在《第二次世界大战回忆录》的第六卷中温斯顿·丘吉尔先生描述了1945年7月在波茨坦时的情景,当时他从近处望着杜鲁门总统告诉斯大林关于即将在下月发生的那一伟大事件,那一西方天才的最近胜利,那一注定要深刻影响世界历史的杰作。斯大林对此仅仅表现出强于冷淡的有礼貌的兴趣和最适度的好奇,什么也没有领会到。温斯顿先生对此确信无疑,他告诉我们他对被告知的事情的重大意义毫不了解……如果他稍微知道一点国际事务中这一正在进行的革命,他的反应将是显而易见的……然而他的脸上却一直保持着轻松愉快……按照杜鲁门总统的说法,他甚至没有提一个问题。斯大林被告知的并不是一本即将出版的名叫《动物农庄》的小册子,尽管按照事件的纯粹时序,本来应该是这本书的,它在原子弹袭击广岛和长崎的同一个月出现于各个书店。但如果斯大林被告知的是这本书,他的反应无疑也会是完全一样的;也许——尽管这仍属妄测——他的反应正好是不合适的。这两桩事件同时发生在1945年8月,不过是一个随意的巧合,虽然它们都准备了差不多同样长的时间:乔 In the sixth volume of the memoir of World War II, Winston Churchill described the situation in Potsdam in July 1945 when he looked closely at President Truman’s message to Stalin about what is about to happen next month The great event, the recent victory of that Western genius, is a masterpiece destined to profoundly affect the history of the world. Stalin showed nothing more than indifferent, polite interest and modest curiosity. Mr. Winston was convinced of this, and he told us that he did not understand the great significance of what was told ... his reaction would be obvious if he had a slight knowledge of this ongoing revolution in international affairs ... However, his face has been relaxed and happy ... According to President Truman, he did not even ask a question. Stalin was told not a forthcoming booklet titled “Animal Farms,” ​​which should have been the book, according to the pure timing of events, which appeared in the same month that the atomic bombings hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki Various bookstores. But if Stalin was told of the book, his response would have undoubtedly been exactly the same; perhaps - though still false - his reaction was inappropriate. Both of these incidents occurred simultaneously in August 1945, but were a random coincidence, although they were all prepared for about the same length of time: Joe