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With this short, tired statement, General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell last week took upon himself an historic guilt. He was telling the Indian Council of State about Britain's setback by the Axis drive in Libya last April.
General Wavell, who is honest with himself, lost caste in his own eyes. Nothing he admitted to the Indian Council of State is likely to change Winston Churchill's or the War Office's opinion of him. Nevertheless, his admission will probably be accepted by history as true...
> General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell flew from India to London. There he had frequent talks with Winston Churchill and with Chief of the Imperial General Staff General Sir John Dill. One day he went out into Dorsetshire to see if he could flush a few partridge. He bagged two brace...
DESIGN FOR MURDER - Percival Wilde - Random House ($2). Group of rich and amoral idlers enjoying "murder game" in a Connecticut villa are shocked when fun turns realistic and two players die. Four others write their accounts of the crime and its unguessable solution.
General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell won two campaigns and world fame. Then he lost two campaigns and full vigor. Finally he squeaked through two campaigns and public censure. Last week he was traded to India.