3: In Retrospect
Harold Macmillan, as Churchill's political adviser, was involved in one of the most controversial decisions of World War H.
Following the surrender of the Germans in May 1945, the Allies were responsible for the fate of some 40,000 Cossacks and White
Russians, including wives and children, who had supported the Germans against the Russians.
'To hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery, torture and probably death',
Harold Macmillan recorded at the time, as revealed by his recently published War Diaries. But they were handed over to Stalin's army and many were shot. In conversations with Ludovic Kennedy , Lord
Stockton, now in his 91st year, talks for the first time about why the decision was made and his feelings in retrospect.
Editor ELWYN PARRY JONES Producer NICK WELLS