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Significant Separation. In British, Indian, U.S. and Chinese eyes, the most significant thing in the Indian shake-up was the separate East Asia command for operations against Japan. Neither General Wavell nor General Auchinleck would head that command. Sir Archibald, who chased and was chased in North African desert warfare, fared poorly in the last Burmese jungle campaign (TIME, May 31). A new great Allied offensive to reopen the Burma Road to China might be launched in the fall, and its commander might be Chinese-speaking U.S. Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell. But as Viceroy, Wavell would also play...
...American Airways may have a big shake-up of its personnel in charge of snakecharming. Pan Am had hired one Akbar Shuja, a citizen of Northern India, for duty at the tea planter's bungalow which serves as barracks for Pan Am pilots there. His job: to lure hooded cobras out of the bungalow's thatched roof. Last week Pan Am began to suspect that Akbar is a slick character; specifically, that he puts the snakes back when the pilots are away, pipes them forth each evening when the pilots return. If Akbar is fired, Pan Am operating...
...Will this latest shake-up prevent a recurrence of these costly disturbances? One can only guess regretfully 'no'-regretfully, because their source, one can't help feeling, will not be removed until Mr. Nelson himself steps down...
...Tenth Air Force, whose headquarters are in India. Both feuds were connected, because Bissell is also Stilwell's executive in the Far East. The Army last week was anxiously trying to straighten out the row between these three seasoned soldiers. Airmen hopefully predicted that there would be a shake-up that would leave Chennault in command of a separate China Air Force...
Deadlock. But there was no sign from any quarter last week that the political shake-up which Correspondent Middleton called for would be forthcoming. Having met in Casablanca, Generals Giraud and De Gaulle, key men of the two main factions of divided France, had retired again to their respective headquarters...