Mr. Eden Arrives in Quebec

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 220, 16 September 1944, Page 5

Mr. Eden Arrives in Quebec

Received Friday, 7 p.m. QUEBEC, Sept. 14.

The question of a supreme commander in the Pacific was disposed oi before the Quebec Conference and therefore is not a question for the conference, said Mr. Stephen Early, President Roosevelt’s secretary, at a press conference. Mr. Early said he Cid not know whether the decision was lor a new command, a change in the command or the status quo. He also refused to comment on Mr. Dewey’s suggestion that General MacArthur should be appointed Allied overall commander in the Pacific. A formal statement by Mr. Churchili and President Roosevelt outlining the Allied objectives in the war with Japan appears possible as their conference enters its final phase, says a correspondent. The military and naval strategy for crushing Japan has already been charted and details are being filled in by the British and American Chiefs of Staff. It can now he reported from sources reflecting the Combined Chiefs of Staff that the Pacific problems were settled before Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt sat down together. The question of Pacific commanders has not arisen and will not he considered, because for the immediate stages the present Command has already been given official approval. This does not mean that before Japan's ultimate defeat a strategic commander will not be needed. It is officially announced that the British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) has arrived in Quebec, giving rise to the assumption that political and diplomatic as well as military questions are to be considered.