The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

not understand and resemphaslslnR that the purpose Of the meeting here was primarily military"
 New Command
 Asked whether the state depart. Inent or lts Brltish counterpart, the foreign office planned to send rep. resentatlves to Quebec, Early said he knew Of no such plans, but there might be later arrival Of state dc. l,artment people.
 T just haven't heard anythlnR about it" was the way hO summed up that and other inquiries about new arrivals.
 The new unified command for the Japanese assault, to be headed by An American, raised many queB- tons.
 The proportions of American and British forces to be transferred from Europe to the Far East as soon As uermRny'B defeat 10 complete must also bo determined. And the amount of lend.lease aid the U. g. will give Britain after the European war ends must be considered.
 MT. Roosevelt, Mir. Churchill and their StAffs settled down to thresh. Ing out these matters In conference rooms in the Old Citadel, looking out over the Bt, Lawrence. prellmlnar. los were gotten out of the way swift. ly following their arrival yesterday, Last night they were guests of the Earl of Athlone, Governor General, ct Q state dinner.
 Their talks were expected to cover Q wide field, including many prob- lens in Europe, But it was official ly emphasized that the Pacific war was the No, 1 topic, and the absence of Soviet Premier Josef stalin fits in with that program.
 Conveying drives on the Japanese from the Central Pacific, and the Southwest Pacific are forging ahead of schedule, but the enemy recently has made fresh progress in China. Those drives must be extended be- fore Q direct assault on Japan it. self can be started. But they are going 70 fast that now the top planners-who must work months in advance of the action--must be. gin to lay out the strategy for the final assaults.
 Four Commands
 There are now four commands fighting the Japanese:
 1.-The U.S.M. Pacific Forces un. der Admiral Chester w, Nimitz have struck swiftly across the Central Pacific mad. have penetrated Ja- pans inner defense circle.
 2-Gen. Douglas MaeArthur's Forces have swept up from the south to place themselves in e po- Sition to invade the southern Phil ippineS.
 3-ForceS in Lord Louis Mountbat- tens Southeast Asia command comprising Burma, 1ndo-C China, Ma. laya and Sumatra-havo had tough goiNg but have succeeded in driv. ing tho Japanese out of northern Burma. This will permit early rees. tablishMent Of land supply route from InGla to China.
 4- Tn China, deneralissimo Chiang KNi-Shek's troops have been waging . desperate but so far losing battle so prevent the Jap- anese from cutSing the country in half.
 No Coordination
 These commands have been op. erating under broad plans developed at last November'S Roosevelt Churchill -Chiang conference in Cairo. But they have net had the benefit of the coordination such as General Dwight D. Eisenhower exer. ciscS in western Europe.
 Already delicate questions have arisen involving the overlapping of some command areas. Unless new command set up is achieved, these would multiply as the offensives progress. MacArthur's forces and the southern wing of Nimitz's both are striking toward the Philippines. MacArthurs and Mountbatten's spheres overlap in the Indies. Mountbatten command was estab. lished at the first Quebec confer- ence-in August 1o43-but results have not fulfilled expectations.