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      While serving as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission to 
      the United States and Senior British Representative on the Combined 
      Chiefs of Staff from December, 1941 to the hour of his death, 
      Field Marshal Sir John Greet Dill, K.C.B., G.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., 
      rendered a distinguished service to the common cause of the Allies. 
      In the conferences in Washington, and at Casablanca, Quebec, 
      Cairo, and Teheran, his services were of first importance in 
      securing the necessary cooperation between the British and American 
     military forces as represented by their Chiefs of Staff
 
                                                            
 
      The good will and concert of action which have characterized 
      the combined achievements of the Allied forces must be attributed 
      in an important measure to his integrity of purpose, his freedom 
      from prejudice and his selfless devotion to the common cause, 
      together with the warm humanity which characterized all his actions. 
      Possessed of these rare qualities, Sir John Dill made an enduring 
      contribution toward the victorious conclusion of the war and 
      also to that harmony of purpose which is essential to our security 
                      in the years to come.