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Show RUSSIAN POLICY BEING DISCUSSED As news gradually becomes available as to the conference at Yalta, we begin to learn that the Russians abandoned to a large extent ex-tent their previous policy -of secrecy sec-recy and gave Allied military officers offi-cers exact and minor details as to what they were doing. This is interesting because one of the puzzles of -the war in the past has been the apparent disinclination disin-clination of the Soviet government to take the Allied High Command into its confidence. While General Eisenhower recently stated that at all times he possessed the information infor-mation that he needed in connection connec-tion with operations against Germany, Ger-many, it seems indisputable that the Russians Were close-mouthed as to the timing and scope of their offensives. We have not seen the matter discussed by officials but from several sources the suggestion comes that the Russians were afraid of leaks to the enemy. It has been said that the Russians trusted higher officials of the Allied Al-lied governments but found out, upon several occasions, that lesser officers had a tendency to talk too much. Another puzzle in connection with the relationship between the. Western democracies and Russia arises from the refusal of the Rus- sians to permit Allied aircraft to use Russian bases. This ban was lifted for a while but as we understand under-stand it, . has been reestablished. Moreover, the reports indicate the Russians were not anxious for the Allies to bomb certain German establishments es-tablishments which they expected to take over for their own use upon up-on the end of the war. |