NEW COMMANDER IN EUROPE
General Ridgway Leaves Tokyo
(Rec. 11.20 p.m.) TOKYO, May 12. General Matthew Ridgway, who will succeed General Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Europe, left Tokyo to-day for Washington.
Before leaving he formally handed over the United Nations Far Eastern ccmmand to General Mark Clark. There was little of the fanfare and pomp and almost none of the ceremony that marked the departure of General MacArthur from Tokyo. Japanese police lined 10 miles of Tokyo streets from his house near the centre of Tokyo to Haneda airport, but few people lined the route. At various points along the route, schoolchildren Waved American and Japanese flags. British Commonwealth and other Allied troops formed a guard of honour at the airport. The Japanese Prime Minister (Mr Yoshida) was present. Addressing diplomats and nigh officers at the airport General Ridgway said: "I am deeply honoured by this ceremony. I have complete and unshakeable faith in this command. Both Mrs Ridgway and I want to express our heartfelt thanks for your services, and our best wishes to you always.'* The crowd Cheered. American fighters and bombers flew overhead as General Ridgway’s aircraft took off.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26729, 13 May 1952, Page 7
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