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      countries both in policy and in commerce. I told our Chinese 
      friends theft it was the desire of this country the that collaboration 
      should be as close and as cordial as possible. I found that to 
      be their attitude also, and I hope, in fact I feet sure that 
      we are going to be able to make steady progress in both those 
                             spheres.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
Now, I invite the House to leave Cairo and the Far Eastern 
      conference end, if they will, to take their places with me again 
      upon the magic carpet --- in this instance the good aircraft 
      "York" --- and fly across the Dead Sea over Iraq and 
      the Persian hills to Teheran. This long journey which many, like 
      my noble friend opposite, have performed in the past, we performed 
      in the incredible sense of five-and-half hours. The Teheren conference 
      lasted four full working days and they were crowded days. we 
      had, every afternoon, a plenary session of the heads of the Governments 
      and their principal diplomatic and military advisers. All the 
      mornings were devoted to preparation and to those numerous consultations 
      which have to take place between delegations in the course of 
      any successful conference. There was a welcome absence of formality 
      about all our meetings. Both lunches and dinners served for the 
      further prosecution of business. Except, perhaps for the Prime 
      Minister's birthday celebrations, the party at these meals never 
      totaled more than eight, with the necessary addition of interpreters. 
      In this way, it is fair to say that all the waking hours end 
      many hours normally devoted to sleep, were, during these four 
      days and nights, devoted to discussions on any and every topic 
          between the leaders of these three countries.     
 
                                                            
 
 
When I came back to this House from Moscow I ventured to give 
      the House a message that I was confident that the foundation 
      had been laid for enduring collaboration between this country, 
      the United States and the Soviet Union. I am many time more confident 
      of this today. The work of Te %heran began just where the work 
      of Moscow left off, but the Teheran conference, being a conference 
      of leaders, carries a still more stirring message to the world. 
      I would like to quote just extract about the conference from 
      the Soviet. It expresses exactly my own feelings as the end of 
      this conference. They say this: