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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1948.

IN Washington, General Stit- THE SECOND INSTALMENT

well found that he had be chosen to command the first blow against the enemy.

America's first offensive plans of the war were being put on paper, and Stilwell was charged, with organising - the preat attack that, a year later, finally resulted in the American

campaign in North Africa.

In December, 1941, the out- line of the plon' was still not clear. No one knew how quickly

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The Stilwell Papers

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sources in a draft of action.

DECEMBER 26—(Air has left the Philippine Islands.).

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with

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more men, more

That looks as though we'll go too. GHQ at 9 p.m.

JANUARY 10 Called to

11

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trium-

If only from the stand-Sardinia and Sicily, and 185,000 be one or the other. The North African expedition) would we are. The whole paper was

our

Conference tili

im-

on

well as theirs in the pot. Navy aghast at

the pitifully meagre resources President. The Navy is the apple and many of them. I trust we of the United States could be of his eye and the Army is the can got this damn

2. The affair is highly com war shut plicated. monided into an effective fight-stepchild. The Pearl Harbour down in time for you all to have

Saw Drum loday, and went ing force. The hour was des- affair has been a terrific blow to a few years of peace and quiet over his list perate, but no one knew how prestige and gride,

of personnel ffor such a I'd like very much to join, you Chinn] with him. Also gave him [Roosevelt] acquired. this i much time history would allow point that we have order not to for some of that and I'm sort of

a few hints on what to do,

same itch for us to do, something, nasty for preparation. Nor could ani- say myything

about the an optimist about it. I can't be has Pritchard with him,

und is continually pressing for being

the one clearly tell which point in Navy. Besides

a tank lieve this country isn't going to LETTER TO MRS. STILWELL: action, against *considereit the enemy front

amateur in all military matters, rise up and smite these various

Powell brought the might most F.D.R. is apt to act on sudden brands of bastards, although just with a letter from you and today by God the Limeve now say, it is envelope opinion-of-all-his-advisers. And easily crumple under an Amer- impulses. On top of that he has now it looks like a long war. But another one came. ican attack..

The New inpossible for Great Britain to been completely hypnotised by we are beginning to turn stuff Year The name for the great plan the British, who have sold him out in quantities and when we

19 starting off with luck, produce even the munitions she Gimnast-North Africa, a bill of goods. It took the dis-

Just

a note tonight. Wish I could needs for herself, and we must got to throwing I around. It's be more definite. This ta But what North Africa meant)

a keep up our stream of offerings in Hawall

stop the low going to hit quite a few people planning job I'm on and

or else, I don't know what "or SOLIDARITY÷

Was It Casablanca, Dakar, simply enormous,

they have

must be

And then tell them "Since the Marshall Plan Algiers or Tangier? The great couple of weeks proctiation Chief of Staff [Marshall] for an

hected with it. Pinky, Dick and oak them, Just a

JANUARY 1, 1842-Talked with have a two-room suite here. what they could do. was sanctioned in Washing-plan was composed of variant, makes us begin

Ben and his shirt with no but- JANUARY Saw McNair and rich. feel

hour on this and that, Trouble ton, serious doubt has been alernate, and subordinate plans Speaking of Impulses, last spring with unified

tons.. What a how!! Don't you talked over Gymnast. He thinks command in Far

"electrical" if we know that a happy man has no effect would be elect whether the Govern-eace one named by colour the Gray Plan (the South Allan- East. Not, as between British

shirt? Ben is a gclentis!, not a could do it. Doesn't

worry about ments of Western Europe Plan Black, Plan Grau, Plan tie islands?] suddenly got hot. and ourselves, but among the dude, so don't dress him up too)

Azores and Canaries, will back could. reach

Tho Purple. There were combina- War Plans Division was asked Britisht

"Senior Service"

for பத agreement

fighter planes (5 groups) it would take. tions and permutations of all how long it among themselves upon final these plans, and

JAV, They [the British Navy]sits disdain- What a relief that Joe is out of and agrees that we must have every shade said three months and were told fully alot. Nobody can com- dang

danger. I know it has been a strong anti-aircraft. Is trying to allocation

mend them-it of the dollars and phase of each plan was to get it ready in one. They near

isn't done. The big worry for you, and I know persuade himself that it isn't a available. In the aggregate challenged at every level by middle of it word came to lay have none of it.

ly went crazy and right in the arrogant Royal Air Force will

you are exhausted. But you'll wild Kamble. Everybody Js their pressing needs amount the conflicting interesta, needs off, because F.D.R. had another

shrieking for. both stage a quick comeback and | sr ed to more than £1,200,000,- und resources of the differing idea. That one was Iceland, Ko operate.

