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'THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948.
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was
At my request le had
.
Own Story Of The War In Europe
problems there. shall did not agree.
message, asking me to a color- ence on my way to the United States. I joined him at that place on the afternoon of December
31.
At this time the Anzlo operu. tion had been definitely agreed upon and the Prime Minister was. with his habifical energy and in spite of the serious treat to his
sively to the task of unearthing every possible resource in order to strengthens the attack and to launch it at the earliest moment. He hoped it would immediately result in the overrunning of Iinly. although I continued to volee doubts of such an optimistic out- come. The Prime Minister made the personal request that I ullow General Smith to remain in the Mediterranean as chief of staff, but to this I could not agree. The relationship between a com- mander and his chief of staff is very individual thing. That relationship differs with every soon." commander and General Smith so completely that ! suited me felt it would be unwise to break
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come to Afrien la February 1043 as a mujor general to asaini me In a role that we called "Eyes
Ite nel cars,"
was nuthorised and expected to 10 where unel Reporters & General Office 12312 when he pleased in the American,
zone observe and report to me on
General Mar-¡ of the assault. I Inforinet Mont-health, devoting himself inten- nything he felt worthy of my
He advisedonery, moreover, that in addi- attention. He was especially suited nie to "allow someone else to run fion to being disturbed by the to act in such an intimate capa- the war for twenty minutes," and constricted enture of the proposed city, not only by reason of our
conte on to Washington. Strlet-
let monocuvre, I was also concerned long friendship, but because of ly speaking. my commanders because the outilne I had seen his ability and reputation up a were the Combined Chiefs of falled to provide effectively for painstaking, and brendly Staff but, realising General Mar- the quick capture of Cherbourg, H.K.$72.00cc soldier. Soon after his shall's earnestness in the matter, I was convinced that the plan, arrival in Africa he was assigned I quickly cleared the point with unless it had been changed since BR deputy commander in the the Britist side of the house and I had seen it, did not emphasise
As I left the President I suld. U. S. II Corps, then fighting in made ready to leave for the Unii-sufficiently the
"I sincerely trust that you will the Tebessa area.
carly need for He was pro-ed States. After
quickly recover from your indi wack I plan- major ports mud for rapid build- moter to cammond this corps on
position." ned to return briefly to Afrien to
He quickly replied, 10 up.
"Oh, I have not felt better in MARS MARCHES ON April 16, 1943, and demonstrated complete the details of turning real capacity for leadership. H.
ycara. I directed him therefore to act, over the American command to
I'm in bed only because keen judge of
the doctors 'men and
are afraid I might War has broken out again their capabilities knd was ab- Reneral Devers, who had not yet pending my arrival in London, as
huve u volapse I get up too arrived from London. All this Ry representative in analysing in the troubled Far East, sohitely fair and just in his deal-
would consime time, the most and revising the ground plan for
1 never saw him again, with the Netherlands' light-ings with them.
Added to this precious element of all,
the bench ussnult with specia}} he was emotionally stable and
During my short stay in the ning occupation of the In-
reference to the points on which possessed a grasp of large issues
United States I had a treasured To provide guidance to the staff was uneasy. I told him that he up the combination just as we opportunity of going with my donesian capital and the cap-
that clearly marked him for high
in London pending my arrival, I could communicate with me in were on the eve of the war's wife to ree our son al West ture of Republican leaders. offlee.
I looked forward in re- thought it necessary to send there stantly and easily in Washington, greatest venture, newal of our close association la
Moreover, Point
}
Later I made a hunty Censure in the United Na-
ROMCONC who was acquainted gave these views also to my felt that General Wilson wouht trip to see my mother and bro- with my general dicas. Fortun- chief tions is inevitable, although the cross-Channel operation.
of staff, General Staith, who have his own Ideas about such an thers of our familles, all gather- colonial powers other
I foresaw some possibility of lely General Montgomery wasi was to proceed to London as soon important member of his Medi-ed for the ocension in the town
successor was familar
terranean team and would be re- understand the
et Manhattan, Kansas, diMculties friction ti advancing Bradley to available to leave for England at as his
He came to my headquar- with the nature of the intricate sentful if someone were forced family visits were a rejuvenating American
ence. ground with which Holland was inc. the highest
ters for
conference and I told staff work of the Mediterranean on him from the outside, even by experience-until then I had not command in Overlord · because
some weeks carller 1 headquarters,
the head of his own government fully realised how far war tends ed.
was also planning to use Pattos in that
The Prime Minister was obvious to carry The Dutch case is that then that operation, provided he seen a sketchy outline of the
its participants awny proposed attack across the Chan- While I was taking care of these by Il and badly run down, but from the interests, objectives, Indonesians consistently vio- concurred in
the new arrange nel, brought to my office by Bri- details in Italy and in Algiers. he was so interested in the Anzio and concerns of normal life. lated the truce, that no peace-
reversal of the relative positions gater General William E. Cham- the Prime Minister had become venture that the conference lasted ment. ful solution has proved pos- the two men had held in the nuc-
bera of the American Army,,
seriously at Tunis. He had be- until inte in the evening.
