Kammala wannan jumla: Brooke ya kasance musamman damuwa da ra'ayin Churchill na kama arewacin tip na Sumatra. Amma a wasu lokuta Brooke bai ga tsarin siyasa ba kamar yadda Firayim Minista ya yi. CIGS ya kasance mai shakka game da shigar da Birtaniya a cikin yakin basasa na Girka a ƙarshen 1944 (a lokacin "Dekemvriana"), yana gaskanta cewa wannan aiki ne wanda zai zubar da dakarun daga yankin.
tsakiyar gaba a Jamus. Amma a wannan matakin yakin ya kusan cin nasara kuma Churchill ya ga yiwuwar hana Girka daga zama jihar kwaminisanci.