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On a lovely autumn day, November 2nd, my
plane landed on a military airfield at Versailles,
where the Allied G.H.Q. had been established. I
was immediately conducted to the Supreme
Commander’s office, where the General, a powerfully
built man in his fifties, received me with the
unaffected friendliness and absence of side that are
characteristic of Americans in high positions.
I had been in charge of the organization
concerned with the internment of American airmen
who had made forced landings in Sweden, and
it was on the suggestion of General Curtis of the
United States Air Force, who had been to Sweden
in connection with this matter, that I visited the
Supreme Commander.
General Eisenhower impressed me
enormously. I felt that here was a man of real
greatness, a personality as vital as he was generous and
warmhearted. He made one feel that he was
relaxed and calm, that he had complete confidence
in his ability to reach his goal and carry out the
gigantic task he had undertaken. Here, I felt, was
a man who knew what he wanted and had the
ability to get it. One of his most striking
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