Of
course my temporary re- sible, and that recovery of essful Sicilian campaign, Both Was doubtful about the adequacy covered sumciently by the year's
moval from the preoccupations tactical plan e of the
because end to proceed as far 09 Mar- २०६ friends country cannot begin were the
We left Marrakech about 4:45 of war, was far from complete. arrived periodically that euch would loyally neception front with a total of onl; remain for several weeks in re- following morning. The trip was questions
epttack on a relatively narrow, three tors decided he would have to
in Washington at 1.00 am. the from London, posing most serious any assigned duty. was hope-
and in certain ful, however, that Patton, who live divisions afloat at the instant cuperation. He sent me an urgent without incident except that a stances asking me to make final nervous battery of Portuguese determinations before I person- anti-aircraft artillery tossed few ineffective shots in our direc-with all the factors in the pro-
to find that Montgomery, was definitely working on a plan for
assault Upon arrival In the United a five-division
front. States I met with the War De- with Lwo follow-up divisions partment staff and later with the adoat, and this knowledge kept President, Mr. Roosevelt
me from worrying too much un- temporarily ill with influenza but t I could reach the United
quite
cheerful and kept Kingdom.
and Kep! more that an hour as we discussed a hun-easiness developed in the British In the meantime a certain un- dred details of past and future
can
which would involve
my Intimate
#
until Republican territory is many years' standing and I knew contemplated an amphibious at- rakech, Morocco, where the doc.m. on New Year's Day, arriving Telegrams
cleared of terrorist gangs. Although they maintain that the Indonesian government has proved incapable of keeping order in its territory
to co-
of a new
heartedly support the plan I had
thot' the
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CANTONESE BY RADIO
for certain types of "netton" WI The outstanding soldier our coun- try has produced, would whole-
there is every wish
In mind.
I had a frank talk with operate with the Republicans him and was gratified to find that
he thoroughly agreed in the formation
role for which he personally was regime.
leally
sulted, was that of ELIT This is all very well for
army commander. At that internal consumption in Holment he wanted no higher post. land, and there is no doubt With these two able and experi- enced omvers available for the that administrators and mili-
cross-Channel operation, I fore- tary commanders sent from
sw little immediate need in the The Hague were finding the
same organisation for Lieutenant Vocabulary: --- work of rehabilitation of General Jacob L. Devers, then these exceedingly rich pro-commanding United States forces 36. (leung) leung
the United Kingdom. He had vinces
with fraught
the
a reputation as a very head-37. (ngan),ngun munistrator. In Africa gravest difficulties. To aus-
these 38. (ts'in) tseen". the qualifications would be vastly terity-ridden Holland, miserably low rate of produc-important, whereas his lack of battle experience would not be tivity of the formerly fruit-
critical because the American ful East Indies has since tactical operations in Italy would 40. 1945 been, a source of irrita- be under General Clark, com-
manding the U. 5, Fifth Army, 41. tion and despair. There has, with these views the War De however, been something partment agreed.
42. General and Devers was ordered to the Medi- terraneon theatre to serve as the senior American officer in that region.
more.
ware
to
he
the
grand
39.
(iu) yeeoo (seung) seung? (maai) maaye (chung) jung1
A useful phrase:- (3) Seen' shaang', Phrases:-
BY S K. LEE
Lesson 6.
A. Leung gaw" ngun tseen"
(or) Leung mun'.
B. Yeeoo iseen2
Yeeoo manye Seung,maaye
Conversation:---
I also desired to take General develop-Spaatz to England. By agree
ment renched in Calro the Ameri- can strategic bombers in Mediterranean and in England
De combined under Spaatz's single operational com- mand, a circumstance that made more than ever necessary that he should be in the United King tom, where the principal effort was to be mounted. This arranged by bringing Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker from the United Kingdom to the Mediter- raneun to serve as the air com- mander in chief in that theatre. B. Been' gaws ah"? In the United Kingdom, Eaker's post as commander of the U.S. A. ‚Tseen seen1 shaang'. Eighth Air Force was given to
Nay geen m geen kui General Doolittle,
the In the post-war era, Continental powers, for years occupied by the Germans, seem little to have realised the fundamental ments since 1939. Not be cause of its economic and but be- military weakness, cause of its experience in reading the international Britain slens of the terms, has in the past three years granted self rule and inde- pendence to vast areas of its former empire, and in spite of American newspaper com- ment, has strengthened its position by so doing. The most outstanding example the Indian sub-continent- has welcomed freely more businessmen, engineers, etc., than were ever seen in the heyday of the British Raj. The class-conscious civil ser- vant has gone, but even he has been missed, for his offi- clency is now recognised. The other European colonis- ers do not, however, seem to have learned the lessori.