Ouly the ground forces co- everything will be lively again. guns, more planes, more every- If it's all the same to you, I'm thing. Our small available*sup- 000, Would they could service arms and the differing Iceland it was, and the Gray

aray George [Marshall] finally willing to knock off on operations ply melts as soon as it accumul- they, subordinate their res-Allied national aims.

No one Plan wq's pigeon-holed.. Tho pective claims to the general what date could be We'll do this, we'll do

thing is happe shot, we'll bed. Churchill reod

got them together by going to and live without them. I think tes. GHQ and the War Depart- now. Churchill, whom for action-whether April, May.to the other.

he caught in we've had our full share,

ment fed up with the bowls and them the JANUARY 6The longer

the welfare?

o latter has been sent by Blow hot, blow riot sct...... This test of solidarity pro-No one could foretell the re-. |late summer, or early winter.

work

Chief of Staff to Drum, DeWitt, cold. And the Limeys have his

Chiang

Kai-shek acting up. Ho Ho at this the worse it seems and Emmons telling them politely

we are, with the Japs giv mised to be severe. It is netion of the French, of the car, while we have the hind bit. Ying-ch'in and he think the U.S.ing us hall in the Philippine Is to shut-up. McNair says Dewitt one thing to advocate econo-Spaniards, or most important. advised

Events are crowding us into - air force should come right over lands,

and ill-considered pro-

and we go on

has gone crazy and requires ten actually refusals before he realises it is mic as well as practical co- of the enemy.

and protect them. Also that they sending corps abroad.

One of "No" Jeels. ordination of Western Washington was suffused in

should

averything they ask got

Daley's divisions is on its way. I find there is no basic strate for. [China] peeved over British Europe and another to fore-the first turbulence of wor's gic study in existence. For the grab of Tulsa cargo (30 and 50 I blocked out the attack and go on its behalf urgent and vast confusion. It was General stance, shall we now go to work calibre machine guns) for pro Have it to

to McCabe to work on. 11.00. We had to get some dope well founded claims. Some Stilwell's duty to bring to and prepare seriously for war, tection of Rangoon. Chiang Kai- No decision as to whether it's dates down on paper. What

re- and not undertake any offensive shek ready to send 100,000 have gether men, plans, and Governments would

necessary, what is or Gymnast men Black or

neither.

available, til we can do if properly,

or into Burma, but Wavell refused

ads from various and. Ilstened

and when. Our Full-page preferred the final, invidious

staff just sat shall we attempt to take the

the help, ("For logical reasons," papers about manufacting con-

Hayes got the allocation to be settled in

offensive?

We

should prepare says Brett-reason not stated.) till we can pour it on irresistibly, Washington. In Washing

re looking

corns, labour unions, etc. "Let's paper ready and proved himself George

for a high go stuff."

His estimate is six to When this country regular. ton, on the contrary, it was

Nobody knows where I'm go- but that does not appear to bol ranking man to go to China], once decides to go, we put it on eight months, The only peas/bi

Up to see Gerow at 1.00. the answer. There is tremendous Drum? Pompous, stubborn, new thought essential that the Waited till 4:00..

