"„Im Kriege“, bemerkte ich, „ist die Wahrheit so kostbar, daß sie nie anders als mit einer Leibwache von Lügen auftreten sollte“. Stalin und seine Mitarbeiter fanden an dem Bonmot, als es übersetzt wurde, großes Gefallen. So endete die offizielle Sitzung in heiterer Tonart."
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W. Churchill «Der Zweite Weltkrieg» 5. Buch. Bd. II «Von Teheran bis Rom» S. 75. nach Udo Walendy: Wahrheit für Deutschland. Vlotho 1965, 2. Auflage, S. 61 archive.org
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Winston Churchill
1874 – 1965
britischer Politiker
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