It is unfortunate that given Stalin’s nature and history, this story while amusing, would also be so believable.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Jonathan Hayes <chateaustegosau...@att.net<mailto:chateaustegosau...@att.net>> wrote: Nice to know there was a happy ending! Jonathan ________________________________ From: Richard Langworth <rich...@langworth.name<mailto:rich...@langworth.name>> To: ChurchillChat <churchillchat@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 1:13 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot..." On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:55:26 AM UTC-5, Jonathan Hayes wrote: There is a totally apocryphal story that I like. Churchill woke up after a "strenuous evening" with Stalin at the Kremlin. He was horrified by his lack of memory at what went on and hurriedly dictate a memo titled "this is my recollection of what we discussed last night" and sent it over to Stalin. It came back with a cover note from Stalin: "I was drunk too. The interpreter has been shot." Jonathan, Ah, but it gets even better than that. I have this from grandson Winston (1940-2010, R.I.P.): "In 1942, as you know, my grandfather went to Moscow to tell Stalin there would be no Second Front anytime soon. The conversation left both of them infuriated. In the early 1990s, I happened to meet Mikhail Gorbachev’s interpreter. I’d always wanted to know, I asked him, whether, in Soviet circles, there’s anything to this story.... "Allegedly my grandfather, back at his embassy, never one to hold a grudge, pens a private note to Stalin: 'The hour was late, we both said things we regret,let us expunge it from the record and start again tomorrow.' And Stalin supposedly replies, 'The hour was indeed late, we both said things we regret, we shall start over, and the only witness to our conversation was the interpreter…..who has been shot.' “'That is a very amusing story,' said Mikhail Gorbachev’s interpreter…. 'But I can assure you, Mr. Churchill, my father lived a long and productive life.'” -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fchurchillchat&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05ef8e1b40904753fae408d5548b63de%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636507880001553099&sdata=CluerbBFZK09wxUCg9sCH%2FkaIMQcvKLT7YnxT2wK1m0%3D&reserved=0>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Foptout&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05ef8e1b40904753fae408d5548b63de%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636507880001553099&sdata=iPGASrJfbfStRaGb67mgN0IdSfGYPNXmNvoD%2FY%2BEtv0%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fchurchillchat&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05ef8e1b40904753fae408d5548b63de%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636507880001553099&sdata=CluerbBFZK09wxUCg9sCH%2FkaIMQcvKLT7YnxT2wK1m0%3D&reserved=0>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Foptout&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05ef8e1b40904753fae408d5548b63de%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636507880001553099&sdata=iPGASrJfbfStRaGb67mgN0IdSfGYPNXmNvoD%2FY%2BEtv0%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
