A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
IF SEATO, in one form or another, comes into being, its military forces will presumably be placed under a Supreme Commander, who will—again presumably—be either American or British. It is now nearly three months since the cancellation of General Sir Gerald Templer's appointment to command BAOR was announced on the eve of his departure from Singapore, and nothing has beqn said officially about plans for his future employment. The SEATO job, when it materialises, will be a difficult and important one, and it would be hard to find a stronger candi- date for it (with, I suppose, the possible exception of Lord Mountbatten) in either the British or the American armed services than General Templer. I should not be surprised if this had occurred to someone at the summit of our affairs.
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