I had been so many years with him, and knew better than anyone how his health, temper and temperament rendered him unfit, in my opinion, for the crisis we had to face. ..... the senior members (of GHQ staff) entirely ignored me, as far as possible, continually thwarted me, even altered my instructions."
Jeg havde været i så mange år ved ham, og vidste bedre end nogen hvordan hans helbred, sind og temperament gjorde ham uegnet (efter min mening) i den krise vi måtte se i øjnene. ..... de højtstående medlemmer (af hovedkvarterets stab) ignorerede mig fuldstændig, så vidt muligt, forpurrede mine tiltag og endda ændrede i mine instrukser."