JANUARY 6-Sonie

way it could be four (months] No Geraw, pressure to do something.

amateur would be for everything to func The to them, high rank. Mol No, strategist has worked up a grand tion 180 per cent day and night European beneficiaries should | Back to War College. "Every-Limey's want us in with

both thank you.. They remember me scheme. We just take Tangier, prove their willingness and body is in conference," or poing feet. So the answer is, wo murt as a small-fry colonel that they to which no

one could possibly for the entire period, without a hitch or a Dur kicked around. They saw me on

a loss. ability to agree among them-to, or coming from. This a.m. it do something tow,

This meeting. selves. The argument

was was Dakar, this p.m. It is Casa-hastily made plans and our half-foot in the mud, consorting with object, and thus begin

which turned out to be blah, had phal march in North Africa. It's] Wa trained and half-equipped troops. coolles, riding

Boldick

19 bit all easy after that. The

apprehensive. that such proof would en- DECEMBER 27--55W Gerow, The next question would natur-Drum will be ponderous and take cans have already shown upon dates and tonnage, etc.

The Ameri

At it till 11 p.m. getting data courage the people of the New directive. Now it's Casablanca ally be. If we must take the time through Interpreters; there twice-in 1802 and in Mr. United States to believe that or Dakar. The Big Boy (Roosevelt) offensive, where shall it be? Be-will decide slowly and insist on

JANUARY 11-Boy! I got into T. Roosevelt's

and all the It's Unc,

rarefied atmosphere today. Con- European countries can work for Casablanca. Good at ws to to do anything serious in both the his digni Drum by all means: natives therefore know that. We lerenice in

Good news to Atlantic and the Pacific, it must ner. Good solution.

To help him?

Betty and Boat are bad medicine and will come shall. Stark, King, Turner, Hol- Stark's office (Mar- together.

me, with 1,100 German planes in

right over to us. All we have My argument [that] Gymnast to do is show them how strong admirals in

trong comb, etc., etc., etc.) Most of the and 80,000 tion has not been fairly answer-

captivity. My point of future co-operation troops] in Morocco between the United States Frencil in North Africa. 28 divi-ed, but the indications are that it be threatened by subs was brush-wash of politico monome military pression was that they were all

sions [German] in France and

will be In the Atlantic (anded aside by George. "Not a big bunk and of course and Europe,

very conscious of their gold lace the argument 400 planes in Spain, etc, etc. The what will the U.S.A think of a convoy, guarded.

had War Colt their exalted position Subs can't get Plans Division and G-2 disap-greatly. Keenly. All agreed

and was sound. From the Euro-plain truth is we can do ons thing government that abandons the in. Why,

Islands

there were Jap troop-proval Philippine

and pean standpoint it was even and not several and we'll have to

the ships all around the Philippine I saw an amazing Netherlands East Indies to

document being disgusted with the British sounder.

to their

and Islands Few things that pick it out.

submarines

hogging all the material: this Looked over the operation room fate?). The British and the Rus- couldn't get at them, the air and Inst conference F.D.R., Churchill, but never any mention of putting

morning. The notes on the willing to divide

quite ours with us, are worth doing can be done with

with Malony. Apparently We sians argue that Germany in the surface defence

rent ma

menace, and that once we Shades of John Paul Jones, Ar- and without risk; and in this still have 0

Was so good!" Secretary of War, Chief of case the risk was, that someriave 6 wagons and 3 car-her down, everything else is nold was in, arguing, not very luminaries.

Dill. As at Pearl Harbour.

Simple. But

It demonstrated the 153,000 men for Magnet. Agroo- meanwhile, Japan strengly, against Gymnast.

the ment an token Western European countries Astatic crowd is at Soerabaja with

tremendous hold the Limeys have 9,008. That was the only business force of 0,000- makes it most difficult to which would have to make 3 cruisers and 21 ships. Why not

on Our Boy. They shot off their action? I wonder.)

alise how we are going to knock JANUARY 2-Manila taken,

done. faces as if they were our dele- the biggest sacrifices might LETTER TO MRS. STILWELL: her out unless we keep her out of Another big powwow on Gym-

George (Marshall] tried to feel that the cost of going We have been fumbling with the East Indies. (A foct action nast. Gerow, Somervell, Arnold. Bates and not theirs. So and so pin them an immediate needs, all out for economic unity papers, rushing around seeing bevics is the necessary answer in against it. Limcys claim Spain, tish divisions, which can now go Hawnii?" King

between

simply must be done. The Mag. the American Jap Clark, Chief of Staff, and 1. All nat Plan will relieve several Bri- but didn't get anywhere. In an- people and

swer to question, "Can you hold would be greater than the people and missing

waiting for people Getting no-

the Pacific. Once we crush the would "bitterly oppose" Germans. home to jolly old England, thank "Can the Army do it?" The

reacted with advantages to be derived in thing done. In the evening we op flect we can relieve the What rol. The Boches own the you. No hint that the near future.

