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HOW I WOULD HAVE HANDLED

WINSTON-by

MONTY

sight of land. And, as Wo

st down through the clouds, he said: 'Do you know, I the feelings of those men who

N October 15, 1942, I attended a meeting of the Night Air Defence smoking a cigar, to get a first Committee, which was held at No. 10. Churchill came in after we had assembled, wearing a new romper suit. He glowered all round when he sat down, and everybody watched him attentively to see if he was in a good humour.

He pressed the hell on the table before him und, when a recretary appeared, he sold to him that he had come without #short handkerchief. After delay, his detective caine in with one, aut handed I to him han OHMS envelope. Chur chill extracted it, blew his nose, and looked all round ogaja while wa sat in silence. Then he got up and spent a moment, or two adjusting the electric fre behind his chair, snt down once more, and glowered round ngain.

Next be lit a cigor, and tools

a sip from his glass of leed water.

Then he noticed ine, bowed

BCTUSS the table, and said, "Glad to see you ate beiter."

The proceedings were opened with Finlemets

Sholla- by Douglas

Pile. Churchill asked a few questions and made Sumc Iltile Jokes

which al everyone laughed-rather 1ke Bchoolbors with their head- master. It was now evitent - and we noted it with relief- that he was in good form, so we oll relaxed and got down to the work in hand,

Rommel's

Concluding

THE

BUSINESS

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OF

WAR

常態

they were not rung untti after the fall of Tunis,

feel so thrilled I can imagine

first few the Alontle.'

Into

"What I don't like is being the Chiefs-of-Staft. This was te up to a point, but Chur- sent for fo come to Downing chill wanted things to be done Street when I have just got un-

getting the dressed and am than much more quickly

my bath about midnight, and Chiefs-of-Stail thought possible.

then to and that there is nothing delite to answer, and that I only have to listen to an indefinite discussion. And these late sittings are not a good Idea it is very hard to stick to importunt principles late at night. You often feel you must 507BC- give way on something times. Then, in the morning, you woke up and think: Now what did I do last night? Was I too weak?**

However much the Prime Minister might press for an acceleration of our operations, the pace was regulated by the number of ships that could be spared for them; and we never had enough.

He wrote a note In which he asked for full parti- culars of the way the ships were being used, saying, "I intended North Africa to be spring board, not a sofa,"

a

He held a number of late

meetings of the Defence Com Monty's plan

mitice to discu's future plans,

but these were largely a waste

of time. One such meeting In August 1944, Montgomery of invited me to pay him a visit at

headquarters in

touk place November 23.

קס

the

night

The Committee had Assembled

at 10 o'clock, and Churchill had

AL

then

his

France,

which was delighted to do.

Monty spoke about the Prime

I under-

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SIR

MAJOR GENERAL

JOHN KENNEDY

Directer of Milllery Operations 1940-43, Assistant Chief... «t," Imperial General Stall (Operations and Intelligence) 1943-45.

Herd Is General Kennedy-chopping timber in the gorden of his home at Pantilh in Cumberland.

to

held forth at great length. At Mnister's late habits, and said 10.15 Brooke, it was said, had that, if he were CIGS, he would written a note which he passed refuse to attend late meetings send his Chief-of- to the Secretary of State, sitting and would

Ho beside him"13 minutes

represent him, gone Staff to and no work done.

thought 10.20 asked me what I he had taken it back and Winston would do. I said, "He

would probably say altered the "15" to "20," silccessively, every five minutes, stand quite well, General, that to "25" 30" 35," "40," and Jou must always go to bed at We all of us reacted in Our finally to "45." Another night, 10 p.m., and I will be content several ways to this uriaceus-

samcono to Sinuts sent the Prime Minister, if you will send

when

decided DOCE you.' Then, lamed beverage of success. 1 to bed, like a small boy, and he present lant luncheon un November 8

went off obediently, as though you read the minutes next day, seemed to me wrong to purge with a close associate

reault of the despatched by his mother. you would be horrified to find it of all criticism. The Frime Minister, who said that

what, had been done." "I would would have been utterly false. Winston wes "all over the place.

not read the minutes," Monty for all the He is false dawns which had preceded

things are going badly. more the It. Montgomery struck on

diCicult when nothing is hop- evening of October 23; by carly November it was clear that Pening, and quite unmanageable

when all is going well"

error

the more

The victory of Alamein was a real sunrise at Just, Joyfully

welcome

only had a battle been won; the whole campaign had taken new vigorous turn.

