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ON “SLAPPING INCIDENT.” ASKED FOR BY AMERICAN WAR DEPARTMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, November 25. The War Department has requested General Eisenhower to furnish a full report on the Patton slapping incident, said Mr H. L. Stimson, Secretary of War, when addressing a Press conference. He explained that since the beginning of the war he and General Marshall had adopted the principle of selecting the best possible commander in a theatre and then' giving him a free hand and complete authority. Under this principle, General Eisenhower was responsible for all matters of administration and discipline within his theatre. Mr Stimson said the War Department disapproved of the statement issued from Allied headquarters denying that General Patton had been reprimanded and implying the day before reporters were permitted to publish the story that the report of the incident was erroneous. He added that obviously General Eisenhower had not approved the denial, since it was promptly disapproved by his headquarters.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1943, Page 3
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161FULL REPORT Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1943, Page 3
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