Evening star., 1944-09-12
Roosevelt Talks
Over War Plans
with Churchill
Leaders Also Confer
With MiIitory Chiefs
On Defeat of Axis
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

Star staff Correspondent.
QUEBEC, Sept. 12.-President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill sat in a vaulted room
of an ancient fortress here this
morning and discussed Anglo
American plans to defeat the
Axis in both Asia and Europe.
Meanwhile, in an adjacent room
of the castle-fortress which once
guarded Quebec from the assault of
enemy warships moving up the st.
Lawrence, the high military COM
mapds of both the United States
and Great Britain carefully scanned
war maps and made their plans for
the defeat of Germany and Japan.
Later in the day both the Presi-
dent and the Prime Minister ex-
pected to confer with their military
advisers. Today can be marked as a
new stage in Anglo plan
ming which will deal with the final
and inevitable defeat of the Axis.
In Touch With War Fronts.
Mr. Roosevelt has established here
what might be called White House
on foreign territory. Next to his
quarters in the Citadel is a map
room, where his military advisers
keep posted the latest moves on
both the European and Asiatic
fronts. He has a private telegraph
line to Washington and through
there to all military and political
centers of the world. He is in i'm
mediate touch with Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower in Europe, Gen. Doug
las Macarthur at Southwest Pacific
headquarters and with Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor.
All this was revealed at a press
conference held by Stephen T. Early.
the Presidents secretary, who is
keeping in close touch with Amer
lean, British and Canadian officials.
The physical layout of the con-
ference in the Citadel is this. Prime
Minister Churchill and Mrs. Church.
Ill have a suite on the first floor
Nearby is the quarters of Prime
Minister Mackenzie King of Canada.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
are quartered in a large suite of
rooms on the second floor. Adjacent
to their quarters is the map room
where military reports are received
momentarily.
A large suite of rooms have been
assigned to the ranking army. navy
and air forces leaders of the United
States and Great Britain. The
general plan of the conference is
that they will confer on technical
matters and then report back to the
Anglo-American leaders who will
make the final decisions.
Chinese and Russians Informed.
Although there are no Chinese
or Russian officials here, this cor
respondent has aScertained that all
flnal decisions made at Quebec are
being transmitted Immediately by
telegraph to the Chinese and Rus
sian Embassies in Washington. No
secret Anglo-American agreements
are contemplated
Today was the 36th wedding an
nlversary of Mr. and Mrs. Churchill.
The Prime Minister, unlike some
husbands, did not forget it. Early
this morning he presented his wife
with an elaborate bouquet of roses
which had been made up for him on
special order by Quebec florist
shop. At noon the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt called on the
Churchills and gave them their
warm congratulations.
Mr.. Early said at his press con-
ference this morning that no
definite predictions could be made
about the end of the Roosevelt
Churchill meeting. Presumably it
will depend on the speed with which
their military advisers coordinate
their plans for shifting the major
Anglo-American forces from Europe
to the Far East.
Stains Role Discussed.
Mr.. Early, when questioned this
morning as to whether Premier
Stain, in rejecting a bid to the
Quebec conference. gave any as
surances as to Russia's future policy
toward Japan, answered that he
had given the press all information
which was available to him.
Meanwhile it was learned from
other sources that Premier Stains
message does not mean that Russia
has no future interest in the Far
Eastern war.
While nothing on that subject has
been said here in Quebec, sources in
Washington who have an intimate
knowledge of Russian policy are
convinced that once Adolf Hitler
has been decisively defeated, the
Russians will gladly join because of
their own nationalistic interests
in the task of beating down the east
ern end of the European Asiatic
Axis.
In the meantime, it is believed,
Premier Stain does not want to
commit himself to any Far Eastern
obligations.
The present decision of Premier
Stain has several precedents. When,
last winter, Washington felt that it
was essential to the Allied cause to
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