Evening star., 1943-01-27
Roosevelt
ADMIRAL SIR
DUDLEY POUND
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in an American four -motored Lib
orator bomber. the same aircraft he
used for his August trip to Cairo
and Moscow. Capt. William Van
derkloot of Sarasota. Fla. and the
same creWmen of the previous flight
again were recruited.
Aside from the fact that he few
across the Atlantic. details of the
Presidents trip still have not been
disclosed.
Mr.. Churchill arrived first. When
the President landed he dispatched
Harry Hopkins. chairman of the
British American Munitions Assign
ment Board, to Mr. Churchilll's S
villa, and the Prime Minister re-
turned with him to begin the talks
The first one began at 7 O'Clock
the night of January IA and lasted
until a m. the next day. Military
leaders participated, as did the field
commanders of both nations charged
with smashing the AXis-held strip
Of Tunisia preparatory to opening a
possible second front on the under
side of Europe.
Receives Writers in Garden.
President Roosevelt received cor
respondents in the red howered gar
den of his villa Sunday afternoon
while American fighters and Raj
Spitfires hummed overhead pro-
/ tectingly.
The only woman present was
/ WAAC Capt. Louise Anderson OF
Denver. a stenographer from 1t
! Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower S head
/ quarters.
| First to arrive was Mr. Hopkins
and the Presidents son, 1t. Col
/ Elliott Roosevelt, who is stationed
/ in Africa
Then Gems. de Gaulle and Girauc
! appeared from the Presidents quar-
ters, followed by Mr.. Roosevelt
/ lowering in the background wa'
the Presidents s envoy TO North Afri-
/ Ca, Robert Murphy. who did val.
liable contact work with the French
/ before the Allied invasion.
! Mr Churchill then appeared.
Gen. Giraud and Gen. de Gaullt
/ shook hands for the benefit o
! the correspondents, then retired, a!
/ the conference got under way.
First Mr.. Roosevelt expressed hi!
own and MI Churchills regret a
the death of one correspondent
/ Edouard Baudry of the Canadian
Broadcasting Corp. My. Baudrl
u-oc ctr,,cly b,r O y,nacbipeon1 bDlle
/ over Spanish Morocco when th'
/ plane in which he was riding with
other correspondents en- route t
the meeting lost its way tempo
rarily. He died after the plan,
made an emergency landing IL
French Morocco.
The President then explained TIT
background Of the historic meeting
/ 1t became clear, he said, Wher
the North African campaign wa
launched that he and the Prim
Minister would have TO meet again
Stain Asked TO Farley.
Stain had been cordially invited
TO meet the President and Prim
Minister, but was unable to leav
Russia at this time on account o
the great offensive which he him
self as commander in chief is di
recting."
Then, with Mr.. Churchill noddinI
assent. Mr. Roosevelt said the 10
day conference had ended in com
plete agreement" on l943 plans T.
bring about the unconditional sur
render OF the Axis This did no
mean, the President said, the de
Struction OF the populations OF Ger
many, Japan and Italy, but it di
mean the smashing of the phi
loSophy OF these countries based OF
conquest and reigns of terror.
Here MI Churchill interj jected
Hear, hear" as if he were hom
attending a parliamentary session.
Allied determination to press tn
war initiative in every part of tn
world was stressed. Mr.. Roosevelt
said that a "theater by theater
survey. as the communique phraset
IT, had been made
This was interpreted 10 mean tha
Allied military chieftains had map