they might joinder was "If the Army saya.it www John Davies situation, but is our Navy ever country, Franca must pay the bill help elsewhere.-- had dinner with

And-we-musta (Later to be Stilwell's political going to get at 117)

for his war. Portal says we can keep up the Lend-Lease torrent can hold it, will the Navy say adviser in China) and tinued to would go at it methodically on with "a couple

It wouldn't be so bad if they get air superiority at Casablanca to

so King said "Yes" not too our British cousins, Today we continued www

of squadrons." though our

Doubl emphatically.' Imagine. go without. rush around and

about fumble with that side. First, [Plan] Purple,

Hawali. Also that the Boches wouldn't

They have the tain, France, Holland and papers and at 8:00 we quit and which, it must be admitted,

tted, bother us at all.

Their stuff are not received very cordially,

up about Australia, yot Italy, to whom the decision had a hot sea-food plate. Then seeins to be under way, thus an-too transparent

fussing for words, but either. Why, rubbish, we can do they are

around about had been

an- we walked it off. entrusted,

Then, Plan Our Big Boy has swallowed It. that.

the Fiji Islands and Our Day thinks it very and what have you. The gist of Caledonia nounced that they had pass is a rush of clerks in and out of fancts with its necessary coral- fight Schicklgruber.) I also naked weeks seems a long time to

My impression of Washington Gray, so as to anchor the other. (I told 'em we might better go queer that ships cannot be un-It is the Navy can't or won't de

Then, and only then,

at Lisbon if Spain is [Plan ed the test and reached an

10 going loaded more promptly. "Two doors always

anything, their only 蟲 swing

part being agreement. Under it Beling, people with papers rushing lary in the Islands. But, here George [Marshall] what the basic man in

the use of available a hurry," says he.

transports gium gives up

and cargo ships. The Army must nearly the after other people with papers, again, the urge to get going be- U.3. objective was in going over That's the trouble with the whole of the Marshall ald to groups in corners whispering in fore, the Germans do it is forcing there. He said, in effect, to pro- whole damn thing. The Limoys done, and that means principally do anything that is going to bo huddles, averybody.

our hand. We can't do all these tect the Mediterranean sea lanc, want us in, committed. Jumping up which she

entitled, was

Just as you start to talk, buzzers things alone, so the Limeys must which, if it could be used for con- don't care what becomes of us

They air and perhaps some anti-air- while Luxembourg sacrifices ringing, telephones ringing, rooms do it jointly. And to hell with voys, would

"quadruple the afterward, because they will have arrive in Java from now on... craft. Three planes a day will fiye-sixths. Britain, allotted crowded, with clerks all bang- these joint things" I don't like avaliable British shipping."

I shifted the load from their via the ferry route. "Give 'm. £316,000,000, barely enough ing away at typewriters.

They are messing around don't see it. Probably they ex- shoulders to ours. So they insist me 10 copies of this at ORCE." now (December 28) with the pect French West Africa to join that speed HONG KONG TO MANILA 28th September, TUESDAY. to meet her positive needs, "Get that secret ale out of the idea the Limeys will do Gray and the parade as a direct result o gives up £70,000,000 of this safe," "Where the hell is the

Gymnast. sum, mainly to France

so Yellow Plan (Blue Plan, Y

Drum arrived this morning. that the French total will Plan, Orange Plan, etc.)"

