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PAGE 8 DETROIT EV E XING TIM E S (PHOKE CHERRYt **00) i J»noMT V, 1943 Roosevelt si ml Clmreliill Meet in Africa Communique Issued Keeps Away; At Meeting Between Offensive Sfalin Roosevelt, Churchill Gaulle, Agree CASABLASCA, Jan. (Delayed) (I'D—The foK Giraud lowing is the communique issued at the joint pres. t De text of the conference of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Win- (Continued from !‘»|(«* On#) ston Churchill: the prime y to ]!C'v>pap< nncn and radio correspondents as tbe The President of the United States and min- stories. ister of Great Britain have been in conference near Casa- logical “lead" for their blanca since January 14. They were accompanied by the Ho f« ?t f d tot hr stratop' and tactics <»f Clysses combined chiefs of staff of the two countries, namely, for s<; ¦ vHi whirh would be the prototype for the United States: Gen, George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the United A’! ~ 1 ;i, •on fr<*m i ov on, until 1 hat great day comes States Army; Admiral E. J. King, commander in chief of v (j Italian military power the United States Navy; Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold, command- ing Army forces, in. n responsible for Axis United States air and for Great Britain: and bnitality have been Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, first sea lord; philo<op «-s of conquest Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the imperial general staff; brought to book. Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, chief of the air staff. ( ,rcfu v a:.d * ith reasoned emphasis, the President r\ Hideri the . v-nn ssr i and long-suffering populations of the Others at Conference > which impends above the heads A\ s !om Ho d"om These were assisted by: of their lead* rs. Lt. Gen. B. B. Somervell, commanding general, services He rn.de < :..,r that the objectives of shining Allied of supply, United States Army; Field Marshal Sir John Dill, been ' . hmoi n F s \ast pl»»l .d conflict w ill not have achieved imrm ¦¦*--. Tilm v fI head of the British joint stall mission in W ashington; Vice I calculating militarists of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of combined opera- the Axis p \u i > ha\e been crushed, physically and psycho- tions; Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay, chief of staff officer to logically. never to rise again. the minister of defense, together with a number of staff offi- Seated on the sunlit, palm-fringed lawn of a white cers from both countm s. stuf' o More.- an villa. h:s blark ciparct at a characteristic They have received visits from Mr. Murphy (Robert by and leaders, the President Murphy, Mr, British French * the President’s minister to North Africa) and tilt and flanked ¦ Saint • -idfr J -.¦'•A'^B in which war had MacMillan (Harold MacMillan, British minister to Allied been waged in 1912 and predicted even better things by force headquarters); from Gen. Dwight I). Eisenhower, com- far in 1943. mander in chief of the Allied expeditionary force in North He epxn ssed regret that Premier Joseph Stalin and dfctv IV Africa; from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, (Kai Shek hsd been unable to attend AN ARTIST’S IDEA OF THE MEETING BETWEEN DE GAULLE AND GIRAUD naval commander of the Allied expeditionary force in North although they had been invited, because of Africa: from Gen. Carl Spaatz. air commander of the Allied the conference, An drawing from (left, their respective tasks of leading Russian and Chinese troops American-made de- Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill expeditionary force in North Africa; from Gen. Mark W. against Germans and Japanese invaders. scriptions of one of the highspots of the seated); a handshake symbolic of union be- Clark, United States Army, and from Middle East headquar- Casablanca conference between President tween General De Gaulle and General Giraud. ters, from Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, Air Chief Marshal Sir Report to China, Russia Arthur Tedder and Lt. Gen. F. M. Andrews, l riitcd States where heavy fighting had occurred. I saw graves in the Terence, Churchill told the correspondents that he concurred Army. But he assured his listeners that a full resume of the joint French-American military cemetery and placed in everything the President had said conference had been transmitted to Moscow and Chungking The work of the Anglo-American staffs for days and Member of President's Party emphasized the manner in which all of the four great wreaths on American and French graves. The French are and nights, the prime minister went on, proceeded with a thor- The President was accompanied by Mr. Harry Hopkins fighting democracies are being kept mutually informed of brave fighters. oughness and comprehensiveness he had never before seen. and collective