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the
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undercuarent
instance.
IN EUROPE
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
Own Story Of The War In Europe
was
ሃና
time. You adur the agreement and I assure you on my honour as a soldier that I will do every- Using humanly possible to seo that the general arrangements
out T between us are enrrled The en-operative basks that my ravernments intend, just ma' wo are doing in North Africa. As long as I am kept in my present position by my two governments you may be certain that the spirit of our agreement will never be violated by the Allies,"
thu
North
flank
Tripoll In Tunisia, and West Libyn, from which to sup- port Rommel. Every advance by
Allies from elther would tend to squeeze the Axis channel of supplies and with can- tinuation of this process eventual strangulation would result,
This arrangement was of course froast to wo whony anerent hud antleigated, back in London. But it was not only with respect 10 personniities and their in- that our 24354ence in North Africa
macalcuated, enters & General Omce 32312 overinents had
that 110 beneved They
the (tour lines)
Frech population in the region was bitteris resentful of Vichy-
ection was Pierre Bolsson, an old paganda was constantly charging Nazi domaation muut wound Lager-
denvere any soldier who had lost a leg and his iam ant Hila government with Mobrace
succe.ded hearing the Arst World War every khud of crime and was Alli
Jurve CLOblisting itself in the country, and who was obviously honest causing him trouble with the na-
The first Geanan bombing cl
Without another word be walk- in his hatred of everything Gerivs. He snkl the British Gov-
ed over to my desk atul, while gicis-and there were maky-man, He had a fanaticul devotion|ernment should order this stop- proves the fallacy of this assump to France and conceived his single pet immediately. Similar points the chatter was still going on in
be the preservation of Juty 10
seose, none of which was speel-other parts of the rooms, sat down uen. Of course there were many
West Africa for the enlly covered in the document to and afixed his name to the p.r.ots, and after the Tunisian French
As soon as he had assured their nun- French Empire. He had earlier be signed, Admiral Darlan ani agreement, story was
the early in the war driven off free the other French officials were pre-signed I said to him: "Governor, ROSE- To Dorothy, wife of Ana
ber increased, but in R. Rose F.R.C.S. of Methodist ays of touch and go and nightly shores of Dakar an attempted in sent, as were Mr. Murphy at when enn our planes start using
ut vasion
British nrıd by Thospital, Fatih, on Novem
Free additional members of my staff. The airfeld at Dakar?" He look- unting
As the conversations progressed daughter, seatuncit constantly transmitted French forces and annoureet that 26, 1948, bet
to me was, "why did you bring te would fight anyone who might the participants grew excited and Alison Ann.
We were autis- challenge bis sphere of
of respon the French seemed all to be talk- However, with the in- hed belure you came to get us bally.
hg at once. Finally I took Gov- li kiled,"
In his final dispatch,vasion of Southern France by the rnor Boisson, who could under- HOPE FOR CHINA?widten after the completion of Germans, he announced himself stand some English, to a corner
Lake The campaign. General Anderson renly to
military orders, to talk to him personally, from me, through Admiral Dar- substance of what I sold was: A stir has already been this to say about the early
Fan, but from no one else.
"Governan, there akt.tude of the inhabitants:
no pos- enused in the United States
Many nyors, station and
Because Dator
not then sibility that I can tell you in de-
what
the within the territorial Brits of my tall exactly
British by Madame Chiang Kai-pist-nasters and other key off-
rls with whom we had dealing thentre, where I was busy enough Government will do, just as problem as it then existed. Only communications in shek's expected arrival
with my own problems of Gght-canot tell you in detail what the advanced (tor Washington tomorrow. Twuju
the evil terephone was, at first. Jag a campaign, and also because American Government will lo. radio campaigns—one by a
pond in this I can say with confti- | ng that means of communicating the press of both Britain station and another by a re- with ny forward units and with America was seriously disturberences my two governments have ligious organisation have Abed Force Headquarters) were by the military arrangements directed me to make an agree
the public fukewiran na their sympathies and had made with Daskin, remind-ment with you on the general begun to arouse
tu commit themselves, el
basis tha French West Africn Is regarding
se my superiors that had no further
to
peny while a few were hos responsibility to secure Boisson's lu join with North Mrles in the China, with a view to exert
iran safety generullse by allerence to the general empitum war against the Axis. They have Ing pressure on President and saying that at first, in the Ariny latim mud would take no part Jated that they would not h
were hesitantly it the senior officers
iles orttered. Congress.