The Belgian Congo was unaffected by Japanese pro- paganda, but in spite of de veloping world trends, that vast, prolific tropic belt is ruled by the iron hand of
was
A. You,yun, lai geen”
nay..
ah*?
,shun.
While engaged in all of these detalls and counting on gelting C. Seen' shaang1 dzoh* away to England about the tenth of January, I received a Christ- mas telegram from General Mar- shull. He urged me to come im- B. Dzoh2,shun. mediately to Washington for short conferences with him
and the President and for a brief
bren
new
A couple. Two.
Silver. Money: currenc
Money.
(Original tone-1st low) Coin:
cash, A surname.
Want. Need. Require. Must,
Wish, Desire. Want (to), Think
about.
To buy.
-
A clock. A bell.
Mr. Sir. Teucher.
Two dollars.
Wunt money.
Must buy.
Want to buy.
Some one came to see you.
Who is it?
Mr. Tseen.
Will you see him?
Good morning, sir.
Good morlog.
I want money. *-
What do you want money for?,
I want to buy a clock.
Nay yeeoo meel,yeh ah? What do you want? C: Ngaw yeeoo tscen2. ther before undertaking the B. Nay yeeoo tseen2, dzoh assignment. I protested, on ground that time was vital and that, moreover, I could accom- plish little by a visit to Washing- ton until I had been in Lendon at least long enough to familiarise myself with the essentials of the
19th century, imperialism, while at the same time offer- The French continue to keeping them the protection of | North Africa at heel by mili- Commonwealth defence and tary force, but have waged the umbrella of the sterling fruitless war for years in area. Indo-China. The Dutch have poured, millions of guilders into earlier Indonesian fight ing, and now have an estim- ated 130.000 troops there under arms,
meet *yeh? C.Ngaw.seungmaaye,
gaw' jung1.
B.
Ngaw moh tseen?.
C. Dzoy" geen".
DO YOU KNOW
YOUR HONG KONG?
No small European nation which has risen to greatness" and prosperity by means of its colonial empire likes to "give up" its territories. But times change, and with them Not to be fair that the concepts and even actuailles. British withdrawals have left A mammanimous Dutch with- peace and plenty in their drawal from Indonesia, with wake, as judge by the tactful agreements on both slaughter and mass migra sides, would free Amsterdam the picture was tions between India and and The Hague from a crush- taken? The an Pakistan, the chaos in ing-military drain and prob- swer in In, Page. Burma, and the terrorism Inably add more to Dutch well- | Beven, Malaya.But the will has being than any outmoded been there to allow "back conquest. And world opinion. ward"--peoples to achieve is not to be ignored their own nims, If that was days, especially with Benelux the general, insistent demand, and Western Union at stake.
theseTM
1-
Can you dognier where
I have no money.
Good-bye (See you again).
These
lly could famillaries myself
tion as we passed along the edge ble
blem. However, I was pleased
of one of the Azores Islands.
seemed me at his beside for
Was
was
of all
the
operations, As always he amazed Government over the prevailing me with his intimate knowledge command situation in the Medi- of world geography. The
terranean. As long as I mosi
in command obscure places in faraway coun- nominally
way trics were always accurately forces in that region there was placed on his mental map. He luck of decisivencas in took occasion to brief me on his preparatory work for the Anzio to post-hostilities occupational plans attack, an attack which was for Germany. He definitely be executed after my own con- wanted the North West section as should be terminated. 1, learn- nection with the Mediterranean the United States area but listened attentively as I voiced my objec ed that tion to dividing Germany Inte
bear would "national sectors." I admitted all felt some
Making the difficulties of true joint oc decisions because my assignment
not yet been cupation but said we should in- had
officially con sist upon that plan as
cluded. Therefore I Instantly the only abandoned the plan for return- practicable one and one, more.
selt.
1
the individuals who final responsiblity hesitancy in
over, which would quickly testing to Africa and recommended. the possibilities of real "quadri-to General Marshall that prompt partite action." I urged, again, action be taken to terminato my that occupied territories be turned connection with the theatre and are the over, as quickly as possible, to to place all authority in civil, authority. He seemed im- Mediterranean in the hands of pressed but did not commit him- General Wlison. This
involved a point of personal regret bo- Cause I was thereby barred from In none of the various talks' 1 going back to my old command had with the President were to say thank you to all the peo-
ple who had domestic politics ever mentioned
served with except casually. His son Elliott, loyally, efficiently, and devoted- already whom I sometimes saw both iny. I had, however, Africa and in England, likewise issued a final written farewell avolded politics us a subject of to the troops, predicting that wo conversation except to refer to would meet again in the heart himself occasionally, in a jocular of the enemy homeland. tone, as the "black sheep and re-l
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