Evening star., 1943-12-02
Allied Talks Establish
Record in Total Of
1op-Ranking Officials
BY the Associated Press.

Africa conference brought together
one of the most glittering assort.
ments of high military insignia anc
gold braid ever assembled in ont
place, but only the lesser lights were
seen In public.
The top-billed stars kept out ol
sight.
More than 300 persons were there
and they included some important
dignitaries in multi among the
bright array of Army, Navy and All
Force uniforms.
President Roosevelt's party in
cluded his son, Col. Elliott Roose-
welt, and his son-in-law, Maj. John
Boettiger.
Great Risks Taken on Journeys.
The leading characters reached
the site of the conference after
journeys entailing probably greater
risks than they ever had taken
before.
1t Is known that Mr.. Roosevelt
Prime Minister Churchill and Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek all came
within potential range of the enemy
somewhere along the various ways.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
had a strong fighter escort part of
the way, but their trips, like that of
Generalissimo Chiang's, were un-
eventful, according to official sources
Generalissimo and Nine. Chang
and party flew from Chungking
IN two American planes, with Amer
lean crews, across the towering
Himalayas, deserts and seas on a
trip taking total of four DAYS, with
stopoverS in India and Africa.
United States Mission.
The United States missions in
sluded Admiral William D. Leahy.
chief of staff to Mr.. Roosevelt:
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander
In chief of the fleet and chief of
naval operations; Gen. George C..
Marshall, Army Chief of Staff; Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied COM
mander in chef in the Mediter-
ranean; Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief
of the Army Air Forces; 1t. Gen.
Brehon B. Somervell, commanding
the Army Service of Supply; 1t.
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwen, chief of
staff of Allied forces in China; Mai.
Gen. Edwin M. Watson, the Presi-
dents military aide and secretary:
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, COM
manding the 14th Air Force in
China; Maj. Gen. George E. Strate-
meyer, theater air officer in China,
Burma and India; Maj. Gen. Rich
ard K. Sutherland, chief of staff in
Gen. MacArthur's Southwest Pacific
Command; Rear Admiral Wilson
Brown, the Presidents naval aide,
and Rear Admiral Ross Mcintyre,
the Presidents physician and
Surgeon General of the Navy.
Mr.. Roosevelt also had with him
Ambassadors John G. Winant from
London, W. Averell Hartman from
Moscow and Laurence A. Steinhardt
from Ankara, and Harry Hopkins.
Many of these never appeared in
public but their staff officers and
immediate subordinates were seen.
Gen. Marshall brought staff of
Is, Admiral king 6, Gen. Arnold IL
and Gen. Somervell 9. Also present
were 1t. Gen. T. T. Handy of the
Operations Division and Rear Ad-
miral c. M. Cook, both assistant
chiefs of staff.
Three senior planners were there,
each with a staff of four. They are
Rear Admiral B. H. Bieri, Brig. Gen.
L. S. Kuter of the Air Forces and
Col F. N Roberts of the Army, who
has been nominated for promotion
to brigadier general
Leaders of the logistics planning
group were: Navy, Rear Admiral
o. c. Badger; Army, Brig. Gen. Pat
rick H. Tansey; Air Forces, Brig.
Gen. L. T. Whitton.
The conference secretariat, with
a staff of seven, was headed by Navy
Capt. Forest B. Royal and Col. A. J.
Also on the American roster were
Maj. Gen. G. H. Lee, chief of the
Service of Supply, European theater;
John J. McCloy, Assistant Secre-
tary of War, and Lewis Douglas,
deputy director of the War Ship
ping Administration.
There were 201 in the British
missions.
Mr.. Churchills own party num-
bered Is. including his daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Oliver, a WAAF section
officer and aide de camp to her
father.
The British Foreign Office sent
eight, headed by Anthony Eden,
foreign secretary, and Sir Alexander
Cadogan, permanent undersecretary.
British Mission Leaders.
The other British missions and
their leaders:
Ministry of War Transports
headed by Lord Leathers,
the minister.
Admiralty-58, under Admiral Sir
Browne Cunningham, chief
of the naval staff, and including IA
''WRENS" (Women's Royal Naval
Service).
War Office-31, including Gen. Sir
Alan Brooke. chief of the imperial
general staff; Gen. Sir Thomas Rid
dell-Webster, quartermaster general,
and Field Marshal Sir John Dill,
head of the military mission to
Washington.
Air Ministry-14, headed by Air
Marshal Sir Charles Portal, chief of
the air staff.
Combined Operations-6, under
Maj. Gen. r. E. Lucky" Laycock.
War Cabinet-42, led byLt. Gen.
Sir Hastings Ismay, secretary of the
Imperial Defense Committee.
Southeast Asia Command-Twelve
the area commander, Ad-
miral Lord Louis Mountbatten. and
1t. Gen. Adrian Carton De Wharf,
who represents Mr.. Churchill at
Chang Kai-shek's headquarters.
Field Commanders Attend,
From Moscow-Four, including the
British Ambassador, Sir Archibald
Clark Derr, and 1t. Gen. G. l..
Martel, head of the British military
mission to Moscow.
From Algiers-Harold Macmillan,
resident Minister. and his secretary