Essential—Auchinleck Cairo, July 8.
Taking over the Command of the! Middle East yesterday, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, told war correspondents that American manpower eventually would be as necessary a: {In the last war to "win the war pro He' said that American war materials were being shipped to the Middle East and that they would play an important role in future developments, "United States materials will have a big effect here if the Hun pushes down the Caucasus and further east he said,"
Suez and Basrah are extremely important as ports to which American ald will go,"—United Press.
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