Wednesday, 22 September

The Canadian Minister, Wilgress, came and said he was very worried about the Soviet-British relationship. He said that for the last 3 weeks it had been even worse.  Also public opinion in Britain and the United States had gradually soured. If Germany evacuated its armies from Soviet territory, then the Soviet Union wouldn’t try its best to attack Germany. Then the Germans would be able to use its full force to push West to fight Britain and the United States, and this would greatly reverse the war and its future would be very gloomy. As to the second war zone, Ambassador Kerr told him, when Molotov was in the United States, President Roosevelt only said that they had prepared to open a second war zone in 1942 and they did not promise to open North Africa. After Roosevelt and Churchill’s conference, they promised military action nine months later, and this was explicitly in Italy. So, in this sense, Roosevelt and Churchill did not go back on their words. The Soviet newspapers said for Britain and the United States it was not convenient to openly refute this. Minister Wilgress has long been sympathetic to the Soviet Union, so he was very anxious. I was also deeply worried about this.

The British Government publicised Hitler’s proposal brought by Hess. From this one can see Hitler’s dictatorial mentality and how self-centred he is. He is such a rare fool in the world.