§ 132. Major Wallasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterannean Fleet, will also be the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, Mediterranean, as heretofore.
Mr. WardArising from the situation in the Middle East, Her Majesty's Government asked the Supreme Allied Commander Europe to release Admiral Grantham temporarily from his duties as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean in order to permit him to assume full time national duties as Commander-in-Chief, Mediteraranean. Whilst regretting even the temporary loss of Admiral Grantham's services the Supreme Allied Commander Europe appointed182W Vice-Admiral Glover U.S.N., Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean, as Acting Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean in the absence of Admiral Grantham. This arrangement will continue for the present. Whether it will be possible to revert to the normal arrangements for the Command of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean will largely depend upon the situation in the Middle East at the time Admiral Edwards takes over from Admiral Grantham.