Evening star., 1945-07-08
Allied Headquarters
Due 10 End This Week
Eisenhower Awaited
1y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 7.-Supreme Allied
headquarters will be dissolved and
the combined command of the
Allied expeditionary forces will end
on or about July 13, SHAEF an
nounced today.
Gen. Eisenhower will have re-
turned from the United States by
that time, and the delay will give
him a chance to say farewell to
his commanders and staff, it was
explained.
Text of the announcement:
Termination of the combined
command of Allied expeditionary
forces and dissolution of supreme
headquarters will become effective
on or about July Is, 1945, the exact
date to be set later. 1t was ex-
planned that the action in this re-
spect was being delayed to permit
readjuStment of certain troops, and
until return of General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who desires
the opportunity of saying farewell
to @his principal commanders and
members of his staff.
"At the time of termination, Cen
eral of the Army Eisenhower will
relinquish command of all elements
of the Allied expeditionary force,
including supreme headquarters, and
Its attached. or assigned units.
Changes Outlined.
upon termination of the COM
bined command, the following
changes become effective:
"Operational control of the 18th
and 6th Army Groups, of the 9th
Air Force, of the communications
zone, and of the United States ele-
ment of the Allied naval command
expeditionary force, and of supreme
headquarters missions to France,
Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium,
Luxembourg and Norway will pass
from Gen. Eisenhower as supreme
commander to Gen. Eisenhower as
commanding general of United
States forces in the European
theater.
The 21st Army Group and Brit
ish elements of supreme head
quarters missions to France, the
Netherlands and Norway Will re-
vert to British War ONCE control.
British Army elements of supreme
headquarters missions to Belgium
and Denmark will pass to command
of the 21St Army Group.
Command of all Royal Air Force
elements of supreme headquarters
missions will be assumed by the
Air Ministry.
Command of Allied land forces
in Norway will pass to the War
Office, with the British chief of
staff acting as agents to the COM
bined chiefs of staff.
Norway Commands Remain.
1.-The Norwegian naval and air
forces will continue under pres
ent control until, at some later
date to be announced, they will
revert to control of the Norwegian
government.
Command of British elements of
the Allied Naval Command Expe-
dictionary Force, British naval forces
in Norway and British naval ele-
ments of all supreme headquarters
missions will be assumed by the
Admiralty.
The French high command will
assume command of the French 1st
Army and of the army detachment
of the Alps; however, command Of
the latter will be passed, as for
merly agreed, at midnight July
10-11.
1T has been supposed that GER
tain residual matters of COM
bined nature which cannot be
transferred to appropriate United
States or British agencies will be
handled by a combined liquidation
agency of supreme headquarters
which will be responsible to the
British chief of staff and the COM
manding general, United States
forces in the European theater,
and that this liquidating agency
will begin its functions on the dis
solution of supreme headquarters.