and scowling, now we could say to stalin, if you insist on doing this, we can blot out stalingrad, krakow and now where are the russians? three days after that diary entry, 23 july, churchill is not the prime minister anymore. the next days, the atomic bombs are visited on japan. churchill did not have time to factor this new atomic power into his russia policy, his soviet policy. but we have a good idea of his thinking. for example he, on august 7, the day after hiroshima, he had lunch with this man. he wrote this, churchill is of the opinion that it was -- with the manufacture of this bomb in their hands, america can dominate the world for the next five years. he is of the opinion that he could have persuaded the american government to use this power to restrain the russians. churchill starts talking about a showdown, that is the word he uses. uses it repeatedly, showdown. a nuclear themed showdown. a head-to-head with stalin, where stalin is told, send the red army out, abide by wartime agreements, or else. dot, dot, dot. a nuclear infused showdown. in early 1950, this was churchill's