del report | terfere in the focal goveramenta" | and afrnd to gremmit themselves, to them, however, that { could
They Money, munitions and food-
will expect were muinyave Dakar for the asking, stark
arrangements, officers the Junior stuffs may indiced be allocated
the co-operation from you that of alding the Alles reported to them what Boisson they in favour
would from
other to Nanking, but experienced the 771 1
orders; sail. My return trilers were friendly region, and this will the would obey jubservers agree that such help amongst the people, the Arabs speedily received: they were to volve the prompt release of arty}
were indifferent or inclined to be the effect that I was to proesnt or que citizen who may is only a stopgap; that it can
tesand seruchut the West African interned is your aren. They wili Jonly slow down the inevitable pestle, the French were in our favour but apathetic, the civi
region for the taxes of the Allies retreat Southward. Few, how- authorities were antagonist e as 3.
whatever pro® attempt to stop fever, have dared voice what white. The resulting impression exactly as I had the North Afri-paganida may be directed against
you and your regime and the
would be expedited. Tappears to be the only soit-on my mind was not one of much
thail 11:6 My drekave.
unquestionably with wil conference
Our main strategic purpose tion that American comman-
confidence as to the safely of my
good offices to get other casup-
was, therefore, The Governe Borsim verged on the
speedy enp- small bulated fores should 1 suf-
Prating organisations, includin There were mang in-
This ders and staffs must be sent
dramativ. fer a severe setback.
the Free French farers und
ture of Northern Tunisia. guided every move we made- to control Nationalist opera- This was a far cry from the pita varindis to be settled. Then
West Africa wen General de Gnutte, Hikewise to
ilitary
economie, the interp! bi that
political. hupe tions and distribute material | governmental
However, would, numbres of British saturs who crase such practiers, avid. Behind these there people of North Africa
upon our entry, blaze into spon- bar been tanried there from ships they obviously cannet give Gen- OF THE NORTH AFRICAN in-Through success and disappoint- mainment, through every incident and seize the should be a nucleus of U.S.
Theerai de Gaulle orders in this at- the war.
ས་་ ་ taneous revolt against control by sunk Darlier in
between Casablanca and retent, through every
meulty ports We troops and air forces. To those | Nad-deminated Vichy!
Defish insistest spon instant refer
wait to a routes through your area utot we
Algiers, denying their use to the that habitually dogs the Inotsteps the neld, this who declare that such a move Thrones Darlan's assumption of louse of these men, while, as
constantly would be regarded by Russia the French administration post in enunter-demand, Boisson sister want you on my siele, und wo Axis as hases for submarines, and of soldiers in
French North Airca and his influence in that Frer
pra- want these things quickly from them to operate Eastward single objective was as an act of war, one can only
Africa, thes great pagundi French West
PAN bordering would take weeks to get every toward the British desert forces, held before all eyes, in the cet- The successful action of the first tainty that 1's attainment would point to Andrican military centre of Dakur soon fell to All-upon West Africa should cone of these little sletails round
cannot waste the few days assured attainment of constitute the end of the Axis in aidi to (irecce, which has | ed hrunds. The governor of that ene He said that this pro- out, and we
Africa. the minimum object and we in-
The Arst move was made in elicited no more than protests
mediately turned all our atten-
in the United Nations. Th bitter fact is that failure to do this will almost certainly mean Communist domination of the entire Far East,
were
It is all too easy to see from recent events what is bound to happen in the future. Ac- cording to reports, in Febru ary 1947 the Nationalists had 300 divisions. or almost 5.000.000 men, of which 39 divisions
American equipped. They also had R considerable air force, which has lamentably failed to make its power felt. At the sami time the Communists had an estimated 500,000 men, main- ly equipped with Japanese arms. They were weak in artillery and armour, and they had-and still have-no air force worthy of the namu How, then did they manage to reverse the military gitun- tion and effect such vast rains? They seized the initin- tive and held it, were audaci- ous to a degree, and pursued an unfaltering strategy of of- fence.
