Clearing the Decks

Last week was one of those times in the war when the pattern of great affairs is revealed for a moment before it submerges again beneath the mass of everyday concerns.

With grand strategy fixed at Quebec, it was evident in the President's doings that he was now occupied with actual tactics, military, diplomatic and political. Foremost in the array of tactical problems before him was personnel in his top command. In this area he made changes and moves of transcendent importance. In certain of these changes Harry Hopkins' influence was plain.

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