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“Up to you. Up to you,” said Winston. “Whatever you say. Whatever you say in this field goes.”

I said to the President, “You see, Mr. Churchill is ready to say he'll back it if you want it.”

“Well, I think it's a good idea--what do you say? I think it's a good idea, don't you, Winston?”

“All right. If you want it, it's good.” “Well, don't you think it's a good idea?” “Oh, yes. Yes.”

I said, “Well, what shall I do now? Shall I say--?” We were moving along now, you see. We were already upstairs, out of the elevator. The chair was being pushed along into the big upper hall where the movies were shown. I said, “Now, all I want is an assurance that I may say to all hands, and be supported in this, that the President and the Prime Minister have promised me that this will be on the agenda and that this is the position that we will both take.”

“Well, all right. I think that's all right--don't you, Winston?”

“Yes.”

“Well--I'll say that, then?”

They both nodded, and that was that. That's the way it went. Then the President was wheeled into the hall





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