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much too easy for them to put a stop to the whole
undertaking if they disapproved of the project.
When I arrived in Berlin the Yalta Conference
had just ended, and according to the communiqué
issued by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin the
Allies were now going to co-ordinate their forces
and launch a simultaneous attack on Germany
from east, west, north, and south. The Russians
had already obtained a foothold on Reich
territory, and in the west the British and Americans
were preparing their great Rhine offensive. But
though the Third Reich was beginning to
crumble, the Germans continued their policy of
terror in the occupied territories. Between
February 8th and 10th no fewer than thirty-four
patriots had been murdered by the Germans in
Norway. Events were rushing with increasing speed
toward the last great crisis, when anything might
happen.
Berlin seemed war-weary. The people looked
fairly well fed, and though there were long queues
outside food shops, in the end customers
apparently got what they wanted. There was no real
shortage of food, but people gave the impression
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