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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1948.

THE SIXTH INSTALMENT

CRUSADE IN

Throughout the first, winter of war the news from the East In |dian region, was increasingly, bad and the Navy, did not have vom- ciant strength to undertnice major operations, falfrom, a friendly base. Every troop and cargo ship upon which we could lay our hands on dispatched, hur- rectly to the Southwest Pacific. But we had so little

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provide

IN EUROPE

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Own Story Of The War In Europe

film was any effort to pass tho buck," especially to him. Often ho remarked that he could get a thousand men, to do, detailed work but too many were, useless In responsible posts because they left to him the necessity of mak- Ing, every docision. Ile-insisted that this ....... principal” assistants-- should think and net on their own conclusions in their own

As I remember it, I was fur In the Operations Division we apheras of responsibility, a sloc. refused to give credence, to | trino · emphasised in our Λίπαν Rstay's information concerning schools but too little practised the 40,000 operational airplanes. in peacetime,, The German Army had just been By the same. token he had halted. In front of Moscow and nothing but scorn for any man CVETY. we were convinced that no army who attempted "to do possessing & weapon of this over thing himself—he belleved that

Army.

German

into

who

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weakness was

}. The transport pt personnel to busy then to take the time

without

heavy equipment.. did to thank General Marshall for Bubscription Rates:

not Involve elaborate, arrange-advancement to the grade which, ments when fast ships were in our prewar Army, represented

of a profes K.K.$18.00 ilable. These vessels depen- the virtual apex

sional military careor. for speed

Within the War Department HK$30.00 safety against the submarine.

The British gave up the use of shocking deficiency that imped-whelming strength would have the man who worked himself to HK$72.00 some of the fastest and largeated all constructive planning ex-withheld it merely because of a tatters on minor details had ex

inted in the field of Intelligenes, future plan for its usc. parability to handia the more vital passenger ships afloat. Among The fault was partly within and ticularly when its employment issues of war. Another type substance of a military policy: These was the Queen Mary.

renwiely partly without the

The would have insitred the destruc-General Marshall

disliked was everything that One day, we dispatched her, American public hus always tion and capture of such an im-the

truculent personality-the corned the bustless of war and without escort, from on Eastern viewed with repugnance every-portant objective as Mascow.

man who confused Brmacss and its conduct was grist to our plan- port in the United States to Aur- thing that smacks of the

apy:

ning ml. But, even while we was obvious, of course, that strungth with bad manners and

und looked tralia, loaded with 14,000 Ame-during the years between the the Gormans clean troops.

ild porcas such deliberate, discourtesy, lle also plotted the future a tremendous reserve any at avoided those with too great u have two World Wars no funds were would

toward, the day when greşi of 11. fltun

been unly bad luck of the worst barie requirement of an In-continent by ampliatous land-ho was irritated by Uhase

provided with which to establish tempt to invade the European love of the limelight. Moreover, fusives could be mounted, the pressure of present demands for kind if a submarine had got

and tho. far-flung Ings would certainly be abortive, were often in trouble with others action never relaxed telligence system-A

Howover, Information. organisation of fact finders.

that or who were too

evidence of our stupid to see Our one feeble gesture in this reached us phily atter the war that leadership in conference, always with us, direction was the the mainten was over did show that Ratay's even with subordinates, is as Through tho twenty-four she would probably have enough arce of military attaches in information and conclusions con important as on the battlefiele Hours of cach clay A steady THE

remaining speed to escape from most foreign capitals, and since reming the reserve divisions had

Again, General Marshall could stream of reports 0111 action any

Hubmaring of the type then public funds were not available reasonable basis. Postwar not stand the pessimist-lhe, In-takan, appeals for reinforce COMMONWEALTH |Possessed by the Germans. How to meet the unusual expenses of ports from Germany show, that divktual who was always palet-ments and supply, requests for.

summer of 1941, Hitler ing difficulties such

probabilities

could this type of duty, only officers in the

in the darkest- i dérisions, summaries. "of intel- AND ASIA

could was planting to employ only colours and was excessively fear-ligence, poured means no assurance that she with. Independent

