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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1950,

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Algiers

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TUNISIA

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British/U.S. action Parachute landings

500 MILES

ALLIES

NORTH

HE President's pre-

judices against Gen.

de Gaulle, the con-

CHAPTER 30 OF MR. CHURCHILL'S FOURTH BOOK OF SECOND WORLD WAR MEMOIRS, "THE HINGE OF FATE"

British

ender- con was

tory, and may be studied in fac- fluence he had with the French ed of aiding an Anglo-American simile in the published Hopkins governors, generala and indeed occupation of North-West Africa tho oficer согра in North he was still bound to Petain in papers.

Africa.

form and in fact, On Nov. 5 Elacnbower by a

A curious but in the upshot hazardous fight reached Gibral-

highly fortunate complication He knew that if he went over tur. And

Ad- to the Allies he would become I placed the fortress now descended upon us. within his command as the tem- miral Darlan, having completed personally responsible for the porary headquarters of the lead- his four of inspection In North inevitable invasion and occupa- cr of this drst large-scale Africa, returned 40 France. His tion by Germany of Unoccupied Afrlcun and

Infantile France. The most he could be stricken by prisc. Gibraltar's climax in the paralysis and taken into hospital prevailed upon to do, therefore, war had now come,

at Algiers. The news of his was to ask Petain by telegram dangerous condition led the Ad- for

liberty of action. In the miral to fly back on Nov. 5. hideous plight in which he had the re- be in become involved by He thus happened to Algiers on the eve of the Anglo- morseless chain of events this American des

Mr Murphy was his only course. principal diplomatic Military measures of defence (the

Meanwhile the design unfold- he hoped were of course put into effect agent in the area]

would depart before the assault ed Very soon bands of young from September, 1939, to pre struck the chores. But Darlan, anti-Vichy Frenchmen, pare for a possible siege. Facing sorbed in his son's illness, with rifles, surrounded the vila, the Spanish frontier, a strong defensive system was gradually tarried for a day, staying in bullt up, overlooked by the Rock the villa 11scif, out of which galleries cial, Admiral Fenard.

Prodigious work

were blasted for guns com- manding the isthmus. Measures

had to be taken also against at-

of a French

Hour strikes

armed

resolved to make sure how its of inmates intended to act. Ingress

and exit were barred. daybreak 50 gardes

tack from the sea and air, as Our leading hope in Algiers well as by airborne forces. The in recent weeks had been Gen. vital need was water, and by Juin, the French milltary com- the middle of 1940 distillation plants were completed in the solld rock affording ample sup- plies and storage. This was a prodigious work.

Before

mobiles,

sent as a matter of routine by the police authority, arrived at the villa and dispersed the law- breaking band.

They in their turn took charge mander. His relations with Mr of the party and placed Juli, assistant, Mr Murphy had been intimate, al- Murphy, and his though the actual date had not Kenneth Pendar, the American been imparted to him. A little Vice-Consul at Marrakech, who Errest after midnight on the 7th Mur was with him, under

to Darlan for tur phy visited Jum to tell him that They

He authorised the hour had struck. A mighty ther Churaltor's greatest positive Anglo-American army, sustain- Mr Pendar to take his telegram contribution to the war was the ed by overwhelming naval and to Petain to the French naval duty, after development of its new airfield air forces, was approaching, and headquarters in Algiers. The

would begin landing in Africa French admiral on

making sure the message Was and the use that was made of it. In a few hours.

genuine, despatched it, but de- Starting from a mere landing- strip on the racecourse, this was developed from 1942 onwards into a broad runway over a mile

IN

LAND

AFRICA

By Winston Churchill

tacts he possessed only the concentration of ship-

through Admiral

Gen Juin, although deeply engaged and loyal to the entertained the messenger. prise, was staggered by the news. He had conceived himself to possess full command of the situation in Algiers. But he

Algiers taken

knew that Darlan's presence The hour had struck, and the completely overrode his Bu landings at Algiers and Oran thority. At his disposal were a were now in progress.

hundred erdent

young morning came and much Frenchmen. He knew only too had arrived, Darlan and Jul

few

When

news

well that all control of the miles each other Vigilantly,

tary and political government had passed from his hands into those of the Minister-Admiral.