|
hesitant
from
DON IDDON'S DIARY
ang
now f
The use
Truman: The Wonder Man
to
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Other
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Route, One carries the load
of
and
This week from --a-motor-trip to find.
out what people outside New York are thinking
is ac-
the es at me and instantly replied in French. "But now." In his fur- ther remarks Bolsson emphasiéqu | the importance he placed an my plotge as n soldier to avoid un-
The air power of the Axis in necessary disturbances of Frenel institutions in West Afrion and to
Sietly, Pantelleria, and Southern assist in the task of reorganising Italy was still so strong as to pre-
French miny to participate in
Allied clude the possibility of It was easy the war on our side,
naval advance into that region: the over-simplify
French final success in cutting the Axis would demand and persistence patience
coull fund
with advance.
continuous bring us valuable and, eventually, build-up of forward air bases and demigratic alles. On the othe
nir power. band, violence and cliseegorel of By far the most important of the sense of humiliation felt by the African ports then available the French would have produced
to the Ay were Blzerte undi nothing but disened and far Tunis, with the secondary ones charge that we were Nazis.
of Stax and Gabes lying farther Therefore, because of the power to the Southward. Tripoli Hacif,
our own arms and the accept- while n
good enough port, re- aner of a temporary French ad- ministration in North Africi, squirrel Axis vessels to pass al- where the British nie forces were ghung in the entire area, West most wider the guns of Malia, of Algiers Inclusive, had crase growing sumclently strong fo in- by November 12.
In the Eastern sector. Tunisia
it was different.
Chapter 7.
WINTER IN ALGIERS
THE MINIMUM · OBJECTIVE
was to
143;
severe loss, Obylously, I the ports of Tis and Bizerte coutil he taken quickly further reinforcements of the Axis armies in Africa would be almost im-
Anch their posite
destruction
were
03
tion to the greater mission assign-mid-November while we ed us of co-operating with Gen-still in Algiers urging Darlon to eral Sir Harold R. L. C. Alexan-order the French to cease fight- der's forers,
then 1,200 miles ing our troops and to co-operate Us. General Anderson's away at the opposite end of the with Mediterranean. Between us, we British First Army had been or- would destroy all Axis forces in ganised for the specific purpose North Africa and reopen the sea
of undertaking the campaign to for the use
the Eastward, using Algiers os an of Allied shipping. On October 23, in Egypt, Gen-initial base. He was directed to
the operation eral Alexander had launched the proceed with British Eighth Army, under Gen planned, and to exert every ef- cral Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, with
fort to capture Bizerte and Tunis in an assault on the enemy lines!
the least possible delay. han However, he was beset with very less than in Amerlat El Alamein, and in thing unprecedented
In great dificulties. weeks the enemy was can history-he will get i
If there
anti-British headlong fight to the Westward, 13 ny feeling left, I did not come across hotly pursued by the victorious all weakness of his furce. Lack shipping had prevented us Obviously, if we could of it in Trenton, Elizabeth, Jersey Dritish. City Philadelphia, Baltimore, or push forward to the Axis line of from bringing along the strength Washington, which I left yester communications we could assure that could have solved the pro- that the brilliant tactical victory
blem
quickly and expeditiously. The capital, which is really an of the Eighth Army would result Consequently General Anderson's plana had to be based upon speed and West. in even greater strategie gain. enormous Whitehall
upon minster, is, of course, talking
British air and sea forces based and boldness rather than
numbers. politics. It is acutely conscious on Egypt and Malte denied the
The second difficulty was our of its lack of cauiidence in Tru- Axis any practicable and de- man's ability to continue to pendable line of communications great shortage in motor equip- maintain residence there, and is crossing the Mediterranean East ment, which was rendered all the trying to make amends,
day.