Into Operations I would be! through.

normally be detalled 10 these sixty divisions as an occupation fut of the, means at hand for Division from every continent

force for conquered Runsti. Ho On that trip the Queen Mary pests. Usually they were estim

able, socially acceptabic gentle planned to use a portion of the overcoming them fle would and from the islands of the Pori- Four separate reports ap-had to put into a Brazilian portmen; few knew the essentials of large number of divisions, thun never assign an officer. 1o n res-jc, stlli held by us and our Allies. pearing on Thursday in the for fuel. We were horrified to intelligence work. Results were freed, for movement

ponsible position unless the feved that the man was an en

he bo-Occasionally, trivial. lo content, world's press, underline, the intercept a radio from an Italian almost completely negative

most often far-reaching in strate and Middle East. It seems evident thusiastic supporter of the par- gie import, sometimes inspiring significance to Asia of the in Rio who reported her presence the situation was not helped by that the German high command ticular project and confident of and sometimes calamitous, the changes which have taken upon her departure actually gave vice us a military attache, rather forces completely

to the Italian Government and the custom of making long ser- | considered the

groundthe outcome. He believed in the decoded messages that crossed adequate for offensive, place in the nature of the direction upon which she set than ability,

my desk during those days were the essential any task. Commonwealth

Sometimes, of course, seleciluus constant reminders that America No one was mare keenly aware since the out to sea. For the next week qualifiention for appointment ny

wero necessarily mada from was engaged in a global... wer second world

our shortcomings in inte among officers who did not, in fighting, By awe lived in terror, fearing that head of the Intelligence Division of

delaying desperate # plant in the War Department.

Marshall, ligence than General curious coincidence speeches the Axis might be able

where some places nl respects, fully conform to battle in across her path such a nest of The stepchild posliion of G-2 In his search for Improvement these ideas. But when he made herole men still-held out, in Jan the Commonwealth by the ubmarines in the South Atlante emphasised in many ways. For head of the Intelligence Division | General Marshall always main- extending the air and sea path-

Our General Staff system was hu nasigned, on May 5, 1942, as

exceptions. It wus

clear that others bullding the bases, and Tel. 28051 (3 lines). Premiers of India, Pakistanas to make it almost impossible example the number of generul Major General George V. Stranetuined a poslitve, ind' permanent. † ways for a counter-offensive, per-

and Ceylon appeared on the for her to evade them complete officers within the War Depart-n-senior officer possessed-of a same day as news of the. I do not remember whether ment was so limited by peace keen mind, a driving

sistently striving to inch forward General Marshall knew of this time law that one of the prin and ruthless determination.

In the development of strate oua front that circled the earth. signature in Tokyo of the

gic, logistic, and operational A typical day was April 7-ad trade agreement in which incident at the time, but it was ripat divisions had to bo header No longer Handicapped by lack

the type of thing, that we kept by a colonel.

a tragle one, foo, for the surren Almost without of money, the Chief of Staff did plans for the Army and its Air India is one of the Common- from him when possibles. There exception

was Division der of Batani, Fórces, the Operations

becoming the G-2 Division everything possible to repair the

the Joint hourly more imminent. wealth countries directly in; was no use burdening his mind got the colonel. This in itself neglect of many years; but, no worked closely with

and the Combined Chlets of The first message to come in volved.

with the worrica that we were serious, since it would have been amount of money or emergency Stan, From estimates of the cur- that morning

was from Fort establish Pakistan is not one of the forced to carry to bed with us..far preferable to assign to the effort. could rapidly

rent millary situation our Milla on Corregidor, announcing He had enough of his own.

post a highly qualified colonel throughout the world the essen available strength against the that the food situation on Bainan countries signatory to the

ilian a mediocre general, but the țiat base of observers and fact

enemies proved capacity indicated the finders. However, together with staggering territorial, advances breaking messages of this rfew agreement with Japan

and hall become desperate. To heart- practice clearly Army's failure to yet its accord is an admirable

emplustee General William Donovan's Olas our duty to determine we had seldom been able to the Intelligence function. This fice of Strategic Services. illustration of the main point

