You and the Ministers will understand that the great struggle we
are waging here is in every case to obtain modification of the
Dumbarton Oaks draft to make it more democratic and in accordance
with our policy, publicly announced and consistently followed.

In such a struggle some conflict and straight speaking are
absolutely essential if we are to avoid being tricked or side
tracked. The results we will show at the end will, I am confident,
be a complete justification of our policy and influence. We have
not been bestowed the role of leader of any block. We have simply
followed our policy fearlessly and we have already established our
claim to be regarded as perhaps the most constructive and forward
looking nation at the Conference. This is admitted on all sides. A
typical reaction is the B.B.C. official broadcast which I am
telegraphing and which represents a conservative approach. [1] You
will readily understand that a section of Australian press which
is strongly anti-labour does not relish these developments and you
will be careful to indicate the true position whenever the
occasion arises.