Second Front Leader Said To Be Selected
Rec. 9.30 p.m. Washington, Aug. 29. General George C. Marshall, United States Chief of Staff, is mentioned in dispatches from both Washington and abroad as probable choice as supreme commander of the United Nations second front forces, says the New York Times. Berlin radio announced that Mr. Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt and M. Stalin had agreed to appoint General Marshall commander-in-chief of the invasion forces. The New York Times Washington correspondent says President Roosevelt held an important conference at the White House which was attended by Admiral W. D. Leahy, General Marshall, Admiral Emest King, General H. H. Arnold, Mr. Donald Nelson and Mr. Harry Hopkins. Although no one would comment, it is believed that they discussed tying production more closely to «':rategy for victory.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1942, Page 3
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