Gen-military policy in terms of obiec- respond with any more than tho was reflected also in our schools, cral Strong gradually. began tives, requirements in men and cold comfort of a promise to do made by Liaquat All Khan,

where. despite some technical building a system that was even-

bost, But this time-it the Prime Minister of Paldis-

trening In battlefield reconnals- tually to become a vast and ef- aterials for the attainment of our

objectives, and the most Bataan could be held a to and Intelligence, tan, in

thefective organisation. Fortunate- a broadcast from

broader phases of the work werely in the carly days of the war effective means of quickly incet while longer at least a trickle of reilet would reach the troops. Karachi. He told his listen-

almost completely ignored. We the British were able to provide in these requirements. ers that the Commonwealth EARLY IN JANUARY 1942 Had few. men capable of analys- us, out of their prior war

Behind this technical language Ar answer was immediately sent

and shovel

in the ac activity

M., Wainwright that some sup a good thing in itself THE CHIEF OF STAFF had an- ing intelligently such inform-portence, much vital information was an immense amount of pick-to Lieutenant General Jonathan and co-or-plies were on their way by and an organisation worth need a determination to realiom as did come to the notice concerning the enemy.

organise the War Deportment of the War Department, and this The nature of the work in the Cumulation, study,

dination of. data affecting submarine and should arrive belonging to because of the for the efficient waging of war. appiled particularly to what has War Department threw all of us military operations. The prepar- within a few days; we asked that principles on which its struc- Foreseeing that the War Depart become the very core of intel-in constant contact with other allon of a single directivo un he report their arrival as well ture has been erected. "Thement as set up. under, peactime lisence research and analysis American... services

proposed operation might require Information on his further plans laws could not stand the strain namely, industry.

information

situation. that ranged fron and any change in In the first winter of the war other members of the Allied wealth," he declared, "have had a year before assigned not grouped themselves to Colonel William K. Harrison to deficiencies were serious handl-ordination in production and in specifle item in a particular eral MacArthur in Sydney for a

investigato

realisation key factory to an encyclopaedic caps. Initially lie Intelligence operations, and the organizational

factors. Bummary of his plans to main- Manila Bay by tain supply, in geographical, transgress the rights of others weaknesses and search out Division could not even develop that all theatres were interrelat-presentational, all or to attack anyone. They medy for them,

a clear plan for-its-own-organised, at least in so-far-as-their-de-military, Although the

climatic influencing the submarine from Australia_and_the_ He could have joined together to help studies were completed by carly ation nor could it classify the mands.

composition of major task probable sintes

Another radio it deemed capacity of the couary were In feree, The basic principles of make delivery. and a corrective plan tenye of information one another.

Just, as unitytatively adopted, the stack on essential in determining the purvolved, were obvious. Meetings strategy are so simple that a went to Lieutenant General between free individuals is Fearl Harbour delayed. Its execu-mies. The chief of the divisAdmiral Harold R. Stark and to determine their proper appli- asking him to.

poses and capabilities our between the Chief of Staff and child may understand them. But Joseph W. Stilwell in Burma, strength, unity between free tion. The

investigate the task of actual ton could do little more organisation was now placed in rome to the planning and operat- were frequent.

then later Admiral Etnest J. King etition to a given situation re countries is beneficial to each the hands of Major Generating sections of the staff and in The Chief of Stott's assistant quires the hardest kind of work Plity of flying food conson-.

from his arco io Bataan, of them".