Another tour
Incidentally,
cepted as inevitable, proper, and nes
screamed the American head-
something of an honour.
lines-has topped the fever chart. haven't seen American women so flustered and frantic
two
The first of these was the over-
PLYMOUTH GIN
which matters-food and fuck in him is limitless and touching
milk plg-irno,
more serious because of the very und It the President cared to climb
of Tripoli. steel and Rasoline, canned goods and vege-into a plane to go to see Stalin
Our own position, occupying poor quality of the single-line Inbies.
to try to bring about a settlement
French
of railway running Eastward from North Africa West All day and every night tre- the people would cheer.
Bune, imposed a Western limit Algiers to Tunis, a distanco as mendous, trucks, trailers,
There's much more peace talk lorries thunder over its uneven at the drug-store counters, In the
our new Am-upon the sea areas that the Axis great us from New York to Cleve- bassador, Sir Oliver Franks, is could use. Thus there were avail- land. and grills and grocery surface. It vibrates and groans bars
To Be Continued with the unending trafic.
I've been driving along Route election.
stores than there was before the doing exceedingly well there. He able to Hitler and Mussolini only tells me he plans. a tour of the the ports lying between Bone int various States. I hope he en- One for the past few days with
I've found almost no Isolation-joys it as much as I am enjoying They set out to destroy the accusional side-trips to neigh-
Ist feeling wherever I've been. minc. railway and road systems. bouring towns, making a quick There isn't even mild debate any
New
The rest of the round-up is: together with the industrial sweep through the States of
more about whether the Uniter!
ilmited nia, Maryland.
by Jersey
spacc Excitement notential of every town which and Virginia. The idea is to find into world affairs. This
Pennsylvania,
States should thrust itself deep over the royal birth"It's a boy" fell into their hands and the out what the people are thinking output of every mine, and saying outside New York.
pollsters After the debocle create the economic ruin and misery which are their desir- and columnists in the election it seemed worth while to get back ed media.
to the fundamentals of reporting, The Nationalists
ware which are going out and seeing forced to defence and dis-
for
asking your yourself,
own wrangle persal on a vast scale. On questions, and drawing your own! Marshall Plan, the long tusseles us.
which Roosevelt had to engage | Latest fashion edict for their rare offensives they conclusions.
The people, still
It's your duty to be a, wearing an in to swing Lend-Lease and all women: moved at an objective at a
awake. snail's pace, averaging per- ecstatic grin over Mr. Truman's aid short of war, will not occur beauty asleep as well.
They say the best way to hold victory, are very much preoccu-again. If President Truman asia
nf Lend-Lease a woman is often. haps two miles a day against pied
a renewal thelr own "uffairs, for
Footnote: America, rejoicing the Communists' 20. Natural- which is true of any people any-from his new Congress, he will
get it. The people support it, over the royal birth, prays that ly they have achieved in the where.
If President Truman calls for the Prince will be crowned with
Indeed, the enemy claims to have inflicted a monthly loss nf 60.000 to 80,000 on the Nationalists, attributable mainly to desertion.
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Even the holding of South Ching for any length of time Is a doubtful matter. There have been peasant risings al- ready in a number of pro- vinces below the Yangtse, and Communist guerillas are Active almost
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They are not thinking about
No more wrangles about any British event since and the wedding of Elizabeth you this: The Philip. It is tangible evidence of
the of American preceded
affection towards
I can tell
which
the plight of China, they are not a North Atlantic Alliance-some-peace. thinking much about the trouble in Europe, they spare hardly a thought for the United Nations. They are thinking about the 75- rent chap, the 15-cent glass of
her, the 20-dollar-a-week rent.
In short, about inflation.
The wonder man
will
Truman doesn't Harry tackle
that successfully and reduce the cost of living the everywhere his mummoth popularity
vanish as quickly as it came.
Truman currently is a wonder man, and the faith of the people)
What with inflation, food riots and a corrunt administration. South China cannot be re- parded as a firm Nationalist hase, Meanwhile, too. the and demands if not des Reds are free to exploit theperate measures, at least, bold mineral and agricultural ones. Madame Chiang's visit wealth of Manchuria at their will therefore be watched by leisure, not to mention the the world, and the Far East con of the North.
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