Mr Murphy under pollte riers head- went to the Algiers

quarters in Fort 1'Empereur, from which, timed 7.40 atr Darinn sent the following fur-

Murphy and Juin decided to ask Darlan by telephone to ther telegram to Petain:

Leahy ping, which from the beginning the President's manifesto. I was into Gibraltar Bay with the meat stroke he turned purple

of October began to crowd the with Vichy, and our

Clyde and other western ports, memories of the leakage but also

the actual sailing of about Dakar two years be the convoys. We were com- fore led to a decision to pletely successful. The Germans withhold all information were led by their own Intelli- about "Torch" (the North- gence to believe that Dakar was West Africa landings) from again our aim. the Free French. I did not contest these resolves. ]

The Arst of the "Torch" con-

was none the less conscious voys left the Clyde on Oct. 22. of our British relationships By the 26th all the fast troop- With de Gaulle, and of the ships were

gravity of the affront which he would have to suffer by being deliberately excluded from all share in the de- sign. I planned to tell him just before the blow fell.

As some

means of softening this slight to him and his Move- ment, I arranged to confide the

under

The time had come to launch

concerned at the first draft he cent me in which he addressed Marshal Petain as "My dear old friend," and revived the some- what outdated glories of Verdun

long, its western end built out

rubble from the tunnelling. Here the great concentration of atr craft for "Torch" was made. The whole Esthmus WRE crowded with machines, and 14 squadrons

in 1916. I thought this would of ghters were assembled for be the final touch with the de Gaullists.

Toned down

zero hour.

All

come to them at once. Before two in the morning Darlan, roused from slumber by the

from

Gen. Juln, urgent message

On being

of the im- told

and said, have known for a British were long time that the stupid, but

I always believed that the Americans were more I begin to believe mis- that you make as many takes as they do."

intelligent.

this activity necessarily Darlan's position

of

to

At 7.30 the situation was

follows: Landings have been carried

American out by troops and British ships ut! Algiers and in the neighbour- hood. The defences have re- the attacks in several in the

and at the naval head- porters. quarters. In other landings have been effec by surprise and with success. The situation is getting worse and the defences will soon be overwhelmed. Reports in- dicate that massive landings are in preparation,

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Britain was notorious, had for a was for the reinforcement

At 11.30 a.m. Darlan sent a Malta. We did all we could to long time been committed to the

Axis. In May, 1941, he had further telegram to his chic, way, and Former Naval Person to Presi make them think so. Apparently

dont. American forces were suiling for

they did.

agreed to grant facilities to the saying, "Alglers will probably Germans both at Dakar and for be taken this evening," And at direct Casablanca

from the

3 Nov., '42.

"American troops having United States. The whole ex-

Will you allow me to say that Giraud duly arrived, with the the passage of suppiles to Rom--5

Tunisia. entered into the city, in spite pedition of about 650 ships was

your proposed message to idea that he would be appointed mel's armies through

time the treacherous of our delaying action, I have Petala seems to me ton kind? Supreme Commander in North At the now launched upon the enter

Fils stock must be very low Africa, and that the American move had been stopped by Gen. authorised Gen. Juin, the Com- Weygand who commanded in mander-in-Chief, to negotiate prise. They traversed the Bay

now. He has used his reputas and British armies, of whose

of Africa, and who suc- the

the city The Surrender tion to do our cause injuries strength he had no prior know- North of Biscay or the Atlantic unseen by the U-boats or by the Luft- no lesser man could have done. ledge, would be placed under his ceeded in persuading retain to Algiers only." Mr Pendar, re- He himself strongly refuse this German demand. leased from arrest, was given a I beg you to think of the effect euthority.

efa-conduct 10 the American urged a landing in France in- waffe.