Joseph T. McNarney, possessod of

from: the finest available staff A second message from Gen- an analytical mind and a certain a rather pitiful way ask if there among whom the principal memories In this particular re

Somervell.

eral Wainwright reported that ruthlessness in execution which was anything he could do for us.bers were General

An example of the eagerness Lieutenant General, later Gent of The selected body of athe Bataan front, and the enemy

source, at least, we were well

heavy attacks were continuing on with which we seized upon every eral of the Army, Kenry H. A ficers, which had, between the

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Chapter 3 COMMAND POST

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mental reservation.

energy,

ex-

and with

Washington representatives,

those

countries of the Common: Jof a long and bitter conflict, he these accumulated and glaring ! nations. The necessity for, the projecled production ruto of A request was hello Gen-

Liaquat Ali Khan might well have been speaking on the trade agreement.

an

its

was absolutely necessary to up

AL- the

apon.

the industrial

and

# neutral picture of the global war.

Generol, Marshali gave. long

that

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Jupanese bud

To Be Continued

It is root entrenched bureaucracy and bit of veemingly authentie In- nold; General McNarney, and the two world, wats, truly absorbed. as falaking progress agaliist, our example of how the streamline and simplify proformation was provided by the eklet of his planning, and over the teachings of our unczeciled centre positions. The hospital nations of the Common.cedures.

was arrival in Washington of Colonel ations staff, met almost daily time It same

system of service schonly, was there had again wealth can work together for evident that somewhere on the John P. Ratay, who at the begin with their opposito- numbers in their mutual benefit or to the War Department levet there ning of the war had been our the Navy Department in an er- splendidly prepared. except in and this time, he added, Inten advantage of other countries would have to be an agency military attache in Rumonia. The fort to achieve balanced objee the field of practical Intelligence tionally the

training, to corry on the vital apologised for an earlier bombe without infringing the rights which could assemble and con-colonel was an extremely energetives, in keeping with the output task of operational, planning. In ing.

centrate the sum total of strate-te Omeer, one of our better at- ef training organisations and Operations Division this plan- or privileges either of other gie information for

After Rumania joined Americnú industry. Thus General taches. member countries or other Marshall's attention and through the Axis in November 1940, he vice in the War Departmenting meant the follsome drud

gery of grinding countless unre- which, after he had reached p

had been Interned eventually inevitably produced a complete ated facts into the homogeneous loreign States.

On the same day, Pan- decision, his commands could be transferred through

implemented. This agency; in port to the United States. dit Nohru told the Constitu- other words, would be the Chlef The Operations Division learn--and earnest attention to the ent Assembly in Delhi that of Staff's personal commanded of his arrival and Immediate selection of individuals to occupy post. The creation of the Operly called upon him for such, fo- kay spole, in oversage «commands the subject of India's con-

ations Division of the War Deformation as, he could provide and in the reorganised depart stitution was a matter entire partment General Staff was the fe was thoroughly convinced that ment. In the process he some. of Jy, distinct from that of the answer to this need: It replaced the German milltary power had times gave clear indication

where not yet been fully exerted and the types of men who in his relationship between India the War Plans Division

I had

succeded General Gorow was so great that Russia and opinion were unsuited for high and the United Kingdom and as assistant chief of staff on Great Britain would most cer-position. Foremost among these before the was the one who seemed to be the rest of the Common-February

On March 9, 1ially-be defeated

could intervena | salt-seeking in the matter wealth. The second question became the first chief of OBD, United States

Almost simultaneously I

belleved was effectively. He

that promotiup. Pressure from hriy was one which would have to promoted to temporary, major the Germans then had 40,000 source, in favour of any in-

In ccfnbat airplanes reserve, dividua: In the Army, was more be considered separately and gencraicy.

rehdy with

trained crews tol Ukely; than not to boomerang It one which might be brought

operate at any moment.. He con- the Chief of Staff became aware before the, present.session of Inted over-all. balance it sidered that these were "being of Its Existence, 7 was in.

his greater elasticity withheld from Immediate. en office, one day when someone the House in a more concrete affords a form.

for Japan's sterling area plbyment with the intention of called him on the telephone, ap ting them to support on in-parently to urge the promotion of In Ceylon, Mr. Senanayake, trade in that it provides a vision set, the United Kingdom some friend in the Army, His the Prime Minister, declared multilateral arrangement bee also believed that Germany answer was, "If the man is a that the recent conference in tween occupied Japan on the had sufficient numbers of friend of yours, the best thing surve divisions, still uncommitted can do is to avoid mentions,

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