Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                F i 0ontlnued from Page 3 port command activities in the maintained communications but in out the commitments of the state department to the government of established a training school for officers and Man of the liberian military and Are completinp1 construction of a much needed Road through Virgin As at present the theater consists of the War time leaders chose rendezvous in this part of the president prime minister Generalissimo and mme Garden at Mena november 43 for the talks which were to decide japans Fate Egypt Cairo military Egypt Middle East service Camp Egypt North african service com Casa French Morocco Eritrea base head Eritrea United states armed forces in Roberts at the american and British War leaders met marshal Stalin for the first the week following the Cairo Jet original big three met again in february of this year at when the picture above was the states had a Shock at the presidents tired two months later Roosevelt was Liberia persian Gulf service the commands the Early organization of Usa time involved four service com As follows the Levant service operating generally in the Levant countries including Palestine and Turkey the persian Gulf service com operating in Iraq and Iran the Delta service operating in Egypt from the Suez canal West and and including that part of Libya not occupied by the enemy the Eritrea service operating through the and us previously Usa Pica was incorporated into us anime As the West african ser vice operating through French and British West French Africa and the belgian this command was absorbed by North african service command in the Spring of and its dim shed activities carried on As the Southern town com a subsidiary command of during the libyan service command was established with Headquarters at Benghazi Pri Marily to service the Westward expanding operations of the 9th air this was later incorporated in Middle East service com deactivation following close upon the sur Render of Japan a general directive was received from the War depart ment looking to the speedy de activation of the the curtailment of de pending in Ireat degree upon the withdrawal of theater responsibility to and other is necessarily a Complex a stringent program of personnel reduction has been put into effect which will 1 1946 result is an Overall theater strength of approximately 33 of that obtain ing on 1 further substantial reductions Are expected to be possible during the first six Mouths of but will depend in the Jast analysis of Roicy particularly with respect to air transport that Are outside the authority of lit ill army redeployment program has i and will be fully adhered i ail 70 Point in for the Mena conference a sprawling Camp Rose almost at Mena House to accommodate All the cos who would do the Al important chores secretarial communications and courier the bigwigs dined in sometimes to the accompaniment of a cd but the Camps mess line looked like any my motor cyclists turned couriers for the Mena listed personnel were returned to the United states for processing and discharge prior to 31 All 60 Point personnel have been a Field office of the army Navy liquidation commission has been set up in under a recent this office operates under control of the state its function is to in or Derly fashion and in accordance with priority directives from Wash the disposal of equipment and installations certified to the commission As surplus the army or until such property is finally and arrangements for its physical delivery the army in this theater has been delegated the responsibility of and guarding with All these responsibilities mean in the Way of a and guarding and these functions cannot be car ried out in entirety by locally employed civilian some army particularly in guard work and in administrative and accounting procedures involving Faifili Ariev with army Admi and pro Perty control Are the continued operation of the air transport on what Ever reduced will require an irreducible minimum of service and Supply Many in technician communications facilities also essential for some months yet to mine will require trained person Nel Only available within the since its inception the theater has had the following command ers Russel Maxwell 19 june to 4 it Frank Andrews 4 42 to 31 43 Lewis Brereton 31 43 to 10 43 Ralph Royce 10 43 to 10 44 Benjamin Giles 10 44 to Date in a global the facts of Geo graph become fundamental determinants governing permissible As Well As desirable the area of the Middle including such focal Points As the Suez the Oil producing re Gions of and saudi the meeting place of races and nations with violently differ ent was is a great Center of strategic the campaigns fought in this area were the first to halt and then turn Back the tide of enemy con Dull but important the contribution of the United states to those Early first in lend lease equipment and then in Active participation were Deci Sive factors in the driving of the enemy from the same facts of geography made the african air routes the Only practicable approach to India and the Aid to China that was flown in Lover the Hump have been achieved in anything approaching the same de without the prior construct and operation of the Iong line of communications from the Atlantic Ocean to the arabian Hie dependence of combat upon the performance of Dull and exacting duty in Remote nowhere better exemplified than in this