-2-  #4294, August 1,  10 p.m., from London
 
thirds always having been pinned down on the western front. For the second year in succession,
he continued, Russia is compelled to take on at least eighty percent of German striking power. At
the same time she is bound to keep large forces in other parts of the country. 
     The Ambassador said that Germany now controls over three hundred million people,
including those in countries allied to her and in satellite states. Of these, he said, she can draw on
150 million for her military forces.
         "The Soviet Union is fighting an aggregate power much more formidable than that of the
Kaiser's old Empire".
            So far, he went on, the Allies have lacked a unified strategy. Each ally has its own strategy
which often fails to coincide with that of its partners.  As a result it has never been possible to
secure synchronized action of all the Allies against the common enemy. Yet the enemy, he
remarked, has been able to attack the Allies one by one.  
     "The Russians regard as dangerous complacency, he said, the view that the Allies with a
preponderance in population, territory, national wealth and industrial resources, assure final
victory.