on the de Gaullists, to whom urg

addition to,

In November of the same year or in

surrender commander, and the we have serious obligations, slead of, and who have now to Africa, and for some time seem- Weygand, deemed unreliable by of Algiers took effect from

go

moment Ad- p.m. From that through the great trial of beed to imagine that this picture the Germans, was relieved of his

command, Although nothing miral Darian was in American ad- possessed reality. ing kept outside. am

more was heard of the Axis power, and Gen. Juin resumed vised that unfavourable reac

Argument, protracted over 48 plans to use Dakar against us. control of his command under tions would be produced in

proceeded between him the Tunisian ports were inter Allied direction. various other quarters. or hours,

opened to Axis shipping, and

World Copyright reserved. course it is absolutely right to and Gen, Elsenhower before this

duction, even partially. send him a friendly message, ve Frenchman could be con- played a part in feeding Rom-

the proportion

mel's armes during the sum- of but will you consider toning vinced of

affairs.

We had al 2011

counted mer of 1942, Now circumstances language, strictly prohiblied," it down a bit?

them overmuch upon "King-pin" but had changed, and with which

no one was to be more unde- Darlan's attitude, but whatever The alterations President made were satisfac- ceived than he about the in- thoughts he might have nourish-

Despite apparent U-boat con- trusteeship of Madagascar to his centrallons towards the Gibral- Hands. All the facts before us tar Straits, the leading ships be- in the mooths of preparation gan to enter the Mediterranean and everything we have learnt on the night of Nov. 5/6 still

justify the

that undetected. It was not until the view

the 7th, when the Algiers convoy bringing de Gaulle Into business would have been deep- was less than 24 hours from its ly injurious to French reactions destination, that it was sighted. and even then only one ship in North Africa. ·

was attacked.

knee

Gen. Giraud

more

The need to find some out- standing French figure was ob- vious, and to British and Ameri- can eyco none seemed appropriate than Gen. Giraud, the fighting general of high rank whose dramatic, audacious escape from his prison in Ger- many was a famous tale. I have already described (in the first volume of the present Memoirs]

War

the

M.I.5 While secrets are

of danger to emerges from

"

NE outstanding source

Britain's defences scrutiny of the present security system the embassies.

This weakness runs through the recent

my moeting with record of security failures like a rotten thread Giraud at Metz in 1937, when I in a net. It saps the nation's defensive visited the Maginot Line, of which he commanded the prin- strength in three ways:

cipal sector.

He told me about

his adventures

the First in

World War sa an escaped pri- from

somer behind the German lines. abroad.

As a fellow escapee this gave us

of

Through leakages secret information embassies our

Staggering proof revealed something in common. Now he proof of this was revealed had as an Army Commander re-

when Foreign peated his youthful exploits in recently

pensational Secretary Ernest Bevin ad-

fashion

more

of

this

WELS

sold at embassy doors, the 7 men can't protect

CHAPMAN PINCHER

today nominates Security Chiot

AT US Sir Henry hard picture right) is the Dominant most Ingenital British. selenist. brain of the Defence Ministry and Cabinet adviser on scientific policy, to is ideally suited tempera mentally for dealing with brass-bats, scientists, and politicians. Badar nwed much to bla foresight.

mitted that a German spy had stolen vital wartime man

nover

us

Repro-

In any

(MORE TOMORROW)

ments, which are now

Inde-

and Air Intelligence depart- pondent.

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who provided it the was even more successful. The foreigners who were not sure ambassador's valet WILE ..a atom lentist Dr Nunn. May of their loyaltize,

und other secret agents worked ursuspected in Canada for at least two years.

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29 Apr., 43

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He set up The Top Thing" folk. The leakages from our eme

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Britis were stolen from the embassy. He was caught only when his win worked in the 10 vän salle 23 Burleri generals, women, contoderate, an

partment or the Home Taita-Colamettis Commumeet Expensonship, Nhảy the office quæboje minadaa gbed that the Eestis, Security Huwian called guns Wkoffs

Secret parleys Empire as soy celltres,

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