Russians praise U.S. invaders
With the U.S. Army in Normandy, France (UP) – (July 14, delayed)
A Russian general and two colonels, making the first Soviet visit to the American beachhead, said today that they were “pleased and impressed” and that the Americans were now in position where they can open up and go places.
The Russians were taken to the prisoner cages, where their eyes lighted when they looked upon the throngs of imprisoned Nazis.
They thought most of them a puny lot and one of the officers remarked: “All of the big Germans are already under the soil of Russia.”
The general was impressed by American air superiority. “In Russia,” he said, “we could not have our camps above ground as you Americans do here.”
His only criticism of U.S. methods was that we weren’t secretive enough. He said too many people had access to the situation maps at various headquarters.