Probably the Canary Islands. Quick work. body furiously smoking cigaret-

Probably the Madeira Islands. There are rumours of two new now be £328,000,000 instead

DECEMBER 30-To War Plans armies, GHQ wants to set up of £247,000,000. Even Italy tes, everybody passing you on to

Daley with new divisions. Three month contributes £5,000,000 of her eone else etc., etc. Someone Division for talics.

with a loud voice and a mean 32nd, 34th, 37th, and 1st Armoured | 11ll July, then four a month. Run- share in order that Holland look and a big stick ought to ap- (Divisions] going to Ireland. ning into equipment difficulties, and Austria 38 well

Secretary of War (Stimson] even for the frat ones. pear and yell "HALT. You crazy

Long talk with Shapiro, Com- France may get more than bastards. SILENCE. You imita- come in to look us over. Keen

tion ents. Now half of you get mind.

mittee of Information boy, on re- their original allotments. the hell out of town before dark outlined, the North African] cent trip to Black and Gymnast. These arrangements repre- and the other half sit down and attack in the afternoon and we He is gre Hitler owns Spain. sent a notable achievement, don't move for one hour." Then dug away at (the) dope. I figure Black [Dakar?] is bitterly anti- change the plan to British. The commanding gen- certainly proof of the prac they could burn up all the papers we must

and start fresh.

make it snappy in the Cape oral down there is not so hot, not tical solidarity that is as es Well, to hell with 'em. Nothing Verde and get enough space for as aggressive or as alert, civilians sential to recovery in peace to report yet. Everything is uni- planes. Left the Hay-Adams all disappointed in him. Good as it was to the winning of certain ond in the "planning] [Hotel] and went to the Black news for us.

Blackout tonight. We JANUARY 8-8.30 to 12.00 to victory in the war. Above stage." But I'll be here for some stone.

went to nowsreel movie.

iday on Gymnast with Chief of all, it sets an example that time yet.

DECEMBER 29 The moving DECEMBER 31

31 Saw George Star (Marshalll, Garow, Lon, will

hardly be forgotten agent of all this is of course the Marshall this am. 9.00 to 9.30, Somervell, Arnold, and Spaetz where larger and more ar-

Talked

Over the

directive and All against and then in and gave got some

bis troubles. Idea of

the duous problems of the West-

Becretary of War the works. The Head Man

[Roosevelt] Is He

He gels the point all right, but as The Secretary he says. he says

very hard to always Clear-sighted economists In theory freedom of trade or War being

ward only have long known that the has been established. In stands up courageously whole of any undertaking, is practice a system of licences big questions. But decisions All agree that any

we greater than the sum of its for imports and exports has he actually made by the Navy the means are meagre, the trans- from the top may very possibly make must go. All agree that separate parts. The diffi- had to be improvised.

port uncertain, the complications culty of putting this know- So it may be with the G-1 is setting up a staff of 139) numerous, ... the mala facts un- ledge into practice lies in the wider ideal of a Western officers for our show. Their known, the consequences serious, circumstance that each part Union. Thanks to the dual contingent la going to amount to A few lucky hits will jeopardise

the whole

We did not affair. has a life of its own which stimulus of Marshall aid and about 30,000 men

What's the matter with our take the initiative for our disas- tends to persist even in a of Russian hostility to West- gang? Out of 35 B-17 in the term in the Pacife: there is some unlied organisation. This ern recovery, this ideal is: Philippine Islands, the Jupa got excuse for us there. But here truth is shown in the union steadily less Utopian than 17 on the ground the second day we are free agents. And we do

of the war.

opgeliberately take serious chances to of "Benelux" countries-Bel- sceptics imagined. -Even in

What is the Navy going to dot get ourselves into a rothole that Klum, Netherlands and the most favourable circum 21 ship at Soprabaja, doing is under the guns, sure of punists- Luxembourg which, after stances full European-re exactly nothing-Maybe they mant, and hard to supply and on abolishing Customs, barriers covery may not be achieved took folia. Pani Jones's slogan the outcome of which will depond .lack of limmin between them, have to take for years. Still it has begun serious have not yet begun our prestige or

to:

PANSKA ARIA Europe, Alm" kgainst":" for

this account of differences of and Isi progressing. What is EW YEAR'S EVE LETTER TO two main reasons, taxation, of financial stability more. It seems to be pro- MRS. STILWELL

We know nothing" "about and degrees of economic regressing in the right spirit. Happy New Year to all of you, how the Spanish will reset..

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Probably Dakar.

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