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dificult enough which Mind made up replied. "Then," I said, "things For good or for i, this is the

On December 2, Brooke dined with my wife and me at Our house i Cheyng Walk..

amusing Brooke gave us an description of his own dealings with Churchil "He is extra- ordinarily obstinate. He is like a child that has set lis mind on

zoon

would happen. Disasters would war as I saw li from the niche which I served. Any dis- take place. Winston would rub in

perspectives his hands and say, 'A few more tortions or wrong disasters rind 1 think we shall there may be are genuine tricks see General Meatganery of the light, deriving from my

envirerment. at our evening meetings.""

when Monty continued that,

No soldier ever had more there was a difference of opinion generous and forbearing masters he would resign if his advice than I

Churchill was now full of im- His patience for fresh projects, view was that, unless we could get to grips with the Germans en the mainland of Europe early In the New Year, the Russians

might not be able to hold out some forbidden toy. It is no weapon that could be used

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Good news came from Mont- gamely every day, and we con- gratulated ourselves that Rom- mel (who hud hitherto kurdly ever put a foot wrong) had not had the good sense to withdraw for another summer. He sum- good explainkig that it will cut only on big issues, and that the above them all. Neither his to the frontier a month earlier, moned the Chiefs-of-Staff to his fingers or burn him. The 1 he had done so, he would Chequers on Sunday in the more you explain, The morc have dislocated all our prepara- middle

November, of

and fixed he becomes in his idea. tions for the offensive.

pressed them hurd, accusing Very often he seems to be quite There was little wonder that, them of luck of aggressiveness. immovable on some impossible

November

Prime 4, the

often that only project, but Minister sent for the Chief of Brooke told me that Smuts, means that he will not give way the Imperial General Staff, and who had been present, had tried of that particular moment, said that he was going to g to calm Winston by saying that the church bells., The CIGS he thought there was no differ- advised waiting a day or two to ence of opinion about the long be quite sure; and in the end term policy between him and

on

COMMENTAY

BY FRANK OWEN

to

was not taken. I said that was The massive Oguro of the great Prime Minister Lowers technique used by CIGS, Mature nor his place in our had to be different from

# annals can be diminished by Commander-in-Chief's,

glimpses of his pelnianer, or revelation of how difficult it was to chaso all the butterflits conjured up and relessed by his Hinilles fancy. Els alory re- mains,

Full Gale

It is now nearly 20 years "Then, suddenly, aller some since I began my long spell ut days, he will come round and the War Office on the eve of the he will say something to show war, and 13 since 1 finished it. that it is all right, and that all We began with an army which, the personal Abuse has been was trying-through no fault of forgotten. Another of his habits its own-to expand too late, and is suddenly

start using with a nation which was rousing arguments himself, that you itself from a deep sleep as the have been putting to him lava began to flow, All through against his own ideas, and he the war wo were still paying uses these arguments TK his the price for the belatedness of own, even to the people who our preparations, It was liko originally produced them, and trying to spread new and για

ODAY, in the final instalment ence of opinion, though in the as if they were something quite tried canvas in a fuil gale; sull ofler, sall blew into tatters as of his fascinating series on end Churchill wan everborne, Bew,

soon as it was set. The miracle War at the Top Lavel, General and D-Day was postponed untli

"For instance, I once warned was that, despite all our buffet- Kennedy tolls how the Prime the summer of 1944.

him not to engage in some new ings, we were able to keep on Minister, Winston Churchill, was

that commitment too carly, and I course. so tired with enthusiasm

History may yet reveal

nendless, and said, You cannot tell, six weeks General Montgomery' splendid this delay was

Second World War ubetid, what may happen." desert victory El Alamein in that the November, 1942, that he wanted might, in fact, have been short-

"A few days later, at a Chiefs-of-Staff meeting, he said to launch a full-scale Invasion enad by-a your.

of the mainland

the New Year.

OVER

of Europe in

Ա-

I want to make two points clear.

Meantime, in the supreme to us very seriously, You must My own view

abead,

the

direction of the struggle and never forgot that, in war, you amid all the quarrols between cannot tell, six weeks We had got the enemy on the

First, despite our tussles with Chlore and the what may, happen." the Barvice somewhere, and civilian leaders run at fast,

Americans, of the vintor

our relations Winston wanted to keep him sel

"Winston has a very lovable with them remained surprisingly nations, General Kennedy ro He was also genuinely anxious minda u

and human side, too,” he con- good. This was largely due to to rolleve the terrifà German

tinued. "I remember, when we Dill, who was wonderfully cast "The massive figure of the were flying back from Americs, in the role of intermediary In presture on the Rusalen Front

Minister tower he came up in his dressing Washington, by opening this Second Front in great Prime

abouc Western Europe.

them all. Neither his

сар and stature nor his place in our gown and yachting

In this, the only, matter which, annals, can be diminished by really divided the Prime Minis- glimpses of his petulance, or

ter and his Chiefs-of-Staff from revelations of how difficult it THE BUSINESS OF WAR agreed notion was the still very was to chase all the butterfica resourose, especially in shipping. its limitless fancy. His glory Kennedy Is published by considerable shortage of Allled conjured up and released by by Major-General Sir John It was, indeed, a drastio- differ® remaine,”

Hutchinson at 25%. `-

Secondly, I realise I may be Judged unduly critical of mome of the personages who pass aerom the pages, and especially

I could have left my story. lying: in its tin box: 1 could even of the Stanle Churchill himsalt.

have destroyed it; but, having

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