efforts in behalf of a down- and was joined by Mr. Averill Harriman. With the prime their individual "I saw the equipment of our soldiers. They are ready Churchill said he was confident that the results w'ould was Leathers, liberation. minister Lord British minister of war trodden world’s eventual for action at any time. They wish the people back home give the Allied forces smashing victories. transport. Traveling a army transport plane guarded by in huge could sec them, for they have the finest weapons any For 10 days the staffs have been in craft, President more combined constant hundreds of fighter Roosevelt flew Friendship a War Sinew session, meeting two or three times a day and recording than 5,000 miles to reach this picturesque rendezvous. nation can give them. Nothing that may progress at intervals to the President and prime minister. Gen, George C. Marshall, ever occur in this war, Churchill In his official group were on, will him The entire field of the war was surveyed, theater by Admiral Ernest J. King, commander chief Eager to Fight Again went come between and the President. He said chief of staff; in a feeling theater, throughout the world and all resources were mar- forces, Lt. Henry Arnold, commanding "They are eager to fight again and I think they will that he and Roosevelt work with confident that of naval and Gen. H. (their friendship and partnership are one of the sinews of shaled for more intense prosecution of the war by land, sea the United States air forces. like to have me say a word for the fineness and bravery of 'this war. and air. Nothing like this prolonged discussion between tw o Dudley With Churchill came admiral of the fleet Sir the French we fought. They fought on, despite heavy Hmvy actions impend and great battles are to be fought, Allies has ever taken place before. Brooke, British Imperial Complete agreement Tound: Gen. Sir Alan chief of the losses. Churchill went on, saying that Allied arms will grow'. was reached between the leaders staff, and Air Sir Charles Portal. of the two countries and respective general Chief Marshal “Once the fighting ceased, they have given their Chiefs of the combined staffs who attended the confer- their staffs upon the war Many high and American diplomatic offi- Somervell, plans and enterprises to be undertaken during the campaign other British support to our cause. We are going to give ence were assisted by Lt. Gen. Brehon command- including Harold R. L. G. Alex- whole-hearted of 1943 against Germany, Italy and Japan with a view to cials participated, Gen. Sir them food and clothing which have been from them ing the United States Army’s services of supply; Field Mar- ander, chief the Middle East, and taken drawing the utmost advantage from the markedly British commander in in during the last two years by the Germans. We will feed shal Sir John G. Dill, head of the British joint staff mission favorable Dwight I). Eisenhower, commander of American turn of events at the close of 1942. Lt. Gen. them until their crops come in.” in Washington; Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. troops in the European theater. The President praised the high morale of the American cousin of King George VI and chief of Britain’s Combined Operations (Commando) (Jen. Stalin Unable to Attend troops. He said they are in splendid condition and health Command, and Lt. Lionel H. Giraud, De Gaulle Meet and said he knew' their folks back home will like to know Ismay, chief staff officer in the British ministry of defense. Premier Stalin was cordially invited to meet the Presi- dent and prime minister, in during days of the that ( that they are being given the best possible food, clothing and which case the meeting would It was the last two conference Showplace of have been held much farther to the east. brought together to bury Jiving conditions. One of the President’s own sons, Elliott, is Morrocco He was, however, Giraud and De Gaulle were their unable to leave Russia at this differences and talk—as Mr. Roosevelt put it—"as one in the service in North Africa. Numerous staff officers of both the United States and time on account of the great offensive which he himself as in is Frenchman to another." i In an official communique, the President and prime Britain also participated in the complex, thoroughgoing commander chief di- I minister that, having "completed their plans for work that went into shaping the conference decisions. recting. two leaders of opposing military and po- declared the of The French 194.3,” two leaders and their The conference held at of Morocco’s The President and prime minister realize to the full doctrines posed for photographs and shook hands the offensive campaigns of the was one showplace litical now to put resorts Casablanca, overlooking the enormous weight of the wai w hich Russia is successfully unemotionally and unsmilingly before a camera.