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his conviction into the certainty that the Axis must be defeated  
and that Axis strength, though great, would be conquered. This  
document also intended to fix clearly the attitude of the Vatican.  
His Holiness responded with a writtten document which both the  
Prime Minister and yourself characterized as "historic". Both  
documents were read aloud at the dinner table in Downing Street  
by the Prime Minister, in the presence of Mrs. Churchill, his  
daughter Sarah, Abassador Winant and myself, on a never to-be-  
forgotten night. All were greatly moved and reassured. Those  
           original documents are in your hands.            
 
                                                            
 
 
En route home, after meeting the Prime Minister, many Spanish  
generals and public men, I visited General Franco at Madrid  
(October 1942) displaying again our confident conviction that  
Germany would be defeated. General Franco indulged ina long  
dissertation to the effect that Russia was defeated, that German  
strength could not be overcome and that the war in the interest of the saving of huraau lives should end and a reasonable cornpro-  
raise brought about. Franco' s confidence that Russia would col-  
lapse was shaken by our demonstration of capacity to make war  
upon the Axis. It has been indicated by the American Ambassador  
at Madrid who accompanied me to seeGeneral Franco, that that  
visit marked the turning point in Franco's attitude and that he  
s shakenby the arguments we presented, displaying our purpos