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there is a tolerable life appointed for their peoples. Take 
      Finland, take Italy: These peoples have not all been massacred 
      and enslaved. On the contrary so far as Italy is concerned there 
      are moments when one has almost wondered whether it was they 
      who had unconditionally surrendered to us or whether we were 
      about unconditionally to surrender to them. This at least I can 
      say on behalf of the United Nations to Germany:' "If you 
      surrender now nothing that you will have to endure after the 
      war will be comparable to what you are otherwise going to suffer 
                      during the year 1945".                
 
                                                            
 
 
Peace though based on unconditional surrender will bring to 
      Germany and Japan an immense, immediate amelioration of the suffering 
      and agony, which now lies before them. We the Allies are no monsters 
      but faithful men trying to carry forward the light of the world 
      trying to raise from the bloody welter and confusion in which 
      mankind is now plunged a structure of peace of freedom of justice 
      and of law which system shall be an abiding and lasting shelter 
      for all. That is how I venture to set-before the committee today 
      the grave issue called "unconditional surrender" which 
      at Hon. Gentleman opposite referred to--as he was quite entitled 
              to do--the other day at question time.        
 
                                                            
 
 
I now come to the second of the main questions which lie before