In fact, Slim reacted by telling his staff he had been sacked and wrote to Leese and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, the Commander-in-Chief India, to say he would refuse the new post and resign from the army in protest.
Rent faktisk reagerede Slim med at fortælle sin stab, at han var blevet fyret og skrev til Leese og Claude Auchinleck, den øverstkommanderende i Indien, at han ikke ville overtage den nye post og ville træde ud af hæren i protest.