Evening star., 1943-12-02

CAltLO. DeC. Z.-Here, CnrOnOlORl
cally. are the sessions of the five-day
tripartite conference:
Sunday, November 21.
The first formal interchange came
at pm. when Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek called on Prime Min
lister Churchill at the latter's villa
1t was the first time the two men
had met.
Mr.. Churchill dined at night with
the highest members of the British
staff at his tiled villa. This session
was a repetition of an all-day con-
ference he had held at Malta en-
route, except that Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower and Maj. Gen. Bedell
Smith. Gen. Eisenhower chief Of
staff, were not present as at Malta.
Monday, November n.
Early in the day, Mr.. Churchill
received Sir Archibald Clark Kerr,
British Ambassador to Moscow.
At 1890 am. President Roosevelt
arrived, driving to his villa in a
heavily y-curtained limousine. pre-
ceded by jeeps bristling with tommy
guns, along road heavily guarded
by American troops, all of whom
were ordered to turn their backs as
the procession passed.
AS soon as the President was in
doors, Mr.. Churchill called on him
Mr.. Churchill appeared in gocd spir-
it's, wearing a 10-gallon cowboy hat
and light beige suit. The pair took
up where they had left off at the
White House in August, and kept
their heads together so long that
Mr.. Churchill stayed for lunch with
Mr.. Roosevelt alone.
While they talked the first of two
military conferences was held at
hotel, starting at II am. Gen.
George c. Marshall, United States
Army chief of staff, led the way into
the first one, preceded by great
bustling of secretaries bringing pa
per and pencils into the main con-
ference room. Chinese and British
representatives were much in evi-
dence.
At the same time 1t. Gen. Joseph
w. Stilwell. commander in chief of
American forces in China, Burma
and India; his chief Of staff. and
Gen. Chang presided at small
conference on the Far Eastern cam
paign.
The first all-inclusive military
conference opened at pm. in the
biggest conference room with the
smartly attired Chinese leaders
sitting alongside Gen. Marshall and
Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the i'm
perial British staff, and their top
ranking leaders at a long, green
baize covered table.
Thirteen men sat at each side of
the table, with one at each end.
When the others left after the ses-
sion, Gen. Marshall and Gen. Brooke
sat for 20 minutes in a private con-
ference.
Monday night Mr.. Churchill and
President Roosevelt dined alone at
the Presidents villa and sat late
into the night with members Of their
general STATS, presumably discussing
details of plans to crush both Ger
many and Japan.
Tuesday, November %.
The British and American high
commands met separately in the
morning in accordance with the
usual custom Of such parleys, while
Mr.. Churchill met Andrei Vishinsky,
the Russian vice commissar of
foreign affairs who was en- route to
Algiers to take his place on the
Mediterranean Commission.
During the morning Mr.. Roose-
welt, Mr.. Churchill and Gen. Chang
and Nine. Chang, along with various
Ambassadors, including John G..
Winant, w. Averell Hartman and
also Harry Hopkins, held a plenary
session at the Presidents villa on
political matters.
Although the outcome of this ses-
sion was not disclosed, it Is pre-
sumed that they discussed war sup
plies and postwar problems.
A second big military conference
was held at $3.50 pm. It was so
brief, lasting barely half an hour,
that there was considerable COM
ment. The conferees were noticeably
serious and even a bit grim as they
emerged.
The brevity of this conference was
even more marked in view of the
fact that q huge map OF Asia COW
cred one wall. considerably ilmprov-
ing the appearance Of the rather
unattracttvs room which was fur