London, July 12. '(ARSHALS Klementii J. Voroshilov, Timoshenko and S. M.
Budienny have been appointed Commanders-in-Chief of the northern, western and south-western sectors of the front respectively, according to the Moscow radio last night.
The three marshals, who have already taken up. their" duties. are three pillars of Soviet defence organtation, "Marshal Voroshilov was ap-Pointed Defence Chief on August 7, TOI0 and became a member of the Defence Counci! on July 1, 1941.
Marshal Timoshenko succeeded Marshal Voroshilov as Defence Commissar_ on May 8, 1940, Marshal Budienny, head of the Red cavalry and the popular ideal of a civil war Righter, was appointed First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence on August 16, 1940, Explaining the appointments, the Soviet news agency reports view of the fact there are now three main directions of war operations, the State Service Committee has ordered headquarters*to Jorganize three main commands.as
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