American Airpower Comes of Age

AMERICAN AIRPOWER COMES OF AGE
Most of Churchill’s cabinet was defeated; so passes the man
who has held the British Empire together, made it work, secured
coordinated effort, held off the Germans, united all factions in
England. His reward: defeat for office by the radicals. 89
President down at Frankfurt 90 so we still don’t know
whether or not we can get away tomorrow. Agreed at 9:00 that
JCS could leave tomorrow, packed, bed at 11:00.
Friday, July 27, 1945 [Berlin, Germany to Paris, France]
To airport at 9:00, took off at 9:30, Paris 547 miles [distant].
Get out my 1911 prognostication of future of airplanes in war
to use in book. 91 JCS broke up this A.M., British Chief[s] of
Staff in London and will not come back. 92 Attlee will be here to
try and take up the load where the British people caused
Churchill to drop it. King takes a trip to the ports and then
gets back to Potsdam for the arrival of Forrestal, Secretary of
Navy. Stimson has already gone to Berchtesgaden and then to
Washington. Marshall and his party to Berchtesgaden for 2 or
3 days, and then on to Washington. President plans to leave
about Sunday. JCS left Cooke, Hull and Norstad behind to
help Leahy and the President.
Landed Paris, 12:40; met by Cannon, Hoag, etc., and came
with Sheffield to Ritz where I was given same suite I had last
April. Had lunch with Joe Cannon, Tom and Hank. Outlined
to Joe some of the things that happened at Potsdam that he is
interested in. Rested for 2 1 ⁄ 2 hours. Larry Bell and Summers of
CAA came in for a while. 93 Dinner with the bunch and Mrs.
Giles, Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, Helen Kirkpatrick, Gabrielle
Andreu, General Cannon, General Schlatter. 94 In bed at 10:30.
Saturday, July 28, 1945 [Paris, France to Azores en route to
Stephenville, Newfoundland]
Up at 7:30; a grand night to sleep, not so light all night as
at Berlin. Here it gets dark at 9:30, at Berlin about 11:00.
Hank Pool picked up a room full of films of the pictorial history
of the GAF. This should be shown, evaluated, digested,
edited and plans made to utilize them in:
(a) AAF movie history,
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