Evening star., 1943-01-27

ped invasion plans and probably
also picked their generals for such
field posts.
All the chieftains were present
for the meetings-Gen. George c.
Marshall, United States Army chief
of staff; Gen. Sir Alan Brooke. chief
Of the Imperial General STAFF; Ad-
miral Ernest J. King, commander
in chief OF the United States Navy;
Admiral OF the Fleet Sir Dudley
Pound, 1t. Gen. H. H. Arnold, COM
mander OF the United States Army
Air Forces. and Air Chief Marshal
Sir Charles Portal chief of Britains
air staff.
Aim Is Emphasized.
In emphasizing the aim of the
Allied high command. the Presi-
dent suggested that the entire meet
ing be called the unconditional
surrender" conference, and recalled
/ that Gen. U. s. Grant had borne
/ that nickname after defeating the
/ Confederate armies.
One of the main decisions reached
was TO lend all possible material
aid to the Russians who are sap
ping German manpower and war
materials, the President said. He
added that China was to get a full
measure TO help end forever the
/ japanese attempt 10 dominate the
Far East.
The official communique of the
meeting which today is being broad
cast in a score Of languages through
out the world, also called attention
TO RusSia'S great fight. 1t said:
The President and Prime Min
lister realized up to the full the
enormous weight OF the war which
| Russia is successfully bearing along
her whole land front, and their
prime object has been to draw as
much weight as possible off the
Russian armies by engaging the
enemy as heavily as possible at the
best selected points. Premier Stain
has been fully informed of the mill
tory proposals"
The best selected points" at
which to strike the Axis was not
elaborated on, but the President
said all the resources of the United
Nations had been pooled and would
be administered by a central plan
determined at the conference.
Other Leaders Present.
This was borne out by the scope
Of the personnel at the meeting
Aside from the supreme COM
manderS these men, including heads
of the all-important supply services.
were either in steady attendance or
visited the round tables:
For the United States-Lt. Gen. B.
B. Somervell, commanding general
of the Army Services sof Supply,
United States Army; Gen. Eisen-
hover, who is commander in chief
OF the Allied EXpeditionary Force
in North Africa; Maj. Gen. Carl
Spaatz. air commander OF the Allied
Expeditionary Force in North
Africa; 1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark.
commander of the United States 5th
Army in Africa w. Averell Harri-
man. United States defense ex-
pediter in Britain. and 1t. Gen. F..
M. Andrews, United States Army Air
Forces commander in the Middle
East
For Britain-Field Marshal Sir
John Dill, head Of the British Joint
Staff Mission in Washington. Vice
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
chief of combined operations tcom-
mando); 1t. Gen. Sir Hastings Is
may. chief OF staff to the Offlce of
} the Minister Of Defense. Admiral of
the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham
Allied naval commander in Africa :,
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, Middle
Eastern commander in chief: Air
Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder of
the Raj Middle Eastern command,
and others.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery,
whose 9th Army now is pursuing
Marshal Rommel's retrea ting forces
into Tunisia from Tripolitania, also
was reported to have attended.
In telling Sunday OF the flight of
Marshal Rommel, the British Prime
Minister waved his cigar at the
correspondents sitting on the lawn
and described the Axis desert leader
as fugitive from Egypt who would
like now to pose as the deliverer Of