the Soviet Union.