Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-02
Plans for Invasion
Drafted by Allies
At African PorIey
StuIin in Accord
With Agreement,
He DiscIoses
BY GARRETT d. HORNER.

President Roosevelt indicated
today that he and Prime Minis
ter Churchill had made definite
plans In their meeting at Casa
blanca for striking at Hitler on
the continent of Europe with an
American-British invasion force.
this year.
His meeting with the British Prime
Minister was a conference to win
the war, the President emphasized
during . review Of his trip at the
first White House press conference
he had held since leaving Washing
ton January .. II
He said they made plans for win.
ming the war Is far as one can plan
ahead for the calendar year OF 1913.
Message Is Quoted.
The strong indication that these
plans involve q new second front"
in Europe itself this year was given
by the President by quoting . pas
sage from his January message
to Congress in which he said: II
cannot prophesy. I cannot tell you
when or where the United Nations
are going to strike next in Europe.
But We are going to strike-and
strike hard"
It was in fllfilment Of that state-
ment. Mr.. Roosevelt said, that he
and Mr.. Churchill worked through
their combined military and naval
stats and reached . unanimous
agreement.
He went On to say that they were
In complete contact with Premier
Joseph Stain Of Russia and Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek Of
China. since as well as during the
Casablanca conference.
Relations Extremely Coed.
Asked II Stain was In agreement
with the decisions, the President said
the agreements were so extremely
confidential that he did not think
he should talk any more ahout that.
He warned, however. against any
one drawing the inference thAt sta
lin WAS MT IN agreement. He said
inter Allied relations were going ex-
tremely wen.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt explained that since
Ruasia was not In the war with
Japan. and China waS not In posi-
ton to do anything effective In the
war against Germany, 1t would have
been difficult for the leaders Of those
two nations to have taken part IN
the CaSablanca conference.
He was asked II he hoped for Z
personal meeting later with Stain,
and replied that hope sranG
eternal.
High Light Of Meeting.
Mr.. Roosevelt said thst he thought
the high light Of the North African
meeting was the formal re-emphasiz
placed on belief that there should
, be no negotiated armistice, only Or
unconditional surrender by the Axis
There were two high lights, Mr.
Roosevelt said, Of his stop on the way
home to talk with President vargaa
Of Brazil.
One, he explained. Is the greatly
increased effort Brazil y making 70
combat submarines. The second. h
said, Is an agreement that the peaco
to come must eliminate any futuro
threat from the African Coast q
the portion Of this hemisphere lytne
closest to Africa.
| Mr.. Roosevelt said he thought \
just - well to have this latter point
clearly understood now by all ocun-
tries which have territories on the
African coast.
He told questioners 1t was diff
ficult to say whether realization Of
this objective would mean perma.
nent Standardization Of the African
coast, remarking that 1t could b
accomplished In several ways and
the method has not yet been worked
out.
The President dwelt at some
length on the situation In French
North Africa, especially the politi-
cal problems. He said he thought
things were going along pretty wen.
The problem in North Africa, h
said, is essentially military one.
! Mr.. Roosevelt said that any one
who tried to stir up talk Of disputes
between Gems. Charles De 0anils
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