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The article reports on the decision of the British government to cut the country's 13.1 billion U.S. dollar rearmament program as announced by Defense Minister Winston Churchill. The move elicited criticisms against Churchill, particularly from Rebel Nye Bevan who argued that rearmament would devastate Great Britain's economy. Churchill is also facing challenges posed by the growing U.S. atomic bomber base in East Anglia.

The article reports on the goodwill visit made by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to Great Britain in 1951. Adenauer was welcomed by Defense Minister Winston Churchill and he spent half an hour with King George VI. Adenauer told British Members of Parliament (MPs) at the House of Commons that Germans hate war.

The article reports on the issue regarding the possession of deadly weapons among the reporters in Rhodesia. It mentions the notable journalists that have carried weapons in covering their respective scoop including Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway. However, it denotes that carrying deadly weapons is considered as a grave offense and it violates the ethics of professionalism. Meanwhile, it elucidates the occurrence of the "Bang Gang," a group of journalists who carried pistols and other forms of deadly weapons. Furthermore, the need of journalists to carry weapons for defense is also mentioned.

The article focuses on British reporter Winston Spencer Churchill II, the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, who never felt constrained to change his name depite the complications. Accordingly, Churchill's series of articles on the Nigerian war helped focus rising British discontent over Britain's role in the fighting as arms supplier. It adds that Churchill's articles have sent Prime Minister Harold Wilson to Nigeria to personally verify the reports.