Evening star., 1943-01-27

OF me OHlc7dt cOnmnnlQue on
the conference OF President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill:
The President of the United
States and the Prime Minister
Of Great Britain have been in
conference near Casablanca since
January IA.
They were accompanied by the
combined chiefs of staff OF the
two countries; namely, for the
United States:
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
of staff of the Army; Admiral
Ernest J. King, commander in
chief of the Navy; 1t. Gen. H. H.
Arnold. commanding the Army
Air Forces,
And for Great Britain:
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dud-
ley Pound, first sea lord: Gen.
Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the I'M
perial General Staff. and Air
Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal,
chief Of the air staff.
These were assisted by.
1t. Gen. B. B. Somervell.
commanding general of the serv-
ices of supply, United States
Army; Field Marshal Sir John
Dill. head of the British joint
staff mission in Washington: Vice
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat tten,
chief of combined operations; 1t.
Gen. Sir Hastings ISmay, chief
of staff to the ONCE of Minister of
Defense, together with number
of staff officers of both countries.
Visits From Other Leaders.
They have received visits from
Mr.. Murphy Robert Murphy.
United States Minister to French
North Africa and Mr.. MacMil-
Ian Harold Macmillan, British
Resident Minister for Allied head
quarters in North Africa from
1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
commander in chief of the Allied
Expeditionary Force in North Al
RIGA; from Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Andrew Cunningham. naval
commander of the Allied Expedi-
tionary Force in North Africa.
from Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, air
commander of the Allied Expedi-
tionary Force in North Africa,
from 1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark,
United States Army commander
OF the United States 5th Army in
Tunisia), and from Middle East
headquarters from Gen. Sir Har-
old Alexander, Air Chief Marshal
Sir Arthur Tedder and 1t Gen.
F. M. Andrews, United States
Army.
The President was accompanied
by Harry Hopkins chairman of
the British-American Munitions
Assignment Beard. and was
joined by w. Averell Hartman
Omitted States defense expediter
in England.
With the Prime Minister was
Lord Leathers. British Minister
of War Transport.
For 10 days the combined staffs
have been in constant session,
meeting two or three times day,
and recording progress at inter-
walls to the President and Prime
Minister.
The entire field OF the war
was surveyed, theater by theater
throughout the world and all
resources were marShaled for
more intense prosecution of the
war by sea, land and air.
Complete Accord Reached.
Nothing like this prolonged dis
cuSsion between two Allies has
ever taken place before. Com
plete agreement was reached be-
tween the leaders of the two
countries and their respective
stats on war plans and enter
priSes to be undertaken during
the campaigns of l943 against
Germany, Italy and Japan with
a view to drawing the utmost
advantage from the markedly
favorable turn Of events at the
close of 1912.
Premier Stain was cordially
invited to meet the President and
Prime Minister, in which case the
meeting would have been held
very much farther to the east.
He was unable to leave Russia at
this time on account of the great
offensive which he himself as
commander-in-c is directing.
The President and Prime Min
lister realized up to the full the